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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1894
Page
1
A collage of humorous lines on habit forming and newspaper reading, then fall backs to multiple advertisements for medicines and tonics. Mentions of Hostetters Stomach Bitters, Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, Brown's Iron Bitters, Beecham's Pills, and eye care products amidst a quirky exchange about long ears and generosity. References to oats and seed samples from The John A Balzer Seed Co and a Font oat anecdote appear as product pitches.
The House debated the sundry bill affecting the Soldier's Home administration with amendments increasing appropriations by 214741 within a total of 32521124. Contested ONeill Joy cases from Missouri and Cobb from Alabama were addressed. quorum issues arose and adjournments followed. The Senate, amid tariff changes, moved to strike “highest duty” for “lowest duty” and to abrogate treaty sections, with Hawaiian questions and condolences to Louis Kosuth.
The World's Fair exhibit is slated for relocation to Broadway New York. Ferrin approves the Perris wheel site on 37th 38th Streets. Also noted are bank insolvency in London and reorganizations in Richmond Terminal and allied bonds.
Dispatches from Bellefonte Pennsylvania report a miners strike spreading through the bituminous coal region. After two 5 percent wage cuts last month, about 8,000 miners vow to stay out until pay is restored, with 26,000 to 28,000 union members expected to join in days.
The President sent to the Senate nominations for Henderson North Carolina postmaster W T Cheatham Jr and Palatka Florida postmaster W P Anderson. Hatch anti option bill advances in the House with a 12 to 2 vote while bank tax repeal faces committee action. Reports cite seigniorage veto pressure from business groups and a flood of letters to the White House.
Fort Worth city records warn that the Recorder will fine every able bodied member of Coxey's Army of the Unemployed and set them to street repair if the group arrives. Police are instructed to bring all members before him regardless of rank. Fort Worth authorities anticipate potential unrest and active measures.
A compilation of quirky facts includes a 175 year old Lawrence Kansas Bible, a 1465 blotting paper reference, Confederate officer counts, micro diamonds by Morceau, U S button totals, a Trinity Church themed souvenir spoon, a large pedagogy school with one top student, a Wrentham stamp sender contacting European royals, Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland Young born on inauguration day, Hungary gypsies census data showing illiteracy and nameless tribes.
The piece argues milk is a food not a drink and should be eaten to aid digestion. It notes milk forms a curd before digestion, contrasts with water, and cites nursing infants needing saliva to process milk, urging milk as nourishment rather than a beverage.
A cluttered 19th century ads page promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward claim, plus Brown's Iron Bitters and Shiloh's Cure. The text touts internal cure, testimonials, and various patent medicine promises, mentioning multiple named patentees and druggists, and urging purchases from Charleston and other locations.
A nostalgic health advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pleasant liquid laxative that cleanses the system, eases headaches and fevers, and improves well being. It claims the remedy acts without weakening kidneys, liver, or bowels, and credits the California Fig Syrup Co as the sole manufacturer with 50c and 1 dollar bottles.
A Washington Star snippet mixes slang and legal talk about Mistah Mackson and a deacon dispute, noting charges over chickens and turkeys in a lurid, tongue in cheek manner. It mocks legal references and hints at a misused injunction while a lover seeks a wife.
Article notes redwoods cut sixty years ago have sprouted into new trees 3 to 5 feet in diameter and 100 to 150 feet tall. Growth questions age estimates but supports annual ring counting as sound, validating claims of great age. includes a humorous dialogue about conundrums and a joking proposal.
Letters from credible neighbors praise Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as cures for consumption and related lung diseases. Testimonials from KC McLin of Kempsville and Mrs. Vansicklin of Brighton report dramatic recoveries, with claims of weight gain and restored health after multiple bottles. The ad promises further testimonials and a 1000 page medical book mailed for a small fee.
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