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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1873
Page
3
The Cuthbert Appeal notes slow staple cotton and steady Savannah demand. Mrs Cooper invoices fall millinery. Macon Telegraph gains praise for a fresh layout. Local events include Dawon Fair plans, Arthur Jlood at Georgetown, tax book deadline, and busy planters with corn and mackerel arrivals.
The article highlights J. C. Martin's new mill and press to extract juice from Scuppernong grapes, noting daily output of 200 to 300 gallons and a 10 acre vineyard near Cuthbert expected to yield 350 gallons of wine this season. It argues grape planting as a profitable farm investment and mentions a local resident earning $60 from a single vine. It also covers Andrew College housing preparations, cotton prices, and local business ads for Dixie Works and J. B. Wartope & Son.
A visitor joins the Fat Nine for a Saturday game at Ward's Station between the Stars and Bufords. The 9 AM start, an afternoon delay for a grand dinner, and a 38 to 26 Stars win frame a day of cordial crowds, generous hospitality, and a flag presented to star player Mr. Miller by Col. Crittenden.
An advertisement urges customers to visit the Little Shop round the Corner opposite Hopes T Office for boots of quality, style, comfort, and prompt, cheap repairs. It touts local Georgia materials and notes the shop’s focus on good fit and finish. The page also includes notices about F E McDonald Co and Isaacs Hotel Macon praising service and quality.
For thirty days cash or short time buyers may choose pianos from a large stock at lower prices than ever before. Write at once for prompt responses. Luppen Bates Savannah Ga. August 22.
The piece notes Georgia merchants increasingly use wholesale houses to cut costs and avoid North Carolina freight, citing Ross & Coleman of Macon as an example. It describes their large wholesale establishment, agency reach, and P. S. Coleman’s work with shoe factories, asserting no shoddy goods and competitive prices. It also highlights P P Toule’s doors and blinds factory as a top Southern producer with free price lists.
The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad offers 1 200 000 acres in Central and Southwest Missouri at 3 to 12 dollars per acre with seven years’ time and free transportation from St Louis. Emigrants are invited to this fertile land with schools churches and a law abiding society. For details contact A Tuck Land Commissioner St Louis Mo. Also promotes Missouri Pacific Railroad direct West routes via St Louis with first class trains to Texas and the West. feb23-ly
The Eclipse Cotton Gin and its improvements claim first rank with no rival in desirable qualities. Its portable roll box lets planters adjust seed picking, while the Sawyer's Eclipse Gun preserves staple length and speed. Three premiums won last year at fairs in Eufaula and Goldsboro.
NESOW GINS will be delivered on board the cars at listed prices. Thirty-five Saws 131 50 Forty Saws 250 60 Forty-five Saws 168 75 Fifty Saws 1s7 50 Sixty Saws 225 00 Seventy Saws 262 50 Eighty Saws 280 00 Orders and old gins should be sent in immediately to prevent delay. Time given to responsible parties.
Locust Grove and Macon planters report Eclipse Cotton Gins clean seed well and produce beautiful lint. Letters from H.T. Dickin & Son, Daniel P. Ferguson, Thomas Hooks, J.W. Summers, and others praise speed, reliability, and lack of choking, with multiple bales processed and strong endorsements across Georgia and South Carolina.
A local supplier offers improved ribs at 60 cents each and various tool parts with fixed prices. They advertise head and bottom pieces for 1.50 each, babbitt boxes 1.50, saw sets 1.00, repairing brushes 5.00, new brushes 25.00, and painting gin 6.00. They claim 94 rib patterns available to the trade at 0.20 each on short notice.
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