26 May 1871
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1871
Page
1
Rates for The Appeal include annual subscriptions at 300 in advance and 200 in advance for monthly plans. Advertising costs begin at 1 for ten lines, with 0.75 for each additional insertion, and special terms for yearly advertisers. Announcements of candidates cost 5, and obituary notices beyond five lines follow standard rates. Cash payment required for all notices and communications.
Directory lists Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterian churches with preaching times and Sunday school. A poem by Bulwer Lytton proclaims There is No Death. A local death by rope jumping is reported with details and a safety plea. Weevil remedies for wheat and bean seeds are offered with quick fables and answers.
A sister recalls her brother Wilbur's marriage to Edna and the cold envy of Louise. Jealousy drives rumors, strained bonds, and a dangerous web of deceit as Edna seeks love and Wilbur grows ill. A hidden confession and a final act of forgiveness seal the painful tale.
A long fictional meditation opens with Jerusalem at night and a moral darkness over nations. Faith and Hope herald a Bethlehem star as the Stranger arrives, heals, and is crucified with forgiveness guiding the ascent. The piece blends allegory with reflections on virtue, mortality, and the mission of humanity.
A lyric poem warns against pressing a beloved's cheek or kissing her lips without assurance of true and lasting fidelity. The speaker questions beauty marks and hints, noting belladonna and walnut effects, and resolves to refrain while the weather warms.
A cautionary passage lists household mispractices that waste food and fuel. It notes milk and cream spoiled, silver spoons used improperly, brushes left soaking, bones burned, knives scorched, brooms spoiled, cloths eaten by mice, sun-dried tubs and barrels, sun-dried clothes fraying, pie crust souring, vegetables discarded, dried fruitwormy, meat scraps wasted, molasses exposed to flies, pork spoiling from lack of salt, coffee and spices exposed, flour wasted, bread dough sticking, vinegar spoiling, and cold puddings seen as waste when steamed for the next day.
A Paducah school student writes his mother describing multiple punishments for pranks and mischief at school. He mentions wearing three pairs of pants to lessen licks after placing pins in a chair, boasts of a dog bet won against a strict teacher, and notes killings of three cats despite attending church. He requests pies and five dollars to curb bad habits and asks for a fiddle left in a trunk.
Hundreds seek the reason behind the barber pole telling of medieval bloodletting. The tale notes red and white stripes signifying bandages and phlebotomized victims as apothecaries eclipsed barbers. Caterpillars ravage Arkansas forests, stripping leaves in numerous areas.
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