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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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Full Text
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.
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