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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1895
Page
5
Fragments from a damaged page showcase garbled dialogue and strained sales pitches. References rush through medical tonics, patent remedies, and dubious testimonials. Names blur into ad copy as warnings mix with curious lines about health cures and theatrical characters.
Ex Secretary Foster moves to aid Chinese peace talks after visiting Secretary Gresham at the state department. Navy appoints I M Barber as naval attache to London, Cowles to return home. Stewart syndicate holds most $50 million bonds, awaiting delivery. Venezuela claims commission meets in Washington, with Romero presiding, adjourns after a brief session. Nicaragua canal bill prospects seen as uncertain this session, potential for survey or declaration. Major fires in Toledo and New York cause wide damage and one death. other incidents include hotel fire in Waterbury and a Jerome City directory scam arrest. Labor unrest meetings in Brooklyn reorganize under new name. child deaths in Kentucky from house fire. Nashville judge appoints special commissioner for Cincinnati extension mortgage securities. Congress and party meetings continue with platform debates and calls for currency reform.
Miners at the Anderson mines in Massillon Ohio refused the arbitration committee rate of sixty cents per ton and have halted work. It is believed miners across the Massillon district will soon stop work. A Fort Scott Kansas man has been ruled insane after kissing a Rottweiler.
Henry M. Flagler says he will be captured by Texas authorities by January 20 if needed but remains untroubled. He sits in New York after a Florida visit and plans returning to Florida for the winter with his family. He questions Governor Mitchell’s move and notes earlier actions by New York and Missouri governors. He denies being a Texas fugitive, arguing he has never been in the state.
The state board of apportionment fixed the school fund for the next year at 1 156 052 dollars with total estimated spending of 1 196 052 dollars under new law. Board members Bradwell Wright and Hardeman and the liquor tax, show tax, dividends, and other items compose the estimate.
Florida suffered a severe cold spell with readings below 19 degrees across the state. Jacksonville recorded 14 degrees at 6 am, colder than the 1886 January freeze and the coldest since 1835. Ice formed four inches thick in exposed areas. water pipes burst and fruit trees damaged. An estimated 2.5 million boxes of oranges were on trees, with possible 600,000 boxes of thin fruit sold at about $5 per box, harming growers and provoking widespread losses totaling around $2.5 million to Florida agriculture.
Dun & Co reports a downturn in 1894 commercial failures with 14,292 cases and liabilities of 163 million, plus 2,766 manufacturing failures and 11,814 trading failures. Notes cotton price cuts, weaker demand, wages cuts at Edgar Thompson, and a bond syndicate dissolution impacting markets. Week’s failures: 350 in US and 41 in Canada.
General O Perrall denounces a Norfolk Pitot report as libel accusing the American Book Company and Virginia board of education of a corrupt deal that placed books on the state list. He disputes the insinuation that Superintendent Massey and Governor O Ferrall with Attorney General Scott were negligent or corrupt. He will sue the paper and form a committee to probe the matter. A new steel plant is planned by Johnson Steel and Carnegie at Lorraine Ohio, east side of Black River, on Johnson land, employing 8000 workers, per Johnson official Suppe.
A list of the biggest gold nuggets found worldwide cites names such as the King of the Water Moon in Australia 1852 weighing 228 pounds four ounces and the Welcome nugget found at Ballarat in 1854 weighing 184 pounds ten ounces. It notes American finds at Carson Hill and Reed Mountain with multi-nugget yields and includes figures for the Great Siberian and Ballarat mine productions.
A Lower Dendelion, Virginia resident owns a laughing toad found on his lawn six months ago. French bibliophiles credit Eugene Sue with introducing the first maritime novel into France after a three-year inquiry. A Shelby County hog farm raises pork on fifty acres, famed for its noise. The Lovett farm near Bristol, Pennsylvania, has 212 years of continuous ownership with Duke of York and William Penn deeds. A Chicago voter recounts birth, residence, and qualifications under women’s suffrage, described by her coachman. A Denver barber’s careless cut leads to damages in a courtroom case as the barber defends his chair assignment.
Mr Smallchange asks if his sister liked the flowers she sent. The small sister replies that she was pleased but notes she sent them to a sick friend as soon as possible. The Chicago Inter Ocean records the exchange in a light social note.
In a reflection on love and self doubt a philosopher questions why a noble man doubts his chance with a woman when a homely dog’s success is noted. The crowd remains silent as a woman resists marriage insisting she does not wish to wed, while her mother fears the fiancé will demand his ring back.
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