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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1894
Page
1
Historical note recalls a House of Commons attempt to omit wording after which turning a clause into an incomplete sentence. The anecdote highlights the whimsicalities of legislative drafting.
A selection of household guidance on wallpaper scale, cleaning methods and sponging to deter mosquitoes with pennyroyal. Advice covers painting maintenance, broom storage, and systematic home organization for efficiency and comfort. It cautions against false economies and promotes tidy, orderly living spaces.
The Western Plowman asserts ducks thrive without water for sport, needing only drinking water. It claims vast numbers are raised annually in dry, warm quarters with fewer diseases than free-ranging ducks. A recommended method is to hatch duck eggs under hens to add them to a poultry flock.
A fragmentary newspaper item blends a mock dialogue about white blood in the Hawaiian queen with stray advices and patent medicine pitches. The text cites a diplomat, the queen, and a quip about Captain Cook, then shifts to ads for Swamproot style tonics and ear cure claims, ending with a Toledo company offering a catarrh cure and dealer mentions.
A statewide crisis erupts as Governor Tillman faces armed resistance over the dispensary. Militia clashes, martial law imposed on Darlington and Florence counties. Darlington precincts report shootings at the depot with two dead, several wounded, and a growing manhunt for constables Swan, Mekin, and Gaillard as citizens arm for revenge.
A concise dispatch lists Prof. J. H. Calloway of Douglasville College dead by suicide, a Radford Virginia bridge collapse that kills three workers and injures many, and a Lee County Alabama Democratic committee meeting set for Opelika to pick delegates. Other notes include Coxey's Army leaving East Palestine and a UK–US arbitration dispute shift, with levee breaches near Shreveport.
A humorous exchange notes Brother Whoopemup reaching Africa with claims of interior penetration. The reply jokes the chief converted him into a meal, implying he was consumed. Also ad copy for Lowry Hardware Co. of Atlanta promotes bicycles and reliability.
At the annual Bell Telephone Company meeting in Boston the 1893 net earnings were 3 02 485.69 dollars with expenses 1 556 501.00 dollars and regular dividends of 8 389 106 dollars. Asset value reached 45 712 940.52 dollars. A separate notice from New York reports foreclosure of the Georgia Pacific railway by the Richmond Terminal reorganization committee and a rapid sale to follow.
All Saint's day event drew many in the undertaker assistants fraternity. The name stems from the first form of porters gathering yearly with herrings arriving in Paria markets. A ball followed with bier for partners and bouquets and wreaths as floral tributes. A Louisville row boat launch sent forty coal boats toward New Orleans, claimed as the river's largest tow.
A letter from Mrs. Mary Covell of Scotland Bon Homme County praises Dr. R Y Pierce and his Favorite Prescription. She says six bottles cured falling of the womb and leucorrhea in six months after doctors deemed her incurable. She recounts rapid improvement in appetite energy and ability to work and garden. Related testimonials from Mrs Dora Guthrie of Oakley Tennessee also touts renewed strength and capability after treatment. The advertisement extols the medicine as a safe vegetable remedy for numerous female conditions and notes a book Woman and Her Diseases available by mail.
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