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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1895
Page
4
Purports Hood's Sarsaparilla as spring medicine to purify and enrich blood, alleviate tiredness, and restore energy for warmer weather. Claims it strengthens nerves and muscles, improves appetite, and builds health by cleansing blood, urging immediate use. Background mentions spring symptoms and blood purification.
A mash of product claims and curious snippets covers Hood's Sarsaparilla as a purifying tonic, followed by a mix of natural observations about a walking fern, ancient eggs in China, and assorted trivia. It notes fern growth habits, egg aging, leprosy trends in Europe, noble ancestry in Spain, and various oddities from London cabs to Siamese customs, ending with railroad wear patterns and coastal water behavior.
An odd monument describes a soldier who lost his left leg and the cannon ball embedded at its top. The fragment notes a belt of memorial detail and a humorous exchange about driving a horse, reflecting period newspaper style and curious relics. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is advertised as a remedy for dyspepsia headaches and other ailments with promises of relief.
An OCR fragment advertises patent medicines and tonics for kidneys liver and bowels with claims of cures, testimonials, and free consultations. It promotes Byrap of Figs and Tetterine with various city and distributor names, urging purchases by mail and through druggists, with sensational health assertions and promotional language.
Governor Atkinson names J I Carter as county judge of Appling to replace T A Parker who resigned. Fort Valley and Perry Tel epines plan a direct line linking Fort Valley to Perry. Talbotton to get a creamery with Chicago Manufacturing Co equipment and nearby site purchase. President Cleveland may attend Atlanta exposition opening. invitation committee discussed.
The Olneyville strike tale turns grim as Riverside mills declare closure upsetting workers. National Textile Union funds are depleted with under 35 dollars on hand. Local unions held about 4,000 dollars at strike start while 4,500 workers are out of work, wages reported between 50,000 and 60,000 weekly.
A Cleveland letter shows President Cleveland sent a $500 education fund draft to Mr and Mrs Albert Zerkles near Decatur Indiana. Three girls Ruth Esther and Frances were born recently. The neighbor informed the president who replied with the gift for the children's schooling.
Col Evans addresses Tennessee lawmakers who opposed seating Governor Turney and who refused inauguration committee roles. The group dined at Lookout Mountain, where Evans praised reform, denounced alleged ballot fraud, and vowed to aid the Republican party against the Democratic machine in the state.
In Louisville Kentucky Judge Thompson discharged Ful ton Gordon after four hours of arguments finding him not guilty in law and not to be held for trial. He stated the act would warn adulterers and that the prisoner is discharged.
A contract between Plant Steamship Line and Newport News Shipbuilding will place a new ship in service for the line. The vessel will exceed 400 feet in length and cost about 600000 dollars. It aims to be among the largest steamers built in the United States and will be outfitted in modern style. Construction will start immediately.
A Philadelphia report says garment workers are winning the strike with many returning to work and an end to open shops. Knights of Labor predict hundreds more will be employed as 48 contractors concede. 1,600 workers still strike while Roanoke notes quiet fields and Southwest paying off men amid possible troop relief.
The Baltimore strike situation shows a likely return to work within days. Manufacturers agreed to a 20 to 30 percent wage increase instead of the 50 percent demand. Strikers won concessions from contractors viewed as as valuable as higher pay.
Competition in telephones emerges as The Southern Standard Telephone Company forms in Memphis with capital of 4,000,000 to operate in Tennessee, Kentucky and the Carolinas. It is a branch of The Standard Telephone Company, headquartered in New York with 10,000,000 capital. The move aims to compete with existing providers and may prompt notable rate reductions.
Texas Democrats including Chairman Dudley call an executive committee meeting in Dallas on May 27 to define the party stance on silver. Dudley says the issue must be faced to unite the party for the section next year. In Albany the Lexow Greater New York bill failed in the senate on final passage by 15 votes to 14, with a motion to reconsider tabled.
The Pennsylvania bolt and nut works at Lebanon Pennsylvania has commenced work on double turn, employing several hundred additional hands. Reports say Russia France and Germany are about to increase their naval forces in the case sea.
A narrator recounts an incident from a travelogue about mimosa or the sensitive plant on a coffee plantation in Ceylon. A doctor tests the plant with Lena, age 11, and the plant withers upon contact, leading to the claim that the plant knows the child but not strangers.
A French fakir sold rat powder claimed to kill rats instantly. He demonstrated by feeding a bread slice laced with powder to a captive rat, which died instantly. Investigators found the powder was harmless flour and the setup used an electric battery to deliver a fatal jolt. The scam collapsed as police exposed the fraud.
A record from Hebron Ot county court chronicles a rare lease by the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel of Foreign Parts to W S Chase for 30 acres under a 9999 year term. The annual rent is a single grain of silver or its value paid to church wardens on St John’s Day. The lease ends after 899 years from this month’s 25th.
The assistant director of the Kew Gardens spoke at the London Institute on curiosities of tropical flora. He noted occasional pearls in Philippine coconut palms and true opals in bamboo joints, minerals from soil. Natives in Celebes use these vegetable opals as amulets against disease. Also a method to remove Paris can be from silk using turpentine and ammonia followed by soapsuds and blotting.
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