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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1897
Page
11
The piece denounces editors who demean those with differing views, calling their methods contemptible and unworthy. It frames disagreement as a test of journalistic integrity and public responsibility, urging restraint and fair critique from editors toward opposing voices.
The Progress calls the Times-Democrat the only genuinenly reliable Democratic daily in New Orleans and says it always sides with the people and with the masses on major questions.
A five year old named John Conway, linked to the Charley Ross affair, is said to be held for ransom. Police bail and distracted parents leave the details unclear. Johnnie has since been returned to his parents after his own uncle, now jailed, was implicated in the case.
A con man who sold a New Orleans saloon owner a $10,000 gold brick swindle was arrested in New York City and returned to New Orleans. The victim identifies the arrested man as not the swindler, but police believe they detect a clue.
The Progress thanks State Superintendent J V Calhoun for proceedings of the fifth annual Louisiana State Public School Teachers Association convention held in Lake Charles on December 28 29 and 20 last year. The papers were strong practical and instructive and the editors believe much good was done for public education. The cause is great and the best talent should engage.
The Progress notes wheat rose five cents on the Chicago exchange amid reports of short Manitoba and Dakota crops. Minnesota estimates drop to about 80 million bushels from a 200 million forecast, while New York sales reach 16 million. Miller profits rise as tariffs boost flour prices, and contradictory reports from The Times-Democrat and The Progress reflect market volatility.
The text notes death by own action increasing in the United States. It cites 30 top cities used for comparison, showing 1826 deaths in 1895 and 1999 in 1896, an increase of 173 in one year. It reflects on religious contemplation of mercy and the Great Bar of God.
The Beacon News laments egotism as defrauding the possessor by making him an unconscious hypocrite. Actions informed by narrow views of right yield wrong deeds and prevent truth from benefiting the holder. If the self idolator knew even a fraction of what exists, he would lose esteem by realizing his own ignorance.
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