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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1896
Page
3
A countywide advertising pitch promises customers that it will pay to travel from any part of the county to trade with the store. It emphasizes there is no old stock, only fresh goods.
Rev J A Wynne and Ion passed through town en route to Tiawassie where Wynne preached a two minute high school sermon. Locals discuss subscriptions, visits by Gainesville Outlook staffer Lewis Lediorvd, and various county happenings.
An advertisement touts Centrifugal Tee Cream Freezers promising high daily earnings. It claims profits of five to ten dollars daily from selling cream and freezers, with quick one minute ice cream freezing and a guaranteed product. It offers free full particulars from Casey & Co. at 1145 St. Charles St, St. Louis, to recruit sellers nationwide.
Town Creek notes invite all to attend as Rev J Cantrell of Gracewood Georgia preaches at Mt Pleasant on the fifth Monday in May. Local news mentions political remarks about Democrats Republicans and Pops, and reports on children's day at Loudsville Sunday.
Report claims gold ore yields of 84100 to the ton near Naccochee county, but sources dispute the location noting the richest mines lie in Naccovehea Valley, White county. The report asserts unparalleled ore quality while much remains untold.
Local items mention Blue Creek budgets and visiting relatives in Towns county. A church funeral is planned at Oulkes Chapel, and notes include a dish washer sales pitch from St. Louis with promise of high earnings. A young person from Ulne Creek expresses ambition and seeks to publish success.
Miss A M Britz of Station A St Louis claims a free elegant plated spoon by sending ten two cent stamps and promises a sample. The letter touts quick profits from orders and shows a pie spoon claimed to be essential, with a hook on the back to hold the utensil.
A plea from a Casey, St. Louis writer offering a California Cold process to preserve berries grapes and peaches without heating or sealing. It promises fresh summer fruit year round, claims quick prep, and suggests selling directions to over 120 families for a dollar per copy. Postage stamps and samples requested in return.
A fragmentary column notes Mossy Creek commencement as the scene of the past days near Cleveland. Capt Payne attended Tuesday night exercises, praising effort and effort as a sign of youth. Aberiah Way, recently out of school, remarks that days are filled with toil under long daylight and short nights. A hotel romance and wistful moonlight verse close the vignette.
The notice offers Pur Progress at 0 cents per month, 25 cents for three months, and 41.00 dollars for a yearly plan.
Fragmented notes recount a post office scene with a feisty exchange about money and service. The narrative blends travelogue from Yonah mountain with campfire misadventures and a wild cat night in the forest. Personal reflections on politics and romance end the piece.
The Democratic executive committee met Sunday with thirty members on the rolls, but sixteen attended. Capt. R. R. Asbury was elected temporary chairman and A. E H. Tenderson Jr served as temporary secretary. An election by ballot chose permanent chairman Z, Ty Logan and secretary A.
An advertisement touts Bago Cure as a non punitive tobacco habit remedy claiming it ends nicotine cravings without abrupt withdrawal. It cites testimonials from Clayton Nevada and Arkansas, offers a three box, thirty day course for 2.00 with a guaranteed cure, and urges writing for booklets and proofs from Urkeak Chemical & Mfg Co LaCrosse Wisconsin and Boston.
Dr Henderson and Captain Asbury proposed a mass meeting of White County Democrats in Cleveland on June 6 to elect delegates to the State convention in Macon on June 25 and to the congressional convention in Gainesville on June 30, with other business possible. J A Richardson urged delaying to June 13 to allow advertising. The mass meeting was ordered for June 13 before adjournment.
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