30 Sep 1881
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1881
Page
1
A mixed fragmentary column recalls a school scene with a grieving girl and a boy, a bellwether editor mishap, then shifts to short poems and aphorisms about luck and labor. It notes a Garfield autopsy bulletin and a blunt camp meeting food anecdote, ending with a joke about the North Pole and whiskey.
Come and see new goods with beauty, fashion, cheapness and durability. Goods selling fast like hot cakes. Elegant plaids and stripes, brocades, and satin fabrics. New plain, mixed and figured worsteds, oriental designs, cashmere effects, Parisian colors. Buy a suit from the new stock now.
Victorian era ad highlights Sarah Mermbart Collarettes and Irish Trimmings for Pils tow Shams along with plain plaid and outre fabrics. It promotes undergarments, warm domestics, flannels, and durable clothing for men youth and boys. Wording promises refunds if not satisfied and urges customers to visit the shop to see the assortment.
A local shop advertises a wide hat collection described as million jaunty nobby dashing and elegant. It targets boys and growing youths plus young men and Benedicts, promising cheap yet elegant furnishings and customer satisfaction from J McK Gunn.
B W Ellis & Co advertise warehouse space for cotton storage and sales services. Facilities include dry wagon yards, stock stalls, water, sleeping accommodations, and free night storage. Helpers promise best policy prices and free information upon request for planters and proprietors interested in season or time storage.
Planters' Warehouse reveals a due portion and a new warewasher machine to be prepared at Ward Station. The announcement signals readiness tobrew and supply operations with enhanced equipment. Authorities indicate this upgrade will streamline processing and support upcoming shipments.
The piece outlines amendments to the Georgia Fence Law allowing fifty freeholders to petition the Ordinary for an election on fence or no fence. It details publication, voter residency, militia district voting, and the process for petitions, counter petitions, and official proclamation of results. It also notes six month effect for county-wide enforcement. It closes with Garfield assassination relics and museum handling details.
The Evening Post notes Mrs Mary McElroy of Albany as a probable White House mistress under the new administration. She is John E McElroy’s wife and sister of President Arthur, famed for elegance and culture, though she prefers home life and a close circle. She has two children, a boy and girl, and has lately visited New York to oversee Mr Arthur’s household.
The piece extols a woman's power in marriage and motherhood to secure her partner and children a secure old age through thrift, cheerfulness, care, counsel, and example. It warns she can also ruin society and seduce virtue, yet affirms a noble, influential role surpassing even statesmen. It reflects on memory, loss, and enduring loyalty beyond death amid a stream of varied newspaper items.
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