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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1871
Page
3
The article urges a countywide agricultural jubilee on the first Saturday in October with Col Fielder addressing the labor question and Hon C P Beall also to speak. It notes rainfall and cool weather, new business openings, and community events in Cuthbert including a district agricultural club formation and local commerce updates.
Locating most of the B. C. & Railroad line between this city and Lumpkin is completed with heavy grading underway. The article also reports church dedication preparations, moves by local merchants to eastern markets, and notes a Sunday School convention with multiple pastor reports and schedules.
A letter arguing for support of free schools in Cuthbert Georgia praises education while critiquing fashion and wealth. The writer questions supporters and opponents, defends local purchases, and calls for a new town meeting and a college with a leader dubbed A Friend to Free Schools.
A gentleman in an upscale part of Second Street found his wife in a dirty hut with colored residents after she vanished on Saturday. Though she carried three hundred dollars, she refused to return until persuaded by an officer and the family, including six children, awaited her. The woman is described as attractive and affluent, leaving readers to question the motive behind her dissolute behavior.
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