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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1896
Page
8
New Yorkers are offered deep discounts on silk parasols Ladins Swiss ribbed vests and Persian lawn fabrics with many items reduced from regular prices. A wide assortment of patterns and designs is advertised, including ladies neckwear and women’s undergarments, with window notices urging shoppers to hurry for big savings. Local listings highlight miscellaneous clothing and fabric goods, shoes, and accessories at substantial markdowns.
Fragmentary OCR lists local names and firms across Shreveport Louisiana with references to a market, ordinances, and nominees. Text is damaged, unreadable in parts, but preserves several personal and organizational names and a proposed action or meeting schedule.
The Shreveport Mutual Building Association, organized April 1887, closed its first series on August 1 with stock par value of 200 dollars. Directors have been noted for business acumen, and the announcement to close mortgages and pay investors par value sparked public confidence and enthusiasm.
The piece highlights Herman Zoding's Dry Goods House and value of shares at 20 dollars with weekly dividends of 25 cents and 6 percent interest. It praises the Shreveport Mutual Building Association, listing officers Jules Dreyfuss and others, noting over 300000 dollars provided for home construction and property improvements. It also covers local civic notes, weather, and vital statistics from Shreveport, including deaths and city statistics.
The Holiness camp meeting at Scottsville opens Tuesday and continues ten days, closing the Saturday of the following week. Railroads offer radio and rates, with preparations under way for a splendid gathering. Principal preachers will be Mrs Snell Dr Carradine and Morrison, among others of note.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued to the above entitled matter by Hon. A Pinesicker, a deputy in the Penney and for the Fourth ward of Caddo parish La, Cleave seized and will offer at public sale at the courthouse in Caddo Parish La between legal hours on Wednesday August 19 1896 the described property including horse farming implements and household furniture cash to be paid subject to appraisal.
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