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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1880
Page
2
A mixed Georgia era column reports political addresses across towns in the second congressional district with figures like Gov candidates in Kentucky and Ohio results. It notes a Georgia fair opening, a red fox sighting in Stewart county, local deaths, and odd curiosities from snake bite remedies to societal lessons in appearance.
The piece urges unity for Hancock and English in the Georgia campaign, criticizing Republican efforts to win two districts and urging Democrats to rally for national offices. It highlights Colquitt and Norwood gubernatorial contention, calls for party solidarity, and notes Maine clerks’ returns in a separate line of the text.
A humorous scene in a local store shows a puzzled shopper bargaining over bacon flour and coffee prices with a polite clerk. The man insists on taking fish by the barrel and, after failed requests, exits with three mackerel in hand. Nearby notes report farming, a Northern trip, a marriage, and quiet county elections with reported majorities.
A mixed set of notes covers an election result for Willie Judan, reports on Covington weather harming crops, and mentions near disaster at Eagle and Phenix Mills in Columbus. It notes a deadly Jacksonville stove explosion, the New York distemper outbreak, and a Georgia governor race with Brown favored. A marriage of Rev K H McLain and Alma Lenard is also recorded.
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