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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1894
Page
1
A jumble of aphorisms on self improvement and virtue, mixed with health ads. passages urge personal effort and moral conduct, then pivot to remedies for ailments and tonics. Included are product pitches for Hostetter's Bitters, Syrup of Figs, and Brown's Fronycnal Services, with scattered references to pathogens and catarrh cures.
The House starts the session by forming a committee of the whole to debate the tariff bill. Amendments target the Wilson bill title and internal revenue provisions while lively cheers meet leaders on the floor. In the Senate, discussions focus on treasury bond policy and the authority to issue bonds amid calls for national financial prudence.
East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia railroad says wages for shopmen and trainmen were restored on the first of the month as agreed after a 10 per cent cut last August. Receiver Quirk aims to fulfill promises. payment affects only trainmen and shopmen. A Jackson Mississippi dispatch notes the fifty ninth ballot in the Democratic caucus to nominate a senator to replace Senator Walthall with McLawarin 51, Taylor 84, Lowry 18, Campbell 28, 3 scattering. caucus adjourns until Monday evening.
W J Patterson Sons tobacconists Mount Airy NC assigned with liabilities estimated 25 000 to 30 000. Spranger Bros named assignees. Rosedale Manufacturing Roanoke AL closes mill assets about 50 000 liabilities one third. Five hundred miners at Corona AL return to work after wage rent dispute resolved. Circuit Judge Simonton designates Augustine Seymour to hold Greenville SC February term. Home for Mothers Widows and Daughters of Confederate Soldiers receives 20000 gift from Baltimore donor. Violent events include a street duel in Columbia and a convict trouble ending with pardons. Civil actions span perjury arrests in Knoxville and a Chattanooga chancery suit over a will dispute involving infant plaintiff. Planters bank Ellaville GA robbery solved. cashier Ed Clark implicated. Irwin indicted for murder on Knoxville Ohio railroad. New Orleans judge Denies Premium Club bid to lift injunction on business.
An injunction ties to a fraudulent Louisiana State Lottery scheme in New Orleans run by sharpers using the name of a supposedly legalized company. The charter they cited expired January 1, 1804, exposing the public to deception by the operators.
The Thorson-Houston electric light plant at Meridian Mississippi valued at 50000 was burned Sunday morning with about 40000 insurance. The fire started in the engine room. Other items note lumber firm filings, store and church losses, and several business failures across cities including Knoxville Brooklyn and Chicago.
Real Mr. William Kinnear writes to the North American Review arguing lengthy life may be achieved by dietary reform. He warns against minerals in calcareous salts and earthy matter, favors fruits and light meats, and suggests daily distilled water with diluted phosphoric acid. He predicts widespread fruit use could extend longevity.
A collage of household tips and old fashioned remedies on cleaning, fabric care, and cooking utensils. It includes advice on removing paint with vinegar, preserving cookware, preserving leather or pipes with linseed oil, stain removal with grease and water, and fabric color setting with salt. The piece ends with a quip about a prejudiced remark and a playful bonnet joke.
A humorous piece contrasts a classic home-loving girl with broad cultural ignorance yet strong charm. It ends with a couple eloping, reflecting simple affection over refined polish and social pretensions.
A New York Weekly item questions the figure behind a proposed monument and notes a speaker claiming kinship to that figure. The piece also references a hat style remark and discusses late 19th century immigration totals from 1820 to 1892, estimating about 200000 arrivals from 1789 to 1820.
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