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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1898
Page
5
On Memorial Day in our Silent City small Confederate flags flutter on low mounds as tender hands place them over the last sleep of an honored Confederate Veteran. April winds loosen their folds and the living bear honor and love in memory, a noble holy sight that keeps a living flower of remembrance.
Protracted services begin Sunday April 24 at Jordan Street Church with Pastor Rev Barnette Wright assisted by Rev W W Drake. Drake is well known in Shreveport and highly regarded in Conference as an excellent preacher. The pastor expects a regular Holy Ghost meeting.
Advertises special inducements for April and May to spend time at Hynson's Springs. Encourages contacting C. J. Randall in Shreveport or Marshall, Texas for terms.
The Louisiana Woman's Christian Temperance Union calls officers and members to the Sixteenth Annual Convention in Shreveport on April 21. Delegates and visitors urged with entertainment and reduced railroad rates. Mary Read Gooddale, president, signs the notice. Delegates must obtain certificates to secure railroad rate reductions.
In a small town column the hardware store of Messrs Vordenbaumen and Eastham reports two burglaries in three months with firearms taken the last incident Monday night. Other notes mention burglaries at Hon M T Quigles grocery on Hope street, visits by W Richards, Easter at Jordan Street Sunday school, local business visits, and various ads for real estate loans life insurance and saddlery. The piece closes with travel notes about Hynson Springs rates and waters famed for cures.
Jordan Street Methodist Sabbath school will present a special Easter program tomorrow at 9:30 AM. Parents and public invited, with emphasis on attendance by children, teachers, pastor, and superintendent. The program features recitations, hymns, and an Easter theme including The Resurrection and The Ascension guided by Miss Bessie Taylor, Miss Ludie Dodez, Miss Lena Hughes, and other local participants.
A fragment hints at a local business or service offering neat job completion at the progress office. No clear names, dates, or places are readable to establish a full event.
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