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Editorial January 18, 1868

The Oxford Falcon

Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi

What is this article about?

Editorial satirizing subscribers who afford luxuries like circuses, cigars, and drinks but fail to pay newspaper subscriptions, small debts, or promises after selling cotton, referencing Panola Star and Falcon patrons.

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There are some remarkably strange things about certain parties we wot of. How is it that some men can go to a circus and take their families, yet cannot pay for their county paper and legal advertising? How is it that the same men can afford to smoke cigars, drink at the saloons, etc., but can't pay the printer, or a small store account? How is it that the same men promise to pay "next week, certain," and never fulfill their promises? How is it the men who pledged themselves to settle with us when they sold their cotton don't do so? Hint to the wise is sufficient, we hope.-Panola Star.

The questions propounded in the above, perhaps might be satisfactorily answered by some of the patrons of the Falcon, who have had two or three years' experience, and know exactly how the thing is done.

What sub-type of article is it?

Satire Moral Or Religious

What keywords are associated?

Deadbeat Subscribers Paying Debts Printer Bills Broken Promises Cotton Sales Hypocrisy Luxuries Vs Necessities

What entities or persons were involved?

Panola Star Falcon Subscribers Patrons

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Hypocrisy Of Deadbeat Subscribers

Stance / Tone

Satirical Exhortation To Pay Debts

Key Figures

Panola Star Falcon Subscribers Patrons

Key Arguments

Men Afford Circuses With Families But Not County Paper Or Ads Same Men Smoke Cigars And Drink At Saloons But Can't Pay Printer Or Store Accounts They Promise Payment 'Next Week, Certain' But Never Fulfill Pledged To Settle After Selling Cotton But Don't Hint To The Wise Is Sufficient

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