30 May 1873
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1873
Page
1
Published every Friday morning the paper stops at expiration of time paid for. Cash required with orders. One square ten lines or less costs 100 first insertion and 75 cents for each additional insertion. Yearly advertisers receive a liberal deduction. Transient ads due at insertion. unpaid ads incur 25 percent late fee after time ends. Notices of candidates and all communications promoting private interests are charged as ads.
A verse focused on inner worth over appearances. God values souls not stations, urging equality among workers and rulers, condemning vanity and foreshadowing social justice. The piece ends with horticultural notes and a light joke about bread as a caterpillar.
Governor Moses urges repeal of the fence law in South Carolina citing vast timber use for fencing, higher costs to farmers, and reduced cultivation. He argues fencing out rather than in is unjust, and proposes zoning pastures, limited charges, and penalties for escapes to protect both small and large farmers.
A moral urging fathers to abandon distant authority and become open, loving figures for children. The piece argues that fear and distance harm trust and invite improper associations, urging fathers to welcome their kids, share worries, and act as true parents. It also notes lingering Chicago fire damage and the ongoing flame metaphor at Van Buren and Clark streets as investigators bake potatoes and toast cigars in the ruins.
A humorous domestic bildungsroman mixes chaos of infant care with grim catalog of shipwrecks. The piece contrasts the trials of new marriage and baby life with a deadly roll call of maritime disasters from 1711 to the Atlantic modern era, tallying hundreds of lost souls.
A Staunton mercantile firm closes to an account after receiving from a customer a note dated March 27 1873 promising to pay Bumgardner and Sons thirteen dollars with interest by September 1 1873 and waiving rights under bankruptcy homestead and similar acts.
A moral on debt warns that buying on credit brings stress and tragedy, urging young men to avoid indebtedness and pay cash. It extols farmers as financially stable and comfortable, contrasts work with office life, and ends with a humorous court vignette about choosing a hangman’s tree.
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