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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1893
Page
4
The article describes the Navy's new warship Katahdin at Bath Iron Works, detailing its launch, design features, and planned performance. It notes a robust hull with watertight compartments, twin three expansion engines, two propellers, and steam boilers. Estimated power reaches 4,400 HP at 160 RPM, with a top speed of 17 knots and substantial ballast and fuel capabilities.
Congress authorized a twin-screw harbor defense ram designed by Rear Admiral Ammen with armor plating and a 261 foot hull. Bath Iron Works built the vessel for 230,000 dollars, later lengthened eight feet to increase coal and add four rapid fire guns. Indiana, with 18 inch guns, poised for launch as a leading battleship in the United States fleet.
The text outlines the Indiana as a steel battleship with length 848 feet, breadth 69 feet, displacement 10,288 tons, and a crew of 400. It describes a heavy nickel steel armor scheme including a side belt of 18 inches and turrets of 17 inches, a 14 to 18 inch range for belts, multiple turrets, a wide armor deck, and a large battery of 14-inch and smaller guns in six turrets, with torpedo tubes and light arms. Launching is planned from the Cramp’s shipyards with cranes and boats carried aboard for deployment.
A week of industrial growth across the South and adjacent states reports 62 new industries formed or incorporated, including Lockville Cotton Mill with 450,000 capital in North Carolina and several mining ventures in Alabama Texas and Georgia. New canneries mills and lumber works rise in Tennessee Alabama Georgia and Kentucky, with water works planned for Sumter South Carolina and multiple building projects in Athens and Dublin among others.
Lincoln dispatch reports Populist Senator W. B. Alien secured United States Senate election after lengthy balloting by the Nebraska Legislature. Alien won seventy votes on Tuesday morning, exceeding the required threshold.
Governor James Stephen Hogg calls for new legislation to curb mob violence after the Paris burning. He argues current laws fail to check mob justice and urges the legislature to authorize trial of all who participate and to strengthen the criminal justice system.
The inauguration committee reports satisfactory progress and lines of governors from Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey Georgia Connecticut Massachusetts Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Ohio Louisiana and Wisconsin have notified they will attend with staff. The March 4 1893 inauguration is expected to surpass all predecessors.
Congress ended its debate with the defeat of the repeal bid. The vote on ordering the previous question fell 153 to 142, with support from 107 Democrats 85 Republicans and 10 independents. The result signals the bill’s failure and silver policy stalemate.
The Australia import reports United States Minister Stevens proclaimed protection for the Hawaiian Islands at the provisional government’s request. The Stars and Stripes fluttered over Iolani Palace as U S troops landed to secure public buildings. Recognition followed from Japan and multiple European nations.
A household tip suggests spreading a large clean cloth in a clothes basket before adding garments. A damp cloth along the line helps keep it free of dust. A galvanized wire clothesline is optimal for durability and ease, while an apron style cloth bag with an outside pocket offers better hand use than a basket.
A playful exchange from Street and Smith's Good News features Mamma asking if she and Ethel played church with a doll. Dora replies they tried but lacked a boy doll for a preacher, dressing Johnny's jumping jack instead. The toy proved too lively for a regular church, so they improvised a revival.
A fragmented item discusses household economy, advising women to understand the value of groceries and proper preparation to avoid waste. It contrasts expensive foods with suitable methods, stressing dietetic economy and prudent use of each article. The piece blends quotes and ad-like lines on household matters and health tonics.
A woman sweeping a boarded hearth in a Coshocton boarding house found a slip from a Steubenville paper dated April 9 1855 with three copper dies for counterfeiting gold dollars. Dated 1880 and 1825, the dies are finely engraved and about one and a quarter inches wide and a quarter inch thick. The cache was hidden about 38 years and the building once served as a general store.
Random notes report two Confederate stamps couriers carrying a package from Granby Massachusetts to Boston undetected at a post office. A New York bill would admit seven year veterans to the bar without exam, while Missouri’s Daniel Morgan claims a revolutionary general’s note worth about three million dollars, not yet allowed.
J D Cox of Allegheny City Pa describes five months of dyspeptic symptoms including fullness after meals and a heavy sensation. After two weeks on August Flower his appetite returned, sickness ceased, he gained twenty pounds, and he reports being free of trouble while employed at Thomas McHenry Druggist.
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