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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1896
Page
16
The readable fragments describe a market scene with mentions of elite taps and a Soviet element. No clear date or full names are readable. The piece seems to sketch a financial or trade activity with scattered references to people and places but lacks complete context.
A missionary from Baton Rouge, Miss Mary B S Cross, speaks in Shreveport about Deaf, Dumb and Blind education in Louisiana. Major Will H Lannard introduces her as she describes state institutions, free education, and transport subsidies for poor families, urging support and contacts for Galton Range managers.
A scrambled page blends a political appeal arguing for or against McKinley and silver coinage with an unsigned buyer’s letter about clothing and goods. It also reports a local lodge election for officers led by Commander J. J. Stott and lists marriages, property transactions, and area public notices.
Fragmentary OCR describes property to wit Lherse part of Ho poreots household Curninire Tara cash in a parcel action in a parish court. Mentions Wednesday ALG 1 1846 and an appraisal by BJ Hudder. Overall unreadable but notes a court proceeding and property description.
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