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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1896
Page
4
The ad describes constipation relief from Ayer's Pills. It claims the user regains energy and mood as the burden lifts, turning mountains into mole hills and moroseness into jollity. It implies a renewed sense of life after taking the remedy.
A terrible head on crash occurred near Logan Iowa on the Chicago and Northwestern line as a freight train collided with a pioneer excursion train returning to Omaha. Twenty seven were killed outright and forty or more injured. Other accidents reported from Kingston Jamaica involve unknown casualties. The Democratic Convention in Chicago elected Daniel as temporary chairman with Bryan for president and Sewell for vice president. the platform denounces gold monometalism and calls for free coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1.
In Clay City Indiana a balloon support pole collapsed during inflation killing Clyde Oberholtzer 11 and Herschel Griffiths. Ben Elroyd died later and Millard Woods injured. Separate reports say Queen Victoria’s eyesight is failing and Nashville won the 1898 World’s Endeavor Convention after debates on race relations influence.
The second American pilgrimage left New York on July 8 with nearly 150 travelers from across the United States. They will join the first party that departed in June, go to Rome for an audience with the pope, and attend a special mass on August 2.
A blaze at the Empire Hotel on Elm Street Buffalo West destroyed the building. Miss Jennie Mills 40 Mrs Mariana 60 and toddler Maggie King were suffocated on the third floor. George Paris 23 leaped from a third story window and is expected to die according to authorities.
Dispatch from Cape Town reports Cecil Rhodes amid fighting with Matabele in Amamaba near Bulawayo. Three hundred natives killed and British casualties numbered thirteen as hostilities continue along the Matabeleland front.
A historical classified style notice proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward offer if uncured. It lists F. J. Cheney Co Toledo owners and local wholesalers West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin endorsing the product. Internal blood and mucous surface action priced at seven cents per bottle with testimonials free.
Julius Freudenthal a long time New York merchant has disappeared leaving fears of a loss near half a million dollars. Creditors and twelve banks are affected as investigations begin into the mystery and possible financial misfortune. Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer is promoted as a trusted remedy for hair and scalp issues.
A Philadelphia telegram notes United States Commissioner Craig refused to bind John D. Hart to the Jacksonville grand jury on charges of aiding a Cuban expedition aboard the Laurada. Captain Edward G. Riley and Col. Emile Nunez were also released by the Jacksonville official. The arrests followed action by the Spanish vice consul at Jacksonville.
Advice claims that good health and strength depend on pure blood and urges use of Ayer's Sarsa parilia to keep the vital fluid vigorous. It asserts impure blood saps health and ambition and encourages readers to take the remedy.
The note warns that an insect plague endangers poultry as a major preventive threat to proper thriving, citing parasites as a key factor when very numerous. It emphasizes vigilance and measures against infestation to protect flocks.
Stephen Beale advises poultry keepers to use limewash with carbolic acid and oil or fat to combat parasites. Thorough cleaning, waste renewal, and regular wall sweeping help, while oiling perches and applying oil to chicks' heads and under wings reduces insect infestation, especially for broody hens before hatch. Carbolized vaseline is recommended for ease and effectiveness.
Mason in Ruralist explains an experiment on peach trees from Glen St. Mary nurseries. After pruning roots to a stub, removing tops, and replanting, ten of twelve trees survived with vigorous one to two foot branches. He advises setting peach or plum trees with no branches, noting dormant buds will form a uniform top.
A reader describes pea fowls as attractive especially the cock with a grand tail. The hen now setting lays five eggs and will lay five more after hatching, warns that handling the nest may cause her to leave. They feed mainly on bugs and grain, roost high at night, and serve as watchmen with a vivid warning cry.
Testimonial from R T Caldwell bookkeeper at First National Bank Fulton Kentucky describing severe nerves stomach pain sleep loss and weight loss improved after using Dr Miles Restorative Nervine with a claim it is the greatest nervine on earth and noting price and ordering details from Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
The Savannah News notes that EF J offers a claim about warnings to deter hawks and describes experiences with hens and chicks. It mentions a hen pulling a nest, a wolf-wounded chicken with fat tender meat, and a lady preferring them to turkey for eating while keeping them at home.
The article examines how lowly plants use color scent nectar and insect tricks to spread pollen while costly trees rely on wind pollination. It notes trees wait decades before fruiting and emphasize that a single pollen grain can fertilize an incipient seed, making excess pollen largely unnecessary.
A horticultural note explains gradually shifting bulbs into successively larger pots to induce a starved appearance before blooming all winter. In warm weather, transplant to borders for rampant growth, with ample water and sun in rich soil producing abundant flowers. By frost, former thumb pots become four-foot shrubs. A Baltimore assign ment affects real estate dealer Richard B. Tippett with 200000 in liabilities and assets nearly twice that.
The Abutilon genus includes annuals and shrubs with ornamental value found worldwide from the West Indies to Siberia. Some species yield culinary or fibre uses, while ornamental varieties brighten windows and borders. To control growth, start with small plants in 4‑inch pots, keep in bloom, and propagate by cuttings.
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