06 Oct 1871
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1871
Page
1
The Appeal announces subscription terms of one year at 300 dollars and six months at 52 dollars. Advertising rates list one square up to ten lines at 100 dollars, with 75 cents for each additional insertion. Obituary notices over five lines charged at regular rates. Announcing candidates costs 5 dollars. Transient ads payable at insertion.
The Female College at Cuthbert GA resumes exercises on September 20 and ends the last Thursday before the sabbath in June. The academic year divides into three terms beginning September 1, January 1, and April 1 with regular tuition per term and incidental costs. Board and lodging include Bible and linens. ministry daughters have no tuition charge. Extra courses offer music, drawing, painting, calisthenics with various yearly fees. Payments due October, January and April. pupils must attend opening day.
A lyrical meditation on a sleeping muse as still life on canvas. The speaker marvels at the maiden's breathing and the quiet, unseen life within her dream world. He wonders what visions she beholds and how art may draw from those waking dreamlike inspirations. The poem contrasts silent life with the turbulence of life outside the window.
Donaldson the tight rope performer wowed a large audience by ballooning without a basket and performing on a trapeze at three quarters of a mile. He balanced head down and swung, then repeated the ascent despite danger, narrowly escaping collisions with a roof and a tree before safe landing. A later burglary tale closes with a police rescue and a verdict for ten years.
A Raleigh road family reports a girl named Mary waking with a painful right arm and three small steel-dull spots. A doctor found and removed three needles, then two more daily for three mornings, ending her pain. The item ends with quips on letters to the editor and a moral about keeping promises to children.
The article condemns animal grease cosmetics and cold cream, favors olive oil for skin care, cites Greek use and Diana of Poitiers, notes rain water as a beauty secret, and recalls early morning exercise. It adds a light anecdote about a bearded grandfather and reports on Saratoga burns and Maine ice. It ends with a primer on blood circulation and the importance of oxygen in life.
A quirky meditation on walking styles linked to personality traits from careless toes to wide awake toe outs. The piece blends observing manners with a brief note on postal law and a final quip about cheating a lawyer and home as the source of politeness.
The Boston Banner of Light prints a post mortem message from Henry J. Raymond of New York. He says he edits a spirit world daily and may send a tangible copy to prove it. He asserts dead can speak and preach through living platforms before century’s end.
A collage of humor and social critique weds Josh Billings style quips on free love to rustic anecdotes, moral reminders, and folklore. The piece features quips on freedom, a Kansas City Times joke, farmyard tales, and a childhood reminiscence, blending satire with regional dialect.
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