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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1892
Page
3
The item lists advertising rates for The Cleveland Pictures, church notes, mail schedule arrivals and departures, and local court notices. It mentions pastor Jeaux J. Acamies, a temperance society event, and various court and mail details along with brief local society notes.
A mixed page of notices and local items reports mules passing through town on Wednesday and residents in Cleveland, with marriage and preacher updates for next year. It mentions subscriptions for The Home and Farm Progress, political candidates in town, and local business ads. It notes a still dispute and a reporter denying pay, plus references to remedies like BLACK-DRAUGHT and WINE OF CARDUS.
Sunday afternoon at the McAfee residence Rev. Chas Ledford officiated the union of Miss Mary McAfee and Mr. Ledford in a modest ceremony witnessed by relatives and a few friends. An elegant repast followed as patrons praised the bride and groom and wished them happiness. Also noted are local marriages: Jesse Chambers to Lula Jackson and Dyer Blick to Sallie Allen both at Blue Creek with J. B. Robertson officiating. Deputy collector Jeary Robertson has seized several moonshine operations, signaling rising concerns over mountain dew prices.
At the recent Experiment Station board meeting, it was decided the cheese factory will operate daily at the Macon state fair in October. The display aims to teach the public about every labor item and provide new income sources for farmers. Also summarized are Louisiana Station results on three swine breeds, noting red Jerseys as in demand for rapid growth and flesh, Berkshires forager traits and prolificacy, and exquisite but carnivorous tendencies. Large white pigs are fat and slow breeders, suitable for small farmers.
A garbled report from various sources cites Kansas betting claims involving Weaver and Tiel Sontag, a California train rebabers convict, and WW Taylor a famed bunko steerer arrested in Omaha. A raid on counterfeiters in Kansas City. lynching in Monroe County Alabama. a Chicago rail strike over World’s Fair labor, and more skewed items surface across a chaotic news batch.
A fragmentary notice describes an plan for a swaken spoke factory in the county and cites Risley, a wholesale druggist at 62 Corbin Street New York, marketing Philotoken to improve women’s nerves with testimonials from many ladies. The text references dates and promotional claims in a period-typical fashion.
A miscellany of items includes a testimonial letter about F J Cheney and Hall's Catarrh Cure with Toledo druggists, a note about the Masonic Lodge reorganization, a cheeky reply about a rabbit question, and a plug for The Home and Farm journal offering a subscription deal.
A compact old ad offers belts and belting leather and rawhide shuttles and bobbins for all machines with genuine parts. It notes repairs at short notice and lists the shop as an agent for a gas burner and a self pronouncing parallel family Bible.
An OCR fragment advertises a range of patent medicines and tonics by Sutton & Pitchford. It touts Beans Tam Rexewer and Lorren Giants pills, claims skin and kidney health benefits, purports warranties, and urges subscription to a county paper. Also mentions Wood delivery, job work by Time Progress, and a reward for a throat cure.
Publishers offer HOME AND FARM bundled with THE PROGRESS at the paper price of one dollar per year. Subscribers renewing now and paying in advance receive two papers for the price of one. HOME AND FARM is praised as a premier agricultural journal expanding to sixteen pages with a strong home department and child’s section, sample copies available from Louisville Kentucky.
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