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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1896
Page
5
Local column chronicles a Thursday marriage in Marshall with the bride attended by four maids, guests celebrating in a decorated dining room before the couple departs for New York and Shreveport home. Other items mention socials, illnesses, travels, and upcoming events in Holmesville and surrounding towns.
The New York Sun reports George Vanderbilt plans a vast Biltmore estate project in North Carolina. He will create a forested area of about 100,000 acres, a village for students, stores, an inn, and scientifically run forestry and horticulture farms. The plan includes residences for accredited students and a major housewarming planned after Christmas. Vanderbilt returns to New York from Dilmere to oversee completion.
Francis Wilson and his two daughters Frances and Adelaide with friends played bicycle polo at The Orchard in New Rochelle New York The players use croquet mallets to strike balls while steering bikes on a tennis court Collisions occur the game features danger calls and points to stop balls with wheels The piece also mentions Mary E Wilkins influenced crime fiction and debate over crime reports influencing readers.
A Scottish church facing minister salary woes accepts a swap firm offer to fund five years at 500 dollars annually in exchange for advertising space in the church gallery. The arrangement aims to aid moral and physical cleanliness lessons alongside the paycheck.
The Philadelphia Press notes France may tariff favor its products as a first step while aiming for order and reform in Madagascar, a development likely benefiting the world yet delaying Madagascar’s full growth for years. It questions whether enlarging Madagascar’s rights will meet universal approval, citing England’s opposition to external interference in its own interests.
The death of Franklin Leonard Pope, a renowned electrician, at his Pittsfield Massachusetts home sparks widespread discussion. Experts argue current safety measures reflect high voltage systems in converters and transformers, noting recent devices reduce fatal shocks though failures can occur.
Kansas City physician Dr Nannie A Stevens petitions for divorce from Ralph Stevens a Wichita farmer alleging lack of support including that he “aid around and would not help her get the meals” and noting her prior prominence in the Women’s federation.
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