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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1893
Page
2
A Georgia paper notes a recently discovered gold mine near Ellijay and comments on local journalism, political musketeers, opium myths about the Chinese, tariff gibes, bank failures, pension cuts, and a quip about borrowing a mother’s paper and nose wiping.
Chaaton B Thompson of Jackson county had the highest exam score for West Point but was ruled ineligible due to age. Geo D Jarret of Habersham county was chosen, with Paul Allen of Lumpkin as alternate. The piece critiques party affiliations and endorses ending the convict lease system in favor of road improvements under state or county authority.
The state loses funds paying Professor Whitley while Dr. Spencer and Governor Northen block publication. Whatley’s comprehensive report on regional sections lies unpublished due to no remaining public funds, unless the next legislature grants a special appropriation. Northeast Georgia citizens are urged to demand fair treatment and funding.
The piece denounces pulpit and press for condemning the Chicago World’s Fair Sunday openings while excusing hypocrisy at home. It accuses religious leaders of double standards, casting a critical eye on societal sins and political corruption hidden behind pious rhetoric.
The article notes a revised theory on the origin of the word lynch. It attributes the term to Cherokee Chief Jeter Lynch in Nacoochee Valley, asserting he practiced what became known as lynch law on white prisoners and enemies. The graves of Jeter Lynch and his wife are said to lie at the foot of Lynch Mountain.
The Sal Mountain Asbestos Company of Blue Ridge White County Georgia occupies 250 acres in the Blue Ridge foothills. The Laurentian formation hosts a 600 to 700 ft long by 40 to 50 ft wide exposure with a 150 ft mass mined to yield about 70 tons. The deposit spans at least 800 ft wide with asbestos used in building materials and industrial coatings and tested for paper manufacture with positive results.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figa as a pure laxative with a pleasant taste and quick cleansing effect. It claims health benefits for Liver and Bowels, notes widespread medicinal approval, and states it is manufactured by the California Fig Co with the product name on every package.
Legal notice announces July sheriff sale before the courthouse door in Cleveland County. It describes multiple lands and mineral interests across lots in the 3rd and 8th districts, including the Trammell and Pitner properties, with boundaries, improvements, and mineral rights to be sold with caveats.
The department presents dress fabrics in soft spring tones from tans and grays to royal heliotropes. The crowded counters and touched tables showcase a stock bristling with beauty and sparkle.
A department store brochure highlights a wide range of dress fabrics and accessories. It showcases gloves buttons dress goods lace veiling ribbons and related trim items as the latest novelties for the season.
A shopper noted a large assortment of footwear including mens shoes with varying heels and toes, ladies shoes in many shapes and widths, oxford ties, childrens shoes in all colors, tennis shoes and slippers, all warranted.
Dr M J Davis of Lewis Iowa long in practice near Cass county credits Chamberlain’s Sire Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with curing his diarrhea after a travel bout. Traveling and water changes often cause symptoms. he bought a 25 cent bottle in Des Moines and two doses cured him. Sold by all druggists.
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