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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1892
Page
3
Advertising rates set at one dollar per inch for first insertion and fifty cents for subsequent insertions with legal ads at legal rates. Church notices invite all, with times for Bartist Services and Methodist gatherings. Local mail schedule, justice court and district details, plus community notes on residents, merchants, and events in White County.
A historic advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting laxative for children and adults. It claims gentle effects and soothing relief, urging every family to keep a bottle for costiveness or biliousness.
The report notes cool weather and wheat sowing nearly completed by farmers. Mossy Creek students enjoy vacation while a Lea wedding is expected. A drove of horses crossed Lone Mountain en route to Charlesville. J D Cooley traveled to Gainesville last week. John Nix is death on squirrel. Mossy Creek Sunday school reorganized after a good turnout.
An 19th century roundup notes Drummond's Lightning Remedy priced at five dollars a bottle as a cure all while warnings about cheaper imitations spread. Local figures include Rev. M. B. Watkins’s farewell sermon at the M E church and lawyers Sam Ledford Julius Deyton traveling to Blairsville for bar exams. Messages urge Hood’s Sarsaparilla as superior and announce a postponed Masonic lodge meeting due to Redwine’s illness.
Notes on Georgia cheese making describe simple buildings a 8x10 pantry, small vat, press and basic tools. Experiments show cheese sells at 15 cents per pound, with milk sold per pound of cheese produced. curing rooms need 70 to 75 degrees and a 3 weeks to months aging window.
The text praises Sarsaparilla's enduring trust within communities, comparing it to HOOD'S Sarsaparilla for consistent reliability year after year.
A historical notice alleges scrofula as a hereditary disease caused by impure blood and claims Hood's Sarsaparilla can purify blood and expel disease symptoms. It references a Mason lodge scene and a recent public critique of someone’s behavior, presenting a tense local context.
The page advertises belts, shuttles, bobbins and repair parts for machines sold by Sutton & Pitchford, plus agents for Gus burner and self-pronouncing family Bible. It touts Brags Broop Purmvine, Brags Fammng services, and Breos Grewia Salve with claims of cures and skin clarity, urging wood subscriptions and county paper patronage.
Advertises Risley's Philotoken a remedy for "the many ills of womankind" claiming to regulate nerves and aid functions. Sold by Charles F. Risley Wholesale Druggist at 62 Cortlandt Street New York for $1 a bottle with pamphlet and testimonials from ladies who used it.
Miss Uttly, a refined young lady spending months near Cleveland, has traveled to Gainesville where she will likely remain through the winter.
An old classified style notice offers a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh cure not achieved by Lall's Catarrh Cure. It lists Toledo O wholesalers and endorsements from longtime contacts, claiming the firms will honor obligations. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as an internally taken remedy affecting blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials available.
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