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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1895
Page
4
An advertisement extols That Tired Feeling as a sign of impure blood and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the remedy. The caller cites a testimonial from H. B. Bucklings of North Leverett Massachusetts who says the tonic restored appetite and vigor after feeling run down in spring.
A noisy 1899 collage covers a Savannah trip offer and a July parade plan with a naval display, plus a brisk world catalog noting population totals by continent. It estimates 1.45 billion people, splits by skin color, and notes housing and clothing patterns globally.
A school examination prompt prompts a cat toe count. The principal and staff fail to answer until a delegation of boys locates a cat. The verdict: cats have eighteen toes, ten on the front feet and eight on the hind foot.
A fragment mentions Mus. Hanpwearer-John, a local butcher, who has discovered the writer’s former address and called using an unclear yearly note. The text is fragmented and lacks full context.
An assorted ad text touts Polsondun Mint, Kilmer’s Swaar-oor, Ripans Tabules, Pee’s Cure for Consumption, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, and Winstow’s Soothing Syrup. Claims include remedies for fever chills typhoid kidney and bladder issues, nervous fatigue, and teething discomfort, with prices and consultation notes. The piece imitates a 19th century newspaper fill of patent medicine pitches.
Nicaragua formally decides to accept a settlement and will pay 16 500 pounds in London within fifteen days after British ships depart Corinto. The move shifts responsibility to Great Britain, with assurances of prompt payment to avoid any uncertainty.
The Southern States Passenger Association issued an excursion rate circular on the certificate plan for several meetings. Events include the Georgia Pharmaceutical convention in Savannah May 20 to 23, a currency and banking discussion in Memphis May 28, Wesleyan Female College commencement May 24 to 30, Southern Summer Bible School for Women in Rogersville June 7 to 17, and the Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor in New York June 10 to 19.
Judge Newman of the U S District Court in Atlanta signed a decree of foreclosure of mortgage in the case Central Trust company of New York against Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company and Chickamauga and Durham Railroad Company. The firms own property in Dade and Walker counties Georgia. Central Trust holds six hundred bonds of $1 000 each totaling $600 000.
The race for governor of Mississippi grows to four candidates with Hon O Sykes from Monroe County entering the Democratic field alongside Monars Vardaman McCabe and McLaurin. Other possible entrants include General W T Martin, while age figures show all candidates under forty six.
Growth of the South notes a surge in staple products boosting outputs in iron, coal and lumber and rapid increases in new cotton mills. New ventures include mills in Concord North Carolina, Atlanta Georgia, Greenville South Carolina, Elmsbeth City North Carolina, Elgofeld South Carolina, La Grange Georgia, Abbeville South Carolina and Cartersville Georgia, with varied capital. New industries include Standard Phelow Engine Co of New Orleans, Tabyho Mining Co of Dallas, Gramreoy Co Ltd of New Orleans, Centreville Manufacturing Co, Langley Clothing Manufacturing Co in Charleston, Diedmont Soapstone Co in Charlottesville, plus numerous brick works, canneries, coal mines, tobacco factories and mills planned across the region.
An agricultural column outlines an easy cheese making process at home. It details milking, cooling, heating to bake temperatures, adding coloring and rennet, cutting curd, whey removal, pressing, salting, and aging the cheese for two to three months at 60 to 65 degrees, with notes on preventing cracking and maintaining heat.
The article extols the Poland China hog as a premier American origin breed. It notes rival breeds like Berkshire and Duroc Jersey, highlights the breed’s growth and crossbreeding history, and praises traits such as length, short legs, deep sides, square hams, vigor, and prolificity.
The text compares Poland China and Daroo Jersey pigs noting Poland China are black and white spotted, fatten well, and good for returns, while Daroo Jerseys are red-haired and less adaptable to the South. Farm and garden notes advise on nervous horses, turkey rearing, pruning limbs, butter losses, and dairy farming potential.
A collage of trivia from distant eras mentions curiosities such as Central American arrowroot origins and the antiquity of tortillas, along with notes on Duke of Marlborough’s voice, English names, Bunyan’s diet, a tiny Bombay watch, and a canal of old coins found near Reni in the Danube region. Local items include a Brooklyn blind library, Martinsville mineral water cows, and Dickens servant Scott’s London death.
Frank Von Phul of New Orleans displayed a 1768 Nuremberg printed Lutheran Bible. The book preserves a birth and baptismal register for Wilhelm von Phul and his eight children, noting his birth in 1739, emigration in 1764, marriage in 1775, and service as a dragoon in the Revolution. The Bible voyageed from Germany to Kentucky and Missouri before joining the family collection.
The Roeyus Scientifique reports Austrian engineer Pfister has invented a device using a tree trunk as a natural filter to desalinate seawater. A pump pushes sea water into the trunk filter, producing potable water within minutes at 1.5 to 2.5 atmospheres, with the trunk described as fifteen feet long and five to six inches in diameter.
A New York announcement describes a breakthrough producing illuminating gas at possibly seven cents per thousand feet. Factories are ready, the gas could be offered soon, with a New York City house already using it. The illuminant is asetyline, a hydrocarbon vapor known to chemists as C2H2, a pure carbon vapor from coal tar and petroleum.
A Berlin veterinary surgeon invents waterproof paper horseshoes impregnated with oil or turpentine. They are glued with a cement of Venetian turpentine chalk linseed oil and lacquer, pressed under hydraulic pressure, and finished to fit the hoof. The inventor claims slip resistance on wet ground and notes alternative pulp versions.
The piece warns that bears and other fur bearing animals are being exterminated across North America and Greenland, jeopardizing future supply. It notes that even a century hence winter fashion may depend on pricey furs or imitation, urging protection and suggesting trims like Russian sable may vanish.
A Philadelphia Times excerpt describes a soap maker’s wax figure placed in a window facing the Reading railroad. Riders on morning trains began flirting with the lifelike display, believing it real, and the scene persisted as the figure entertained admirers along multiple trains.
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