08 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1896
Page
1
Readable ad copy notes ladies white silk parasols and black silk parasols bleached domestic fabrics priced per yard. Footwear includes toe slippers and men’s shoes. Descriptions are fragmentary but convey a department store sale tone with assorted garments and accessories.
Fragmented OCR note describes newligee and neelioee shirts and dress shirts with prices, and a mention of colored model suits, cassmere pants priced at 2.40 and 30, with a 2.00 item. No clear event, date, or coherent entities.
A terse report details a high charge dispute over a trad offer. The piece cites a few remaining vendors and pricing terms. It notes limited choices for customers and calls for confirming the owed price amid market pressure.
A brief item notes Dr C Ratzburc practicing dentistry in a storefront location near Phelps Corner Shoe Store. The snippet places a professional service within a busy retail area, signaling a local business cluster.
The Progress reports Isaac Barron general manager of the Connevieue Orphanage says he has filed his bond and will begin collecting funds immediately and will receipt for all monies. He notes uncertainty about total raised and invites readers to contribute via The Progress while City Council contracts are scrutinized. Ripans Tabules advertised.
The piece plays on a humorous line about Isaac Barron as a loyal contact for the orphens, recalling a past encounter with the Jimmie chief and a private reception with the Pops. The prose hints at a prior dancing bear joke and a venture Progressil that the boss will not publicly reveal.
The advertisement extols the Fort Worth routes via the Fort Worth and Denver City Union Pacific and Denver Gulf railways as fastest, most convenient and courteous service. It promises pleasant, breezy travel six hours after leaving Fort Worth and invites readers to contact local agents or J. P. Douglass in New Orleans. Figures show land sales nearby and a Scottsville camp meeting travel deal, while a restaurant ad touts Lerwich's in Shreveport as a lively dining spot.
Parties planning structures from a chicken house to a mansion consider forelivered prices of lumber from Remant Lumber Company in Cheneiere, La. One million feet of stock vo seed from.
Ginners offered to save time and money using Pond's Improved Gin Book for sale by W. Hardy printing and stationery Shreveport La. An ad from Lon Leverett promises good service and meats that are tender juicy and savory inviting customers to visit.
Mr W B Jacobs returns home after a brief recreation outing. Captain Simon Levy has just come back from a trip to Hot Springs. Ripans Tabules are promoted as a cure for biliousness and advertised for sale at druggists. The Process is recommended in the ad.
The seller states he has sold his entire interest in the Cotton Belt Lumber Manufacturing Co. at Hughea Spur La to W F White, former partner, who with creditors’ consent assumes all obligations. The notice offers guidance on securing education and protection for family.
H Dillenburger Co moves plumbing shop to 214 Milam street offering first-class workers and full outfit. Telephone number 66 cited. July 23 item notes Mr G W McKee of Keithville, Ripans Tabules advertised for headache, and political jabber about Bourke Cochran and Mark Hanna. Mr Peni Lowenthal departs for St Louis seeking goods and leisure for about two weeks.
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