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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1883
Page
1
A patchwork page with poems, moral essays, and odd anecdotes. Includes Emily, Margaret, and Drunkard's Wife stories, marriage ethics, a rib injury tale, fashion height schemes, educational debates, Methodism history, and curios about eyes and snakes. Various local essays, quotes, and world notes.
An ancient Indian dispute over the chieftaincy ends in war and a warrior proving his claim by killing the opposing chief and bringing proof. He endures snow and cold to retrieve the head’s scalp, securing the bride and establishing scalping as an American Indian custom. The tale is followed by a London child’s fear of a tree and then health ad copy touting Brown’s Iron Bitters as a cure for kidney and liver issues.
Fragmentary notes discuss reading aloud as a rare skill among educated people with a Cowpur anecdote about a House of Lords appointment. It recalls a judge’s oath scene that moved observers, plus a Georgia property sale story from Thomas County and a suggestive Athena maiden joke from Augusta News.
A historical discussion traces human spread across the globe from Arctic to Terra del Fuego and Samoyed lands, debating single origin versus multiple centers. It notes primitive exodus, regional adaptations, and the emergence of centers of civilization amidst vast geographic and cultural contrasts.
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