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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1898
Page
15
The document outlines legal changes on registration and poll taxes, detailing how residents aged 21 to 60 must prove poll tax payments for two prior years, penalties for fraud, and appeals. It covers voter eligibility, exemptions for certain groups, and processes for challenging or striking registrations, with references to state constitutional sections and enforcement provisions.
The weekly market summary lists prices for grain provisions meats and staples. Notable items include bacon breakfast bacon flour cornmeal crackers sugar and molasses coffee tea sugar and molasses vegetables and seeds with varying grain and feed costs. It also covers poultry eggs hides wool and hardware prices reflecting regional trade conditions.
A fragmented sale notice lists Benn Thayne and various items such as spades, shovels, and horse equipment with prices. Includes mentions of belts, inches measurements, and wagons with values ranging from 0 to 5000 dollars. The garbled text cites bidders like Panesar and Halling and references seats brakes and axles in a catalog-like format.
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