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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1898
Page
17
Memorial Day observances show Confederate flags fluttering on small mounds in the Silent City as tender hands place flags to guard the graves of honored Confederate veterans. The scene is described as a noble, holy reminder that memory should bloom in living tears and reverence.
Protracted services start Sunday April 24 at Jordan Street Church. Pastor Rev Barnette Wright will be assisted by Rev W W Drake, a well known and popular preacher in Shreveport with a prominent conference standing. The pastor expects a regular Holy Ghost meeting.
Advertises special inducements for April and May to visitors at Hyngon's Springs. Invites interested parties to address C J Randall at Shreveport or Marshall Texas for terms.
The W C T U calls officers and members to Sixteenth Annual Convention in Shreveport April 21 22 with debates, reduced railroad rates, certificates for travel, and prayers for Laborers and unity. President Maggie Rian Goopaui urges prompt action and delegates or visitors to attend from Baton Rouge and statewide.
Local items report burglaries at Vordenbaumen and Tastham hardware, and M T Quigles grocery on Hope Street. Notes mention a visiting W Richards, Easter Sunday school, Wild Lucia businessman R J M Patterson, and chilly weather. Also ads for job work at The Progress, real estate and life insurance agents, saddlery on Map det street, and travel rates from Marshall to Shreveport. Waters reputed for cures and scenic rural beauty are praised.
Progress Office offers organized job tasks and neat execution guidance for patrons. Staff outline clear steps to complete work duties and maintain tidy, efficient workflows for customers.
Jordan Street Methodist Sabbath school to present a special Easter program tomorrow at 9 20 a m with extra time for delays due to new bonnets and dresses. The public is invited and parents are urged to attend. The schedule includes recitations by Miss Bessie Taylor Charley Lacy Maggie Lear Perry Keith Willie Hoothe and others, with hymns and a benediction.
Members of the Juvenile Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church invite attendance at their Saturday evening program at 4 30 Part I Now Are All the Oya Breakingoh he Meakne Of the Bells. Participants include Dave Y Mario Batchelor Hazel Wasa mab Tauotle Korfey Parerliq Mathert Kutle Hicks Belle Theme songs Ringing the bells of Kuster Our duens Mucrin Ingne sung Bring Them In Miacion Band Corievtt verses Jesus Lavox you Ceyrelia wi Francie Foster Recitation James Hemi Foxton.
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