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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1893
Page
4
The Monta dl Picts at Rome pawnbroker offers loans from 15 to 25 dollars on a single pledge with no interest. Amounts above that accrue two percent yearly. After two years, if the pledge and interest are unpaid, the debt is canceled and any surplus is kept by the owner who must claim it within 100 years.
A disjointed 19th century fragment blends domestic dialogue about hatred with a medical sales pitch. It references malaria risks from air and water, touts Hostetter’s stomach biters and Brown’s Iron Bitters as fortifying tonics, and notes that thirty two states have granted women some form of suffrage.
The Brooklyn Divine preaches on Christ rising as the first fruits of them that slept. He uses flowers, tombs, and the universal judgment morning to describe the resurrected body, immortality, and reunion with loved ones, urging belief despite scientific questions. He cites death as a conqueror and envisions a glorious, tireless, disease free eternal life.
A fire at Clifton Inge just below Pomeroy on the Virginia side of the river destroyed twenty five houses three stores and the salt works with losses around thirty thousand dollars. A Petersburg Va fire caused twenty five thousand in damage. A Nashville special notes U S District Judge candidates emerging as retirement looms and a Jacksonville Tampa Key West freight wreck killed three men. A fire at Owensboro Ky destroyed Glenmore Distilling warehouses with heavy whisky losses totaling about three hundred fifty thousand dollars. A Nashville dispatch reports storms and injuries in the Burgess and Owensboro incidents. The Commercial National bank matter in Nashville edges toward a final report by Bank Examiner McKnight. A receiver is expected to be appointed within a week.
Brooklyn philanthropist George I. Seney died Friday evening at the Grad hotel after a three week heart failure illness. Born May 12, 1826 in Astoria, he rose from banking to lead the Metropolitan Bank of New York, later a major donor to Methodist hospitals, historical societies, and colleges including Emory and Wesleyan Female College Macon. He was esteemed as an art connoisseur with a premier gallery in the United States.
Dispatch from Constantinople reports the Sultan's Palace steamer was sunk after a collision with the admiralty steamer Teschsch. Fifty four lives were lost, most of them servants, due to a northerly gale. An inquiry is ordered to determine the cause.
The Gate City Bank in Atlanta moved about $200,000 on instructions from Washington. Bank examiner Mr. Stone completed the transfer Thursday, depositing the sum at Atlanta National Bank on Friday. The money will reenter circulation, aiding Atlanta business materially.
Walter Besant reports a whispered theory on royal regalia suggesting the Lords wear a copper gilt coronet with silvery impostors instead of gold and real pearls. The piece blends satire and rumor about the coronet’s true materials and fabric.
A street and Smith caption portrays a boy-yearning for skates and ice. The exchange with his father highlights the wish for skates to be ready when ice appears, noting some winters lack ice entirely.
The passages urge taking action rather than waiting for opportunities. They praise the brave as an inspiration and encourage foresight, patience, and self-discipline to open paths. It questions defining experience as a hut from ruins of grandiose dreams and wealth.
A Brooklyn inventor wires a back fence to deliver a electric shock via a bedside button. When cats trespass at night the current is released, causing a single shriek and disappearance. The piece also includes multiple patent medicine ads praising Beecham's and other tonics.
The piece argues second class baking powders are cheaper due to impure materials and poor mixing. It warns consumers paying Royal prices for inferior powders with 27 percent less strength and urges insistence on price reductions if buying the cheaper brands.
Advertisement touts the health benefits of the pure liquid laxative Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co. It claims mild cleansing of the system, relief from headaches fevers and constipation without weakening organs, and broad medical approval. Available in 50c and 1 bottles from druggists. use only the California company’s product.
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