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Newspaper

The Progress

Location

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1898

Page

17

Easter Egg Hunt Delights Hicks Family and Neighbors

Saturday event organized by Miss Zoe Hicks featured an Easter egg hunt for her nieces and nephews. Children raced among flowers and shrubs as rabbits hid eggs of various colors, while onlookers praised the host and the fun. Attendees included Mary Lillian Hicks Emily Lillian Hicks A W Hickson Thomas Butler John Simpson Cal D Hicks Jr and others.

Satuday Zoe Hicks Mary Lillian Emily Lillian Hicks A. W O. Hickson Thomas Butler John Simpson Cal D. Hicks Jn Phe Little Oass

Excursion Tickets to Hynson Springs and Rosborough Springs

The Texas and Pacific Railway offers round trip excursion tickets from Shreveport to Hynson Springs and Rosborough Springs via Marshall with April and May specials. Contact A D Hicks for arrangements. After April 12 Sunset Limited will depart Chicago to San Francisco on Tuesdays and after April 7 reverse trips on Thursdays. Eastbound service to be discontinued April 28 and westbound May 4 with return early summer. The recent dog show drew strong attendance, including Black attendees.

Texas & Pacific Railway Shreveport Hynson Springs Rosborough Springs Marshall Hynson’s Springs J. Randall Mathal Texas Chicago San Francisco

Shreveport Baseball Team Seeks Quick Formation

Local notice mentions a rapidly forming Shreveport baseball team and seeks rates from C Randall in Marshall or Shreveport. Waters praised for corn relief and scenic views, with Morton's Market offering handcrafted saddles, bounces, and leather goods on Market Street.

Shreveport Mar= kech street Morton's Kelly's Market Street R. B. Morton

Talk Ute insurance with W C Otten General Avent

Advisory note urges discussion of life insurance options with W C Otten and Mutual Life wavucky. Financial guidance emphasizes policy choices, premiums, and beneficiary designations.

Ute Insurance W.c. Otten

Rumor column comments on Cuba police and politics

A partisan column surveys Cuba policy, local policing, and upcoming elections. It urges home-town police appointments, praises F B Bounds, notes a Maypole plan by the Trades Union, criticizes railroad commission tactics, and calls for anti trust measures from the Constitutional Convention. It mentions Valley Railroad criticism and predicts electoral impact.

Cuba America Cleveland McKinley Lacy Street Southern Avenue F. B. Bounds Wilkenson

Kahn Dry Goods Co Ads Document 19th Century Prices

Classified listing shows varied textiles and linens offerings from Kahn Dry Goods Co. Prices for 24 inch Sinitary Diapers at 80 cents apiece, bath towels 18x86 at 5 cents each, linen Huck towels and assorted towels by the dozen, linen napkins and damask fabrics, and Smyrna colored rugs priced around 1.55 each or 29 cents per inch, with multiple fabric types described.

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Fourth District Gentlemen Weigh Congressional Chances

Several gentlemen in the Fourth District are carefully counting their chances as they consider whether to stand for Congress. The tone suggests there is informal discussion about potential candidacies and the political landscape.

Congress

Gill Plumbing changes hands under new management

The Gill Plumbing Company has new management with Leonard Gill retiring and W C Yates taking over. Yates promises prompt, secure work and guaranteed satisfaction in Texas street area. Also notes Jordan Street Church protracted services start April 5 with Pastor Barnsith Wright assisted by Rev W W Drake, a noted preacher from Shreveport.

Gill Plumbing Company Leonard Gill W- C. Yates Yates Jordan Street Church Barnsith Wright W- W. Drake

Also Mentioned on This Page

A. D. Hicks Hymon The Valley Railroad Belfast Deési Mnish Seconi Bristol India Glasgow Rene Ben .S. White Strand Street Shreveport, Louisiana Texas Street Brother Drake Pactor Sys
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