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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1893
Page
4
An old advertisement text describes a Sedalia Missouri telegraph operator and a health remedy promoting Hortetter's Bitters. It mentions general cures for debility kidney complaints malaria and biliousness and claims a large production of the product.
Disappearances, fires, strikes, and financial rumors populate the week. Morrilston postmaster W. W. Stout vanishes amid a large cash shortage, a Winnipeg theatre and Detroit factory burn with heavy losses, and a Boston or New York wire notes Oxford beating Cambridge in rowing. Oil trusts, charitable funds, and a Chicago evangelist campaign are reported along with plate glass firm formations. Labor strife, railroad relic auctions, and large copper or Columbian souvenir coin operations in Philadelphia round out the briefs.
Dun and Co reports volume of trade steady with rising demand in some sectors while money markets stay tight due to bad roads and weather. Wheat imports exceed exports, foreign trade shows a large adverse balance, and 248 business failures occur nationwide, up from 220 last week.
A Memphis report details a southwesterly cyclone from Mississippi that caused heavy property damage in Tennessee and Kentucky, with bowing Green and Louisville areas hit hard. Wires down hindered news. Bowling Green courthouse and several roofs collapsed. Louisville and Nashville roundhouse damaged. many buildings destroyed, workers displaced. Reports also note Indiana tornado near Alexandria injuring and killing people, plus extensive damage in Natchez area and Richland parish pending confirmation.
Fire destroys the Witherly and Phillips building in Tyler Texas causing about 100000 dollars in losses. The Newberger brothers collapse tied to cotton prices at Cushywsville Mississippi. Nashville hotel Maxwell House sold on partition. Dobbins & Drey creditors meet April 11 in Nashville. South Carolina truck farmers seek railroad commission relief for fruit and veg prices. Jefferson Davis reinterment planned in Richmond May 19 with ceremonies led by Louisiana division. North Carolina rail refund case against Richmond and Danville resolved in Raleigh. Lyonville Tennessee devastated by fire. 840000 estimated losses. Mississippi land plans postponed to April 8 1803. Carnival planned in Columbia South Carolina April 17 18 with electric street railway debut. Purvis Mississippi destroyed by fire. Tupelo and Kelty storm damage reported. North Carolina legislature revises gubernatorial succession. Commercial National Bank of Nashville suspends. Dobbins & Drey debts tied to multiple cities. Cotton and tobacco acreage shifts forecast. fertilizer sales heavy. farmers optimistic about crops.
The passage states a universal rule of tree growth: a branch or stem maintains its diameter as it forks, the original stem enlarges to the next branch, and no limb narrows except when a new branch forms. If all parts were joined without space loss, they would form a round log equal in size to the trunk.
The article notes the Nile’s modest river tail, June to August flooding reaching 24 to 26 feet, a wide turbid surge through Egypt, and one deadly burst in 1820 drowning 40 000. It describes annual mud deposits, soil gain, and yearly embankment growth. It also mentions the 1704 Lancaster Philadelphia turnpike built to endure heavy traffic.
Practical tips on preserving freshness for bread milk and vegetables. How to treat burns bites and toothache with baking soda water and oils. Oil-dipped flannel care for knives. Claims about ovens and stoves as refrigerators and a charcoal bread poultice for carbuncles.
A garbled ad page promotes Brown's Crow Bitters as a tonic for digestion and debility, claims to rebuild the body and boost strength, with erratic lines about costs and a separate note for Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye-Water sold by druggists. The text includes scattered mis-typed names and nonsensical phrases from a damaged source.
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