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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1897
Page
27
The Progress claims the Times-Democrat is the only genuine reliably Democratic daily in New Orleans and says it will side with the people and the masses on major issues.
A Charley Ross style kidnapping tale resurfaces as five year old John Conway is allegedly held for ransom. Dispatches claim police are bailled and parents distracted, though details remain unclear. The child has reportedly been returned to his parents after his uncle, now jailed, was implicated.
A famed gold brick swindler who sold a $10,000 fake jewel to a New Orleans man was arrested in New York City. Police say the suspect is not the same man, but investigators suspect a broader scheme. The captured man has now returned to New Orleans as the case unfolds.
The PROGRESS thanks Hon J V Calhoun for the fifth annual convention proceedings held in Lake Charles on December 2 6 and 20 last year. Strong papers were read, and the paper suggests much good was accomplished for public education and urges broader support from the community.
The Progress notes a 5 cent rise in wheat on the Chicago and New York markets due to Manitoba and Dakota Minnesota shortages. Early estimates drop from 30 million to about 15 60 million bushels. Millers raise flour prices while growers expect no benefit from the rise. Times-Democrat predicts a large West crop.
The piece notes a rise in deaths by own action across thirty major U S cities, citing 1895 and 1896 comparisons with 1826 total in 1895 and an increase of 174 in a single year. It ponders pastoral mercy and moral accountability before God for those who take their own lives.
Egotism defrauds its possessor by turning him into a hypocrite whose actions reflect narrow preconceptions of right. The self idolator ignores truth, and if he knew even a fraction of what exists, he would lose self esteem upon realizing his own ignorance.
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