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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1893
Page
3
Fragments show tax collectors, county officials, and court notices with dates. Mentions Mossy Creek Mossy Creek district and other communities. Includes Christmas greetings, store ads Campbell's Book Store Gainesville and news of residents visiting or returning home.
The page lists holiday notices and social updates from Cleveland Georgia. Mentions Syrup of Figs endorsements, postal holiday closing, Movements of residents to Blue Ridge and Gainesville, a hardware firm’s stock, a family move, a mule purchase plan, a sociable at Mrs. Merritt’s, rice milling, camp card offers, anonymous letters policy, Christmas cards, and arrivals of Rev W A Simmons and Ex-Representative J Re Taumaden with local welcomes.
A local store advertises cash or barter prices on clothing with a claim of cheaper deals than any place east of Atlanta. The message promotes ready sale of suits and overcost items at the same outlet.
Christmas greetings are mixed with local updates. Rev W A Singleton will preach at Mossy Creek on the fifth Sunday next. Mrs J Nix has been ill but hopes for recovery. Four dormitories are being built at Mossy Creek and J D Cooley’s is complete. A new lodge at Leo, named The Lodge of Rest, has been organized with strict rules. An old bachelor remains aboard as the dating scene adds surprises.
Bob Murphy and brothers Alex and Goodmin Wells, all described as colored gentry, were jailed after a Saturday night assault on Mgr. Martin Knight, a white resident of Nacoochee. Knight was badly cut and pistol fire was aimed at him. Constable Cannon captured the suspects Sunday morning and jailed them awaiting bond.
Pleasant Retreat reports a promising gold mining operation on the Loud property with a strong turnout of yellow metal. Exploration notes highlight Mr. W J H Court ney as a leading miner in the area. Bob Sutton has been ill for the past week. Taxpayers are active and moving quickly.
Town Creek updates note Mr J W Henderson ill but hoped to recover. A J Stansel moves into new dwelling. W H Allen to call his girl at Christmas. J C Allen and wife visit from ill county. A I Henderson Jr. travels from Dahlonega to see his sick father. W S Stansel returns from Texas for college prep at Mossy Creek. a local young man is to wed next Sunday the 2th with祝 Wishes for happiness and prosperity.
Local items from Loudsville include Pardue’s furniture shop talk and farm politics among neighbors. Reports mention Uncle James Allison improving, Lonestown mine activity paying debts, and Christmas preparations with two trees planned at Loudsville and Dukes Creek Church.
For sale cheap for cash one buckboard a four seated wagon with pole and shafts one set double harness one set single harness one pod combination harness and saddle horse listed by J A Nienens Nacoochee Georgia.
In advertising mode the copy emphasizes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the medicine of choice. It urges readers to recall Hood's when medical need arises and frames the product as the solution that proves its merit.
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