22 May 1874
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1874
Page
1
The Appeal notes papers stop at expiration of paid time and that orders for payment or delivery were ignored. It references a Cush and emphasizes lack of attention to paid subscriptions and service upon expiration.
Advertising rates listed: one square ten lines or less costs 100 dollars for the list, 75 cents for each additional insertion. Yearly advertisers receive deductions. Transient ads require payment at insertion. if unpaid by the end of the advertised time, 25 percent more is charged. Candidate announcements cost 5 dollars. Obituaries over five lines follow standard rates. Communications for private interests are treated as advertisements. All mail to the Proprietor will be promptly attended to.
A reflective poem urges readers to mind their own affairs and help neighbors. It extols forgiveness, brotherhood, and acting with kindness as humanity travels life’s road. The speaker advocates restraint from gossip and jealousy and promotes goodwill toward all people.
Thackeray quote argues women shape mens behavior and morals, praising drawing rooms over taverns. It emphasizes respect, selflessness, and societal duties, noting education fosters selfishness. A traveler anecdote about coffee and water closes the piece with humor.
A historical survey details the Bible's translations in 148 languages, counts in Old and New Testaments, and the distribution to hundreds of millions. It notes divisions into chapters and verses, middle books and verses, Apocrypha, and various biblical measures, costs, and commemorative Jewish ordinances. It also cites prices and labor costs for a Bible in 1272.
The Bishops of the Methodist Church at the Louisville conference denounce dancing as worldly and dangerous to youth, urge stronger discipline, and call for clear restoration of old rules. A Rural Carolinian notice warns against Nux Vomica in poultry feed as a death threat to hawks, and a Sunday school girl misinterprets the pestilence passage as bed bugs.
An essay-like piece argues a model man is defined by love to God and neighbor, honesty in business, and active care for church and school. It contrasts superstition with rational view, cites Plymouth church remarks on luck, dreams, and signs, and praises scientific inquiry while noting popular errors persist.
A speaker contrasts the toil of agriculture with idealism, fighting nature and life’s limits, joking about cherry trees and a colored Mississippi legislator’s proposed bill to make legislators attorneys, arguing the practicality of lawmaking. The piece blends agrarian struggle, self discipline, and humorous social commentary.
A playful verse riffs on a diligent pig gathering sausages from flowers and fields. As evening approaches, the pig rests in its sty or sings a cheerful hymn about persistence, ending with a humorous bite.
The Springfield Ohio Republican notes the inevitability of aging and death, comparing generations to waves that recede into memory. It muses on juror life, describing the strain of weighing conflicting evidence, courtroom interruptions, and the pressure of public scrutiny, all for two dollars a day.
A City of Mexico writer notes stark social contrasts with rich attire among the wealthy and conspicuously poor alike. He describes morning crowds, afternoon shop bustle, and evening promenades where ladies and cavaliers in full regalia ride among ornate trappings on superb horses.
A list of dining manners prescribes helping others before eating, scooping soup from the spoon’s side, keeping the knife and fork on the table when refilling, wiping the mouth, and never raising the knife to the mouth. It urges slow eating, discreet handling of flaws in food, closed lips while chewing, elbows off the table, speaking without food in the mouth, passing plates politely, not staring, and mild acknowledgment of others’ mistakes.
In St Louis a husband donated two ounces of his blood to his wife Mrs Campbell of Cleveland Ohio. Doctors had given her up as hopeless yet she arrived for a transfer and the operation was performed in front of witnesses. Both partners were reported to be recovering well, a first in this country.
The piece explains foot hunting to pursue buffaloes near springs, detailing stealth, timing, and risks, contrasting with horseback hunting and herd shooting. It then shifts to short reflections, including a proverb about children, a North Carolina marriage case where a fiancée calls her groom a duck then a goose, and ends with a jibe about trades and forgery. A final quip: Get rich.
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