10 Feb 1871
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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1871
Page
1
A poem for the Moutfon Advertiser extols the Violet Lily and Forget Me Not as emblems of innocence and love. It describes the flowers blooming by a stream, blue petals, and the sway of the zephyr. It pledges everlasting friendship and affection, urging readers to remember the Forget Me Not.
A Memphis Presbyterian reflection on homelessness caused by wasteful living and dissipated habits. It laments thousands lacking shelter and support, contrasting thriving families with men left to sleep in station houses, begging, and facing a bleak old age without a virtuous home.
A reflective piece urges teaching students to think rather than memorize assessing Newton’s practice of deep thought. It argues schools crowd minds with borrowed ideas, neglecting original inquiry, while noting Illinois prairie chickens and telegraph wires as a seasonal oddity.
News in a nutshell notes the bill passed by the Legislature to curb prize fighting in the state. Mentions related political tensions as Hinds cites disability removal affecting Radical support in Alabama. Also reviews local events from Tuscumbia to Florence, with tax reforms and weather glimpses.
The piece argues for farming diversification to revive an economy hurt by low cotton prices and high costs. It urges less borrowing and Yankee goods, more home production, and industrious work by families to reduce debt, boost self sufficiency, and restore prosperity. It mentions a plaster cast of Eve found in Hartford and a La Crosse injury incident.
A distressed speaker contemplates facing the printer to settle debts. He believes the printer may pardon a delinquent, hoping mercy and a clear conscience will prevail. He resolves to go and plead, despite shame, trusting forgiveness for his overdue ten.
A newlywed husband discovers his bride’s bedroom ritual and cosmetic preparations in a vivid tale of marital novelty. The piece contrasts idealized beauty with the blunt truth of intimate reality, ending with a reflection on love and devotion.
The era calls for learning from the past to aid Southern industry. Cotton pricing at 25 cents is praised as pleasant illusion, but 13 cents after 15 cents costs is ruinous. Emphasis shifts from cultivation to manufacture. Macon Georgia now has 37,000 cotton spindles and aims for 62,000 by 1872. Cincinnati equips policemen with steel nippers to seize victims.
A collage of quirky editorials and notices from various U.S. papers. Jests about women editors, famous editors, and humorous misprints abound, with remarks on Santa Anna, Anna Dickinson, and odd local quirks. A playful slice of press culture and small-town life.
A reflective piece contrasts cheap liquor with a dime glass to reveal liquor’s quick impact on the body and mind. It praises newspapers as affordable cerebral nourishment on a home winter evening, noting their breadth from distant shores. It also notes California making rope from milkweed.
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