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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1895
Page
3
The Cleveland Progress shows advertising rates: one dollar per inch for the first insertion and fifty cents per inch for each subsequent insertion. Legal advertisements will be inserted at the rate fixed by law. Bills for the engine are due and must be paid in advance.
A large auction on Monday November 18 at 10 o clock offers new household and kitchen furniture. Items include beds, mattresses, dressers, chairs, sofa, tables, stove, clock, window shades, carpets and glassware. Many pieces to be sold at sacrifice with cash on delivery.
Every subscriber of THE PRcarves who pays what he owes and renews his subscription for a year will be given a free year's subscription to Tre Par Nins or Westaskinm. Rach is worth 50 cents a year. They are splendid publications. Remember that they are premiums to those who pay up and renew.
Local items report subscription pitches and readership incentives. Mentions of Mrs Josephene Palmer improving, Misses Katie and Maude Bell visiting Athens, and local merchants Owen Bradford in Gainesville. References to Ramon's Liver Pills, pine nursery trees, school funds, and bids for rural route contracts. Community notices include travel, repairs, and small ads from area residents.
In a vivid column the editor describes a recent county fair impression, praising livestock displays from eight hundred pound hogs to seven gallon milk cows. He contrasts local efforts with stock regions like Tennessee and Michigan, urges better breeds, and invites readers to join rural life’s festive gatherings. Sherd Burnet of Grumling Spalding-Kingsberry Co. visits, while Col. Ge. Kydle trades goods with local merchants.
Town Creek notes report a missing ladies half moon and star breast pin found near the Methodist church, with reward for return to Miss Maggie Nix. Also advertised are farm tools, medicines, local pay debates, new Acorn post office details, travel routes, and town news, including visits, weathered humor, and small ads for shoes, salt, and hardware from B D Laxavorn in Gainesville.
Easy to Buy, Easy to Take. Hood's Pills offer a true friend against distress from fuel pains and grip. They contain none of the drastic drugs once common and use carefully chosen ingredients. They claim to stimulate the liver, relieve sick headache and indigestion, and break up a card and prevent the grip.
Sunday was wet in this area with Mrs W R Ledford ill this week. John Clark and Janes McAfee travelled to Gainesville last week. J A Ledford and his two daughters Mary and Nellie visited relatives in Jackson County. Mary Morris and Fava Chirk visited near Parks. Deputy Collector McElurry of Gainesville stopped by last week. Mrs Marty Williams visits Mossy Creek.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best remedy for poor digestion causing nervousness dyspepsia and misery. It claims the product cures by toning the stomach and improving the appetite, and urges readers to try it for lasting health benefits.
Dry Se Notions Shoes Hints Cars pets Groceries etc. Dress goods line of cashmeres silk trimmings and fancy fabrics. Large selection of ladies capes for ball and winter wear. Extensive notions including corsets hosiery and gloves. House furnishing goods lace curtains drapery silks shades table linen napkins towels. Footwear stock in all shapes and toes including needle points. Clothing lines improved with cheaper grades and better fits. Hats stock bought at dawns and sold low. Staple dry goods and groceries complete and fresh.
Gainesville Ga firm promotes itself as the area’s top outlet for clothing and household goods. The lengthy ad touts deep cuts on men’s suits, overcoats, shirts, and children’s wear, claiming vast stock and unprecedented bargains as cotton prices rise.
A seller advocates reducing stock without travel by offering deep cuts on various home made footwear. The list covers 720 chicken home made strocs sized 6-8 at 906 pair value, 840 children shoes sizes 9-12, 960 pairs size 15-2, 750 women and 1920 women slippers, 640 boys brogans, and 1340 pairs men brogans with substantially reduced prices.
A sale advertises a broad line of blankets and flannels with cut prices. The offer includes extra heavy blankets and all wool flannel at lowered yard prices, highlighting specific pieces and discounted per yard rates to attract buyers.
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