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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1874
Page
4
A reflective verse piece centers on resilience. Characters Dismal Glum and Brightface appear as contrasts to fate and fortune. The poem uses birds, crumbs, and a vinegar proverb to argue that persistence matters.
A Baltimore American reporter details the shot making process in city towers. Lead is tempered with minerals for proper drop, poured through perforations, and cooled in water. Pellets travel by elevator to drying pans and bake dry as they roll down angled sheets.
A reflective column urges readers to return home to loved ones as Saturday night offers precious time with family. It laments life’s fragility and calls for virtue amid sorrow. The piece notes New Orleans has lost 30,000 residents in two years and shows 6,900 unoccupied houses and stores.
A Memphis Appeal column warns of reckless cotton speculation in Wall Street and New York brokers who push margins. It cites heavy losses among Southern farmers and dealers, notes a repentant gambler abandoning futures, and previews a pastor’s sermon on the sin of dabbling in futures.
Dr. Daniel Lee argues for expanding meat production in the South by boosting forage and grain on equal land, likening corn forage yields in Georgia to England and Holland. He urges using regional climate to increase wool, mutton, beef and cheese, calling for shifting from cotton to agricultural strength.
The Rural Carolinian notes a wet spring may be followed by drought and urges soil stirring and clean cultivation to protect crops. It argues a well prepared field before planting helps mitigate drought and moisture problems, warning that poor farming leads to recurring losses. A separate anecdote mentions a dairyman's cow choking on a turnip stuck in a pump.
The article describes William Webb's micro writing on glass achieving 227 letters in a small area and compares it with Peter of London who in 1855 engraved the Bible many times within a square inch. It also notes two specimen plates for the US Museum and mentions gum arabic solution and a moving newspaper on trains as a journalism novelty.
A bold ad pitches a family sewing machine with table and treadle for $39 and up, claiming 35,000 sold last year and 100,000 families using it. It promises easy profits for agents, free rights to first applicants, and machines shipped across the country from 336 Canal St New York.
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