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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1895
Page
3
The Cleveland Progress lists advertising rates: one dollar per line for the first insertion and fifty cents per inch for each subsequent insertion. Legal ads to be inserted at legally fixed rates. Bills for advertisements are due and must be paid in advance.
A testimonial letter praising Dr Miles Restorative Nervine for recovery from La Grippe lingering effects. Laura Poornix recounts illness in 1830s Milwaukee area, sleeplessness, and improved health after using two bottles and continuing nerve food use. The note mentions Dr Miles Medical Co., offers 6 bottle price and mail order.
Protracted services this week at Pleasant Retreat feature Dr Miles Nervine and Rev Messrs Taedl ford and Los delivering eloquent sermons. Visiting clergy include Rev S B Allison from Cusseta and Rev R M Allison from Clarris county. Miss Lillie Clark visited the retreat, and John Stephens sustained a head injury from a rock on Saturday night.
The Shoal Creek graveyard is fenced. Johny Whiseniitte remains at his home. Mar Whissetait teaches well liked classes. Many haul tan bark awaiting railroad shipment. a whistle may be heard soon. Dr S M Kimsey recovers from illness. Captain Asbury’s mill welcomes new Miller John Pilgrim praised. Rider O Kelley ill but improving. he seeks help.
Local items report Mrs. O B Kemmer visiting her father in the Valley, farm updates on fodder pulling, county legal mentions, court activity with Judge Kimsey presiding, and community notices. Also notes on railroad interests, church revivals, new mill progress at St George, and various local residents' movements and health updates.
Town Creek notes recount a youth returning with his girlfriend from camp meeting amid a family pickup. James McAfee Jr and Janes Glover paid a local business tip to Queen City last week. Frank McAfee smiles over a photo from camp meeting. Maud Bell of Clevehind visited relatives. Aten paid a business trip to Gimesville. Town Creek School is in fire condition. Town Creek Base Ball Club to play Blue Ridge on the third Saturday in September. The J M Glover and T V Cantrell syrup mill will start soon and will winch for all. JA Cantrell and wife of Blue Ridge visited Sunday.
The Progress appeals to subscribers who promised to pay on harvest. It laments low funds from a summer that ran on credit and urges prompt payment of honest debts, noting crops will be marketed soon and hoping for settlement before further delays.
An old advertisement promotes Ramon's Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets as a treatment for constipation and biliousness. It states one pill per dose and targets general digestive discomfort. The copy reflects period advertising language and product naming.
Dahlonega fears losing the long promised railroad project and calls for renewed countywide fundraising. Meetings will be held in every district to secure the $20,000 needed, with $14,000 pledged so far and $6,000 still required to prevent the line from stopping at the Copper Mine and harming all country districts that would benefit.
The article urges county residents to subscribe and sign notes to fund a railroad, arguing the project is a sound business and essential for Lampkin county. It claims substantial local spending by the railroad company and calls on everyone to contribute when asked. It also advertises Ramon's Relief as a cure for various ailments.
I Hammett a Griffin, Georgia teacher at Mossy Creek for nearly a year, is jailed after a Spalding County sheriff’s letter labeled him an escaped convict. Convicted of housebreaking and sentenced six months, he fled before serving and returned to teach. He claims officers granted time to pay a fine and allowed return.
A farmer asks a chemist to advise on using soda with salt to preserve second crop clover for horses and prevent slobbering. The chemist replies that bicarbonate neutralizes fermentation acidity, recommends about one gallon of soda per bushel of salt, notes no harm in soda but excess yields bad taste, and acknowledges no tested effect on slobbering. Additional cows show peritonitis from intestinal issues and gastritis with impaction, with suggested hot abdominal cloths, laudanum, and purgatives. not contagious.
White County shows hopeful railroad outlook as John Martin leads a countywide canvass. Citizens pledge subscriptions. Col Young of Charleston may invest 5000 dollars. Dahlonega’s response remains pivotal as efforts continue for a terminus and main line access. the committee will reconvene Saturday to advance plans.
An overdue, fragmented ad copy touts Scott's Carbo-Digestive Compound as a remedy for nervous exhaustion and dyspepsia. It lists symptoms like souring after meals, fatigue, irritability, palpitations, impaired memory, and eye dullness, urging readers to seek relief from the product.
A sensational patent medicine pitch claims Scott's Carbo-Digestive Compound cures nervous and stomach troubles. It asserts a leading physician endorses it, promises a full refund if no relief, and invites physicians to request the formula by mail. Boldly sold by druggists nationwide.
A notice from Concord Chemical WFG Topeka Kansas advertises lodging options at the Leading Motel for up to 1,000 guests per day. It claims the city’s only five class hotel charges 2.00 per day, urging readers to attend Expositions.
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