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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1894
Page
1
A fragment from a mummy case describes belief in an afterlife with Osiris and eternal dwelling. The piece cites ritual lines about the Osiris living after death and rejoicing in the gods, noting Egypt’s ancient Book of the Dead origins and pyramid inscriptions.
A quotation extols the vast pendulum of eternity and questions whether a century marks a vanished hour or a waking day. The speaker, Hoser J. Brookard, reflects on life, night and dawn, and the fleeting nature of human existence within time.
In Paris a wealthy American widow, Mrs. Van Altine, helps a lost American boy, Bobby Steele, search for his father Richard Steele. She locates the father at a hotel, reunites them, and experiences a revived romance with Dick as Bobby clings to an elephant in triumph. The scene ends with an invitation to reunite and continue their social circle.
The St Louis court ruled on accession land at Des Peres where additonal Mississippi accretions became part of the original tract leased to the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern. The railroad used the land and was liable for rent at six percent on a expert valuation of 450 dollars per acre, totaling damages.
In a three by five foot frame a noonday landscape shows blooming plum and cherry trees, a cascading hill, and a crystal stream. A golden sun on a silver wire marks hours, tortoise indicators replace hands, a bird chirps each hour, and a mouse disappears into a grotto below.
A collection of science curiosities and local findings including library size at the congressional library about 709000 volumes, London Tower Bridge traffic 1273 in 24 hours and 75000 vehicles in 12 days, and an array of odd notes about rice production, paving hay, Vesuvius lava, ancient fishhooks, crabs behavior, a Michigan burial site near Adamsville, tall ancient aborigines and a mammoth tooth cavity filled with gold.
A Dayton based feature praises Mrs. Wilson of Rhea County for a dramatic health recovery after years as an invalid. The piece recounts her use of Dr Williams Pink Pills, luring other Dayton women to seek the remedy while noting the pills’ claimed cures for a long list of conditions.
Dr. Alfred Springer of Cincinnati unveils an aluminum violin claiming tone five times louder than a wooden instrument. Musicians split on quality with some praising orchestra potential and others doubting solo suitability.
A vintage ad promotes Tetterine by J. T. Shuptrine of Savannah Georgia as a cure for skin diseases including tetter eczema salt rheum ringworm and minor abrasions. It claims the product costs 50 cents per box and can be ordered by post.
A historic note discusses how Royal Baking Powder is valued for health benefits and cost efficiency, linking its trusted leavening power to economic practicality for households. The piece emphasizes reliable results in baking.
Advice notes mildewed garments spritzed overnight in heat may mildew before dawn buttermilk rubbed on and sun drying can remove mild mildew. Silt and vinegar offer another remedy. The text adds that badly mildewed clothes cannot be made white again.
A girl in 1867 near Lyons could only see in darkness and was kept in a dark room. She displayed telescopic vision at night, showing moving figures that others could not see. Accusations of witchcraft arose. her parents fled to Paris and she later died insane after hospital treatment.
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