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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1895
Page
4
Vignettes pair a man named Brown testing a waiter’s memory and a judge's terse sentencing in the Police Court. The section blends humorous reminiscences with garbled ads for tonics, remedies, and educational notices, naming Heetelter Biomach Bitters and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Soap among others.
A survey of Georgia events notes three Lee county residents aged 310 together, Oglethorpe gains two telegraph offices, Valdosta ships over thousand barrels of pears, Colquitt eyes major sawmill plants, and Irwin county braces for bridge work. Other items include cotton losses, a 105 year old pension applicant, the 38th Georgia reunion at Clarkston, Dahlonega rail funding, and a new bank in Cartersville. The Western and Atlantic right of way case proceeds with records to be typewritten, South Brunswick Railway reorganized, and opening expo program details announced. The Marietta and North Georgia sale proceeds with bids and partnerships noted. The Georgia University exhibit at Cotton States Expo will showcase alumni and faculty, with a strong Confederate and educational heritage highlighted.
Dr T M McIntosh, longtime principal keeper, resigns from the Georgia Penitentiary. Gov Atkinson accepts McIntosh’s letter and names Dr E F Bush of Colquitt Miller County as successor. McIntosh cites impractical duties and needed relocation as reasons for leaving, preferring not to move to Atlanta.
Washington dispatch reports Hon. Matt W. Ransom of North Carolina barred from drawing salary as minister to Mexico. Acting attorney general Holmes Conrad sustained Auditor Holcomb's finding that Ransom's appointment violated the constitution since the salary increase occurred while he was a sitting senator. Ransom thus owes back pay and remains technically debtor to the government.
The Fort Hall Bannock report to Washington confirms killings of Bannock Indians and cites a Captain Vanersdale account. It notes scarce rations and hunting rights under treaty, argues the killings were murder, and condemns white hunters who kill game for profit, warning of potential loss of life and property if the government fails to act.
New York leads buckwheat production with 280,029 acres and 4,676,735 bushels. Illinois reports most improved acres, and Ohio has the most farms at 261,430. Illinois tops farm capital invested, while Iowa posts large census farm product values. Kentucky and Virginia dominate tobacco, Iowa, Illinois and Kansas show corn output, Minnesota leads flaxseed, with detailed state rankings across crops and farm wealth.
Mrs Mary Hunter of Mountain Rest Oconee County says she suffered chronic rheumatism for years despite top doctors. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and receiving a sister’s testimonial from Texas she reports rapid relief and full recovery within weeks.
A garbled exchange from newspapers includes Will Bob and a riddle about Eve and Adam eating apples in the Garden of Eden. Variants suggest counts like 163 923 and 362 with playful arithmetic, ending in a quip about quiting and the royal tale.
An editor hires an assistant editor after a brief exchange about farming knowledge. The new hire promises to write warnings to farmers about leaving a $500 mowing machine outdoors all winter.
The Lookout Press of Chattanooga Tennessee released a 50000 copy special edition featuring Lookout Mountain National Cemetery a Chickamauga Park monument and observation tower with battlefield maps. Short articles on Lookout Mountain Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park appear and readers may obtain a free copy by writing to the publisher.
In Lincoln Nebraska three British bicycle tourists Edward Clegg Coleman Nichols and Henry Carlstensen were fined $1 and costs each totaling 5.70 for fast riding. They refused to pay and were ordered to perform street labor but sat down under a hay load instead. They seek protection from British authorities in the United States.
Dr J B Huxley of Maindstone England advocates a natural sleep aid by curling under bedclothes or placing the head under the wing like a hen to induce mild asphyxia and lower blood oxygen. He warns against chloral and similar drugs and says sleep follows when the brain is no longer overstimulated. He compares the method to animals burying their noses for sleep and notes safety when fresh air resumes after sleep. The piece also notes Minnesota leads wheat production followed by California and North Dakota.
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