23 Oct 1874
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1874
Page
1
The Appeal lists ad rates and rules including a ten line unit priced at 100 dollars, 75 cents for each additional insertion, and 25 percent late fees after expiration. It notes yearly discounts, paid in advance, and that obituary notices over five lines follow standard rates. Notices for political candidates cost five dollars, cash only, with other communications treated as advertisements.
A light verse about hoping for a girl and celebrating a new baby contrasts with a moral essay on debt and bankruptcy. The piece condemns debt as ruinous, urges lawful enforcement of debts, and advises self-reliance over reliance on others, concluding with a quip from Josh Billings.
In a Tuscombia Alabama gathering General Culllen A Battle recounted a Winter 1863 64 court martial of Edward Cooper desiring to stay with his wife Mary and daughter Lucy the prisoner’s letter pleas for furlough moved the court to pity and led to a pardon later a Confederate soldier at Cold Harbor saved Mary and Lucy at the cost of his life The tale honors duty and sacrifice as taught by Robert E Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia
At Syracuse convention the New York Reform Democracy endorses a twelve point program. Calls for gold and silver legal tender, debt paid in coin, revenue reform, home rule, equal justice, free press, uniform excise, strict public fund controls, state supervision of corporations, and presidency as a public trust with no third term.
A Texas couple once divorced after a war era dispute were reunited when the husband and child encountered the wife in a Galveston to Houston train. The child cried Papa, guiding the reunion witnessed by the mother. The pair renewed vows in Houston with Rev. Hackett, restoring their marriage with newfound understanding.
An English lecture on materialism and a city missionary clash over accountability. The philosopher denies personal fault due to atom decay, while the missionary asserts living with an unmarried partner proves concubinage. The exchange ends with the need for crediting past actions despite materialism. A Belgian named Danbee starts an egg farm near Marietta, Georgia, with 800 hens and 50 cocks producing 27,200 eggs and 2,120 chicks annually.
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