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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1896
Page
2
The Cleveland Progress explains official publication setup for Agaaiel White county, Hugh Reese editor, with post office mailing matter registered in Cleveland Georgia. Dated April 10, 1896, noting decend days mail matter and entry at Cleveland Post Office.
Democratic candidate Henry H. Perry will address White County at Cleveland court house at noon next Wednesday April 15. He will discuss the money question with facts and clear reasoning, urging listeners to hear a plain, unprejudiced talk.
The Ninth congressional district executive committee will meet in Guineaville next Tuesday to set the time for the nominating convention. The group should prioritize party success, avoid premature snap conventions, and await the national platform. A free silver candidate could complicate Democratic positions and harm candidates and the party. The piece also notes concern over overworked Georgia Supreme Court and urges ratification of a constitutional amendment adding three justices.
A commentary on rising brutality and four recent murders in Hall Rabun Pike and Talbot counties. Victims in Hall and Talbot were women. The piece argues for swift punishment and questions motives of passion and jealousy behind these crimes.
The Georgia Cracker is reduced from an eight column folio to a six column quarto. The first issue in the new format promises even finer features and a brighter future for the paper.
Monon Seed Co offers $1000 in prizes for word lists formed from Monon Sweps Grow letters. Participants must list unique words, send name and word list with stamps, and include address in Chicago, Illinois. The firm promises seed packages and prize distribution rules to attract customers nationwide.
White superior court jurors drawn at October term 1896 for April term 1896 include 30 grand jurors led by Thos V Cantrell and W I T Humphries among others, with names such as Bel Purner Crumley McMillen Gilstrap Crumley Pardue Hdack son Shuler Ledford Adame Beach Helton Clark Rogers Limefield Carpenter Palmer Brownlow Lee Head Head Dorsey Henderson Lothridge Glover Ash Rogan and a total of 30. Traverse jurors list includes N J Skelton C A Jones R J Burvett Oakes Hel ton Cantrell Bell Ferguson Miles Westmoreland Cannsi Turner Blackwell Okel ley Autrey Holt c Cannon Bow en Clayton Winawiely Oakess Batton Smith Gathuaith Skelton Warwick Kenedy Satterfield Roberts Stovall West Adams Corbin Craven Nix Thurmond and others for a total of 36.
An 1890s promotional notice touts Baco-Curo as a pure vegetable cure for tobacco habit that lets continued use during treatment. It claims a Berlin physician formula, promises permanent cure in three boxes, and offers a written guarantee or refund with interest. Testimonials from Clayton Arkansas describe weight gain and relief from debility.
Ordinary J A Freeman and W R Power lead county roles with Sheriff S L Brown and Tax Receiver C N Colley. Trax Coledtor Benten Trotter, Prehadver D N Warwick, Surveyor H Edwards, Coroner M L Allen, School Commissioner G S Kytle. County Commissioners J A Richardson Nacoochee Ga, R T Kemmer Cleveland Ga, J M Cooley Leo Ga. JUDICARY John J Kimsey 1.8.0 Cleveland Ga. Howard Thompton Solic Goa Goinesville Ga.
Notice cites J B Westmoreland administrator of Reaves Westmoreland deceased to show cause why he should not be discharged and receive letters of dismission on the first Monday in July 1506. Also notices for sale of J P Philllipps land Gold Mine in White County by order of the court to satisfy a mortgage, and final settlement of the Trotter estate with legatees and discharge from executors on the first Monday in May next.
An old advertisement touts Melanic Blood Balm as a universal blood purifier and cure for skin and blood diseases. It claims forty years of practice by a physician and promises remarkable healing with a fair trial, selling through druggists.
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