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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1898
Page
14
The text outlines who may not register vote or hold office: convicted criminals with pardons, inmates of charitable institutions except Soldiers' Home, those confined in public prisons, interdicted persons, and the notoriously insane. It also states that citizens voting directly use ballots while those voting by representatives use voice.
Captain Simon Levy Junior died after a prolonged illness at his Travia and McNeil street home. Born in Alsace France, 59 years old, he rose from modest means to become a leading Shreveport financier, bank president, and prominent benefactor. A Confederate veteran, his memory is honored for generosity to charity and devotion to his family, leaving two daughters and a son.
Sandfield of Memphis notes half mast flags on the Columbia Club where he served as chief organizer and president. Businesses and the Board of Trade closed 10 to 12 o clock Tuesday for Levy obsequies. The Progress extends condolence to all relatives and shares in the loss, praying God temper the blow.
The Cemetery Association requests ladies and others to clean and fix up cemetery lots by Decoration Day next Wednesday April 6. The association aims to keep the event sacred in the city and honor those who lie in rest, awaiting the Other Shore.
Rev J W Lively presiding elder of the Marshall and Red River District Gulf Mission of the M E Church passed through the city Tuesday on his way home from the southern part of his district and reported a hopeful spiritual outlook for World Brother Lively a good man and active leader in the ministry.
A fragment describes a Detroit incident where a speaker recalls feeling a burglar under the bed. The person describes sticking a foot out and the intruder grabbing it, signaling a tense home invasion moment reported in a clipped style.
A fragment from a Pick Me Up item recalls a humorous verse about a person losing balance after carrying a nickel in one pocket and a half dollar in the other, illustrating a roadside anecdote or playful saying from a column.
A sardonic remark imagines a Louisiana figure lamenting the loss of electoral votes and congressional representation. The quip suggests the politician responsible might exclaim a bitter line about their role in the calamity.
Central Methodist and Moses Taylor clerked in Water Street New York at 24 dollars weekly. George W. Childs served as bookseller errand boy for 4 dollars a month. Jay Gould canvassed Delaware County selling maps at 1.50 each. Co. P. Huntington sold butter and eggs by need. Andrew Carnegie started in a Pittsburg telegraph office at 3 dollars weekly. Whitelaw Reid worked as Cincinnati newspaper correspondent for 5 dollars weekly. Senator Brown first earned by plowing a neighbor’s field with bull calves. Shreveport Advocate cites a future drug store to be run by negroes in our city. Progress wishes success.
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