18 Oct 1867
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1867
Page
1
The piece portrays colonial Virginia society and aristocratic bias as a wealthy planter and a self-taught surveyor contend for the affection of Mary G- The planter dismisses the romance while Mary secretly favors the surveyor, highlighting class tensions and a budding love.
A narrative traces a young planter’s son’s pursuit of Mary G- amid class and parental obstacles. He earns wealth and status, rises to prominence during the American Revolution, and is publicly bowed to by George Washington as he passes a balcony where his fainting mother is among the crowd.
A rugged Georgia narrator recalls a brutal confrontation with a savage dog during a chaotic episode. He describes training a volatile creature, a dramatic escape, and a violent result amid rural hardships and a hard day’s work. The tale blends frontier grit with vivid, rough recollection of danger and punishment.
In a chilling tale, James loses work after ten years at a factory, returns home to a starving family, and bewails the rich’s indifference. With winter cold and bread denied on credit, he contemplates crime to feed his wife and six children as nights grow bleak.
A man, James, confronts a cloaked robber demanding a purse. The thief flees with twelve dollars, the baker helps James feed his hungry family, and the robber is pursued as a dramatic fatal ending unfolds with a suicide by James. The scene blends cautionary crime with a moral tale of hardship and charity.
A widow in Allen County loses her three children after a rattlesnake maims and kills the two boys at a spring branch. The mother’s infant girl drowns at a wash tub nearby. A rattlesnake with thirteen rattles is later killed near the scene. The event stirs the local community and is remembered as a tragic frontier tale.
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