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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1895
Page
3
The Cleveland Progress sets advertising rates at one dollar per inch for the first insertion and fifty cents per inch for each subsequent insertion Legal ads will be inserted at the rate fixed by law Bills are due and must be paid promptly in advance
The listing names tax collector Benton Trotter and treasurer J N Warwick among county constellations. Other officials include surveyor HW Edwards Covonen M L Allen and commission staff in Cleveland and Ga regions. The fragment mentions several surnames and places such as Pee van CWO k-W MP Khenil S L brown Yax Reeviver G N Colley and Howard Thompson.
Fragmentary ad style text touts Dr Miles Nervine as health restoring and Hood's Pills as a true friend. It asserts pain relief, elimination of drafts, and liver regulation but contains garbled wording and unclear claims about cures and indigestion.
Local notices report the tax collectors will lose on Friday the 20th. The column records residents visiting Atlanta and Athens Exposition, cattle sales, travel, illness of Representative Franklin, and area business updates including Moore Bros Gainesville and Price’s restaurant. Several locals plan moves to Detroit, Texas, or Habersham, with community notices on alliances and mining ventures.
Loudsville residents report visits by Rev. GC Cy Spence and Prof. Seaholt from Lampkin on business. Cantrell referenced a tip to Nascoochee Valley. a five dethris reward offered for stolen tools from Bakvditoh. A Georgie diamond, uncut yet brilliant, was found by Prof. Whatley near Gainesville. Local talk includes a Christmas tree at the Methodist church and moving Rev. Simmons to new work.
Sunday ceremony at Thomas Nix Sr home united Wheels of Saenochee Vatley and Lou Early of Tesnatee in marriage, performed by Woah Oakes, dP.
The County Board of Rates notes that Leonel reliesis an very teacher who applied for heons and last Friday scored poorly. Twenty six applicants took the test with all failing in arithmetic. Tenry Kytle and George Rog posted the top marks but fell short. It was a cold dig for teachers.
Mes S A Adams paid Nacoo chee a business trip last week. A diice was given at George McAfee’s home Saturday night and some church members cut the pigeon wing. Tom Allen Jr and Frank McAfee returned from Union county where they went to fetch a writing school. They will not teach until after Christmas. Boyd Pieeman was in the area Saturday night. Misses Lilly Eva Clark and Mary Corbin visited last week. Sad weather has persisted. John Trulove of Shoal Creek is teaching a singing school at Tesnatee.
Tax collectors will be at Pleasant Retreat Wednesday morning the 18th until 12 o'clock to collect County and State taxes. They will be in Cleveland Wednesday afternoon and Thursday the 19th and 20th to finish tax collection. Books close and filings issue according to law after the 20th. Bexton Trorren, Tax Collector.
Not WHAT WE SAY, but what Hood's Sarsaparilla does tells the story of its merit and success. Remember HOOD'S Cures.
Classified: Wanted at once. I Phils on ten or twelve m of wood oak or hickory willivered quany house in Cleveland. Cash pardon deliv ery of wood. Kh Craven is seeking immediate delivery and payment details.
Notice states Dr. J M McGen will perform all first class dental work in Cleveland for ten days starting December 20. Prices reasonable.
All persons indebted to me are notified that I have turned over my notes and accounts to Messrs. Shytle and Oakes for immediate collection. Dated December 4 1895. A IL I exprisey.
Advertisements claim Wig Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the best seller in town, the top choice among Medicines. The piece emphasizes the product as the leading option in the local market.
An overlong ad style description outlines dry goods, notions, shoes, dress fabrics, silks, trimmings, capes, corsets, hosiery, gloves, house furnishing items, lace curtains, drapery silks, mantels, shades, linens, towels, footwear, clothes, bags, hats, and groceries. It emphasizes extensive stock, low prices, and prior purchase advantages. The piece reads as a period retail notice promoting a broad inventory.
The Hynes Coats Big Store in Gainesville Georgia promotes a massive stock clearance at steep discounts. They claim North Georgia’s largest assortment with seventy percent off many items including 100 boys suits 1.40 and 450 dozen mens knit overshirts 0.25 each.
The advertisement lists a three line of Phunnels Blankets and related items at special prices. All wool blankets claimed as worth 125 pair each, yard prices down from 20e to 17¢, twill Plannell all wool at a reduced 17¢ yd. Dress hummel blue and Nerk valued at 80e yd.
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