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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1894
Page
1
Vintage health ad touts Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and cures constipation without weakening organs. It highlights its appeal to health minded individuals, claims medical approval, and notes availability in 60 cent and 1 dollar bottles from California Fig Syrup Co.
A discussion on launching fashions for Indies and reviving 1830 styles. It stresses need for originality among dressmakers or bonnet-smillers and notes influence of famed designers like Worth or Felix. Also mentions mercury remedies skeptically and a theater manager’s joke about standing room.
Rev Dr Talmage urges home religion as the test of faith, urging families to invite Christ into every room, discipline with grace, and set a daily family altar. He warns that children's impressions come from parents more than sermons, and stresses prayer, kindness, and steady example through life’s sorrows.
A preacher pleads that parents train children for God and heaven. He recalls a queen's son sacrificing blood on his mother's tomb as a stark display of affection and urges families to consecrate their lives. He invokes the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to be Lord of families and children.
In Columbia the state board of control ordered closures of all dispensaries with prohibition in effect for one day. Blind tigers reportedly operate at old stands. Also reported: Brazilian insurgents finish quarantine and land in Montevideo, Greece earthquake toll rising with 129 known killed in Lovria district, UMW officials praise coal mine shutdowns in Pittsburg district delaying 18,000 to 19,000 miners, Priscilla crew hit by yellow fever in Baltimore with Captain Powell and cabin boy perish, New Zealand offers to annex Samoa under British protection, Confederate veterans urge national colors in Birmingham reunions, and the Los Angeles steamship goes ashore near Point Sur with several saved and others missing.
Jenkins McRae and Clinton found guilty in the Packwood murders near New Smyrna Volusia County with Clinton’s jury mercy recommendation. Verdict came quickly after a short deliberation amid circumstantial evidence, the case removed to Tavares Lake County on venue. Victims Miss Bruce Mrs Hatch and Frankie Packwood.
Government chemists analyzed leading brands and placed Royals at the top for strength and purity after thousands of tests across the country. Avoid powders with gifts or lower prices than Royals as they often contain alum lime or sulphuric acid and make food unwholesome.
A collection of old advice on cleaning, air purification, stain removal, and general domestic tips. Includes methods using ether and chloroform, ammonia in water, turpentine for moths, and purifying air with water bowls. Also features jokes, dental and medical misstatements, and a Hall's Catarrh Cure promotion with testimonials.
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