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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1893
Page
3
Cleveland locals report visits, illness updates, a district meeting, and various ads. Notables include Maggie Merritt’s return from Atlanta, R.T. Kemmer’s foot injury, Mrs. J. R. Earle in town, and the 52nd Regiment reunion next Thursday.
Public notices discuss reunion basket dinner and grove gathering at the Baptist church, with families returning from Henderson Hotel and planning moves to Kentucky. Reports describe Cleveland streets damaged by gullies, a thunderstorm injury at the high school, corrections about a fourth of duty picnic, and an appeal for courteous civility in Chattahoochee district. Includes classified seeking a husband with property and farm items.
A reunion of the 52nd Regiment Georgia Volunteers will be held at Cleveland White County Georgia on Thursday August 3. All members invited and Confederate veterans of other commands are welcome to attend. By order of Wier Boyd President, Johnny Thomas Secretary.
Town Creek notes praise the flourishing school under Miss Callie Cooley and report improvements of Mrs. S. Ash. James McAfee Jr. killed a five foot nine inch large snake. Town Creek plans to attend Cleveland reunion. a request for rain from the weather clerk is noted. Bear tricks near Horse Range are described and Browne's Iron Bitters advertised for digestive issues.
The column notes Haenocher residents and visitors from Savannah to Atlanta and Gainesville spending time at Nacoochee Hotel, with social notices about Miss Katie Pope Zebulon and Miss Sidney Ri. It extols Neophila in northeast Georgia, praising drives and scenery, crops, and local property activity including Henry Henderson planning a residence on Cunningham property.
A narrator recalls a misadventure with a beehive, portraying a rash attempt to steal honey. The bee swarm overwhelms him as he grows bolder, then retreats to the house after a painful sting, the poem ending with Max Hall as the author or signature.
The article describes Mossy as a historic church center with leading citizens, noting the recent erection of a college on hallowed ground. It highlights Rev H M Newton as president, Prof J W Smith as principal, and Miss Minnie McDonald as primary teacher. It praises the school’s broad curriculum, low tuition of one dollar monthly, and mentions J W Smith as contact in Leo Ga. The piece extols surroundings and local travel, compares Mossy Crank to other towns, and includes a testimonial for Chamberlain's remedy. It ends urging county readers to subscribe to the county paper.
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