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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1896
Page
4
A miscellany cites the United States Tobacco Journal arguing bicycles reduced cigar consumption by 700 million annually, estimating one million cyclists causing two fewer cigars per day per user. It notes temperance claims alongside moral benefits, plus ads and letters praising remedies, travel deals, and health products across various U.S. locations.
Historic cyclone devastates St Louis and East St Louis with wind speeds around eighty miles per hour, firestorms, and widespread ruin. Reports count hundreds killed, with ships wrecked on the river, a railroad chaos, and major buildings like Standard Oil works and National hotel in ruins. Authorities fear high casualty numbers as rescue efforts begin and citizens search for survivors.
A historic cyclone swept from northeastern Missouri through Randolph and Pike counties into Illinois, devastating Rush Hill and Drake Seminary before striking St Louis and Evansville. Reports place the death toll around 700 with hundreds injured, as the storm moved along the river corridors toward the Mississippi.
After a devastating cyclone struck St Louis and East St Louis, rescuers prioritized the wounded while many dead remained uncounted. Ambulances rushed injured to dispensaries and residences as searches continued amid darkness and lightless streets. Officials estimated hundreds killed and wounded with figures rising as ruins are cleared, crews patrolling streets to restore order.
Newport Ky report says Judge Helm overruled the motion for a new trial for Scott Jackson convicted of murdering Pearl Bryan and sentenced to be hanged June 30. The court then granted a 60 day stay to allow an appeal to the court of appeals.
A long recounting of John Henry Ucoderson in St. Lawrence County. After back injury and months of pain, he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring strength. He describes renewed vigor, improved circulation, and ability to work full days. The piece frames the rural setting and praises the remedy’s broad claims.
The Popular Science News notes Japan lacks cows and milk, few horses and dogs, no sheep or goats, and pork is unknown to diet. Silks and cotton dominate clothing while wild bears are described as enormous. one stuffed bear inspires awe. The piece also surveys fashion and jewelry tips with brief cultural quips.
The cypros a notably slow growing tree with exceptionally durable wood. It resists weather and prolonged immersion, bonds fibers strongly, and withstands ordinary tissue breakdown. Cypress has endured over a thousand years in solid form. a 1780 French stockade in New Orleans remained intact when exhumed. In the Mississippi valley cypress is abundant, and greenhouse tests show its timber remains practically unchanged after fifty years, signaling wider use for high resistance building projects.
In a Buffalo Times item an exchange on a trolley shows Jackson Parke praising politeness while West Side shifts to grab a strap overhead. The joke hinges on the man’s line about learning “the hang of it” as he rises and holds the strap, not for offering his seat.
A Victorian style advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. It claims improved health for melancholic women, citing a testimonial from Mrs. Gro Chau of Buffalo, NY, who attributes her recovery and birth of a baby to the product.
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