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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1897
Page
23
In Harvey Illinois a grocer and butcher H B Veerhusen was trapped inside an ice chest at his Columbia avenue store after a failed attempt to cool himself during a near freezing morning. An employee finally freed him. he survived but was weak and confined to bed under a physician's care.
In Elizabeth New Jersey a funeral was carried on with mourners following the hearse on bicycles from the house to the church. After services the mourners rode to the cemetery three miles away. The scene saved carriage hire and may become more common, though it now provokes strong comment.
Advertisement section announces summer opportunities and travel promos. It highlights Mt Mena Arkansas as a cool highland retreat near Mena, with a new hotel and campsites, plus a Port Arthur Route excursion offer. Also promotes harness shop move, Queen and Crescent excursion tickets, and vendor notices for local services and confections. Includes contact points in Kansas City and local merchants.
A paying grocery business in Shreveport available for sale with a fine chance for someone with around seven hundred dollars. Respond to P. O. Box 341 City for details.
General local market items and prices across groceries dry goods and farm supplies. Includes flour cornmeal crackers sugar coffee tea and baking staples with weights pints pounds barrels and per unit pricing. notes on meats poultry eggs and produce plus hardware and animal care items. Listings feature numerous archaic terms and values reflecting a historic period market catalog.
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