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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1895
Page
4
An advertising notice touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption and lung diseases. It claims to enrich the blood, cleanse the body, and build strength, offering a free book and a 160 page medical treatise from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo upon request.
The article discusses Brydone’s account of stone forts and stone guns built by the Knights of Malta. It describes hollowed rock embrasures shaped into gigantic mortars hosting a full barrel of gunpowder and large projectiles. About fifty such positions guarded likely ship approaches.
The tall graceful girl ponders how she is viewed by her suitor while her father notes the payment demanded is less than expected. He smiles as his eyes rest on the glowing coals and the daughter eyes him intently.
A New York Sun writer quotes a young observer noting fashion has shifted mainly in detail rather than overall style. She outlines nine distinct centuries of women’s dress changes from 1795 to 1909, detailing waist lengths, sleeves, shoulders, crinolines, trains, and silhouettes across each period.
A hotel clerk misreads a guest inscription and assumes a newlywed couple will want the bridal chamber. Mr Nubbins insists on a cheaper $3 room, quipping that he will not marry anytime soon. The couple stays content for a few days, enjoying their inexpensive stay.
Maud recalls an accidental in train collision where she and Mand share a chaotic scene aboard a stranger's lap and a bishop and senator appear in odd moments. The dialogue shifts to a courtroom exchange where a prosecutor and counsel dispute the count of blows between a prisoner and the prosecutor.
The Woman's International Cycle Club session in New York debated whether a rider should carry a revolver to deter attackers or seek moral suasion. A suggestion favored self defense tools like a bulb with diluted aqua ammonia to deter hecklers, sparking talk of road etiquette without harm or legal risk.
Curiously bills in New York New Jersey and Virginia seek to forbid hats in theatres that block views and levy fines up to 20 dollars. New Jersey Assemblyman Duncan pushes a 10 dollar fine for offending hats amid public ridicule from sewing societies. Illinois Representative Alexander J Jones also proposes an anti-Gainsborough mat bill with similar penalties.
A collection of maxims on human behavior and folly. It contrasts practical wisdom with flawed thinking, noting that good packing and planning win, gratitude can mask resentment, and love or money shape social outcomes. It ends with a regional nod to The South-West.
In Port Mahon a young lad climbed the frigate Constitution's track 189 feet above water. Lacking means to descend, Commodore Hull ordered a musket shot and then his son leapt into the sea. Sailors saved him, and the incident ended with the Commodore admonishing his boy.
The Chicago Herald notes findings by F. H. Herrick of the United States Fish Commission on American lobsters. Most adult females lay eggs in June to August and breeding cannot occur more than once every two years. Eggs are carried for ten or eleven months, and maturity often occurs at ten and a half inches or more. Egg production rises geometrically with each productive period while lobster sizes grow arithmetically. A fourteen inch lobster may emit four times as many eggs as a ten inch lobster. From 10,000 eggs, only about two reach maturity.
Count Aoki the Japanese minister presented the Emperor with the insignia of the Order of the Chrysanthemum from the Mikado in recognition of services rendered to the Japanese army by German officers and the instructor’s guidance during World War I era.
The Baltic and North Sea Canal will be opened June 20 in Hamburg with Emperor William and foreign dignitaries present. Hamburg America Line ships Augusta Victoria and Normannia will join the naval parade. The 61 mile canal runs from Halte nau to Brunabuttel, 25 feet deep, 200 feet wide at surface, costing about 40 million dollars. About 18,000 ships are expected to use it annually, reducing dangerous passage between the Scandinavian Peninsula and Jutland.
A mixed OCR page shows a dramatic dialogue moment with lines between He and She about engagement and restraint. The text also includes numerous vintage medical and patent remedy ads, mentions of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, Kilmer’s Swamp Root, Tetterine, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and other products, with fragmented references to locations like Binghamton, England, and dates such as Nov 22 1808.
A vintage advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best spring medicine, claiming it cures blood diseases, strengthens nerves, and rebuilds the body. An excerpt from a testimonial notes relief from headaches, heart palpitations, and stomach upset after two bottles, urging nursing mothers to try the remedy.
An assortment of curiosities covers inventions by a clever Scotsman using mice to power a device, royal mourning symbols in horse hooves, and musically themed facts. It includes branding methods of Arizona Indians, musical key usage, barber anecdotes, and a snail regrowing a head. Also promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a testimonial claim and pricing details.
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