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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1894
Page
1
A quip from Street & Smith's Good News reflects tension about socialism and paternal government. A small boy challenges the idea, arguing socialists seek control as a boy grows beyond his father. The exchange portrays skepticism toward state authority.
A collage of humor and patent medicines. The piece jests about a husband and wife over a ball night and wake times, then markets Trostotter’s Stomach Bitters and Brown Tron Hitters for digestion, malaria, and energy, plus Salzer potatoes and Beecham’s products. It includes testimonials, price hints, and mail-order offers from Salzer Seed Co. and related drug firms.
The Fifty Third Congress faced a Bland seigniorage bill stalemate as the House, with seven Republicans arrested on a prior day, adjourned amid disorder. Debates over quorum, privileges, and adjournment dominated slide shows of ballots and arrests, while the Senate opened with inquiries into silver certificates and tariff committee backchat.
In Congress Mr Washburn pressed the question on how Senator Hoar would curb lottery evils. Mr Hone argued the plan aimed to prevent importation of lottery appliances, a power Congress holds. On Gorman's motion the Senate adjourned to meet Monday after Washington's farewell address was read by Mr Martin.
A long dispatch covers the American Newspaper Association meeting in New York, Guatemalan debt suspension amid silver price drop, Wilson and Tairney’s El Paso arrival, and naval movements near Rio. It notes UK parliamentary dissolution rumors, Gladstone’s potential retirement, Mani gut and Natalie rumors in Haiti, Rhode Island prohibition platform shifts, and Pennsylvania election gains for Grow with a projected large plurality.
Erastus Wiman was released from Toombs prison in New York on a $25,000 bail. Charles H. Deere of Moline Illinois deposited twenty five thousand dollars in one thousand dollar bills with the city chamberlain. Deere is Wiman’s son in law and William Wiman lies in precarious condition at Staten Island.
A London cable dispatch reports liberal debate on dissolving parliament if the Lords back amendments to the parish councils bill. The Daily News opposes this move, fearing it would concede victory to the peers, while the Daily Chronicle urges advancing with Gladstone leading the effort.
The international ref to be held in Austin next June is canceled. J A Wardlaw & Co lending grocers of South Chattanooga lose their entire stock to a fire, with losses around 10000 dollars and 11000 dollars insured. Revenue collectors report many closures of registered distilleries in North Carolina due to the three gallon law. Inmates Henry Singleton and Horace Smith, black convicts in Jackson Mississippi, face execution after appeals. General Inbal Barry injures his back in Lynchburg Virginia but expected to recover soon. Governor Vishnan selects a site for a Berkeley county seat with S W Beriggs of Greenville as outside member. Sugar politics in New Orleans hint at a northern replacement for Senator White. Ex Treasurer Hemingway seeks pardon for a 415612.19 dollar discrepancy. Pensacola reports freshets from steady rains. Geneva Alabama nearly submerged. Kentucky dispatch notes Breckinridge faces Knott, Blanchard and possibly Knott rival. North Carolina coal in Moore county praised as near hard coal. water power report urges transmission by electricity. Kaolin deposits in NC to be tested. gold mining interest rises. Jackson Tennessee reports witnesses in Howard case awaiting sentence. perjured confession linked to Bulloell murder questioned. Tybee railroad recovery fund gains 19000 in Savannah from bondholders. Fast Tennessee line issues wage cuts April 1 for engine crew and shop staff. overall reductions 5 to 10 percent.
The New York World argues that sheep increasing in agriculture over the last 25 years would have left far more run-down farms today, implying a shift in farming balance and economic impact.
A New York Sun overview notes global submarine cables densely networked in the Mediter ranean west of Malta and the North Atlantic between latitudes 38 and 55, with many cables also in the Red and Arabian seas. It highlights vast unbridged areas in the Pacific and Indian Ocean, while U S coastlines rely on land lines. The piece credits U S Navy advances in cable laying, including Sigs kiee’s depth sounding device and Z T Vanner’s thermometer innovations, plus a department guide and deep sea soundings for a planned Pacific route.
Practical household advice covers moisture control in a cellar glass jars for tea and coffee, drying umbrellas to protect fabrics, sealing corks in bottling, and using linen crash under a sewing machine. It also offers first aid for burns with hot water, a ham and egg salad with French dressing, cleaning tips using ashes, cloves for pest control, dedicated vegetable washing brush, and glycerine to ease burning thirst in illness.
Old Mrs Geewilikins misreads a New York paper and imagines women voting. She quips that grandmothers took part and were good at the figures, praising the devotion to principles and stage of duty. A Princeton Vine note records the humorous misreading.
The piece details careful lamp upkeep for households, advising strict duties for the keeper. It prescribes cleaning with cheese cloth, trimming wicks with a visiting card edge, and removing charred wick evenly. Wicks should be renewed monthly, burners wiped daily, and occasional boiling in soap to stay clean. Hardware.
A Home Journal tip describes making furniture polish by mixing equal parts spirits of wine vinegar and olive oil in a bottle and shaking daily for a week. Apply with a soft wool cloth and rub in well. For dirty furniture, rub clean with a wool cloth dipped in kerosene.
The article details a gorilla's locomotion showing quadruped movement with a right arm and left leg coordinated, a mixed ambling gait, and chimpanzee using arms as crutches. It notes the gait differs from a true walk or trot and mentions plans to photograph for a more reliable depiction.
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