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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1873
Page
3
A summary of local items notes light rainfall and cool frost in the area last week. It mentions a sale on harness by Allison and Simpson and a fireside salute to customers from Gunn in the state portion. The piece warns of widespread “creets” and ads half a coven in several parts of the state.
City voters are urged to register immediately or be barred from the upcoming municipal election. The notice also promotes attendance at the State Fair, with Macon fare tickets available Oct 26 to Nov 1 from the Depot, valid for return through Nov 5.
The item notes Cuthbert taxpayers must appear to pay 1878 city taxes. It also advertises the Constitution newspaper with a New Year premium offer, a high end jewelry establishment in Macon, a personal note about J Burney and his bride, and reports on Grancer's Mass Meeting with farmer participation and a December 4 Patrons anniversary event.
The town discusses an upcoming reunion with one mind and one sentiment. Resolutions condemn merchants who buy cotton from freedmen at odd hours and commend Dr. T S Powell for lending Powell’s Hall for Patrons of Husbandry meetings. The group pledges to publish the resolution in the Cuthbert Appeal.
A letter from Wa Corman and A Haran defends the Agricultural Department free scholarship policy and clarifies county recommendations. They state no class distinction and note George McDonald was the only local appointment this term. The excerpt also reports the arrest of Dozier A. Thornton, a cotton merchant, in Meridian, Mississippi, with return to Eufaula and uncertain recovery of missing lands.
Advertises Supbex Bates Wholesale Piano dealers in Savannah Georgia offering pianos from five top makers with prices 265 to 600 dollars. Claims large southern dealer with five year warranties and choices in style and price. Includes options for monthly payments rent trade-ins and shipping to the South with free illustrated catalogs from Ludden Bates Southern Music House.
Advertisement for a monthly music magazine issued by Ludden Bates in Savannah Georgia. Subscriptions priced at one dollar annually with a fifty cent sheet music premium. Claims best cheap musical magazine and fifteen dollars worth of music for a dollar. Specimen copy offered. address requested.
To Music Buyers do not send your orders for musical publications North we can deliver them in half the time and just as cheap. Any piece of Saeer Mustc or any Music Book advertised will be mailed postpaid to any part of the South on receipt of regular price. Sunday schools teachers and dealers supplied at publishers rates. Our new leaflets and bulletins of new music mailed free to any address. Sudden & Bates Southern Music House Savannah GA sep 1m
A letter from Thomas A. Coremsen defends his allotment choices for Free Scholarships at the State University. He lists candidates considered from local families and institutions before naming George McDonald as the lone willing appointee. He invites any future critic to make a recommendation if another vacancy arises. Emigration turning cheap Missouri farms offered by Atlantic & Pacific Railroad with 1.2 million acres for sale at 3 to 12 dollars per acre on seven years’ credit. details from land commissioner A. Tuck in St. Louis.
Readers are urged to move west, with routes from St. Louis to Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Oregon, or California. The Missouri Pacific offers daily Day Coaches and Pullman Sleepers without changes, claiming superior track and equipment. Texas routes via Sedalia or Vinita are also available, with contact details for agents in Chattanooga and St. Louis for maps, times, and rates.
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