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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1897
Page
3
Bob Hicks Billie Burton and Eddie Williams were arrested Monday in connection with the Pleasant Way shooting Saturday night. The piece urges citizens to support the public library, praising books and cultural value and calling for meetings to boost library interest.
In a call to action local lovers of fishing and the rail line push to restore Wallace Lake as a premier fishing and leisure site. Advocates note its past role supplying trout and white perch, supporting families and a small industry, and suggest railroad access could turn it into a fast, valued summer resort again.
A New York and New Orleans group sues Farmers' Loan and Trust Company to appoint a receiver for the Kansas City Watkins and Gulf Railroad. The suit cites bond interest defaults and places the hearing in Shreveport before Judge Boarman, with General Taylor and Mr Krutt–Bcnitt involved. The claim totals about a million dollars and a potential Gould purchase is speculated.
The Progress prints a friends card announcing Mr. Akenblatt's honorable discharge from a prosecution based on suspicion. The note emphasizes his innocence, criticizes the accuser’s motives, and praises his character and integrity as many witnesses attest. Some readers suggest redress for alleged injustices.
A large attendance greeted Rev. A Venable of Meridian Miss at First Baptist church yesterday. The Shreveport Journal notes his eloquence was greatly appreciated though he arrived too late to preach. The commentary suggests the welcome would have impressed even stronger if his sermon had been delivered.
The great show arrives in Shreveport on Wednesday December 15. Hummel Hamilton & Sells United Shows pitch tents with attractions praised as marvelous and unprecedented in tented entertainment.
Ed Bell, a Black man, was jailed by Deputy Sheriff Henry Wehke after being charged with shooting Tom Boggs in a ward of the city on Monday.
Mr W J Raimond formerly of this parish was shot and killed on the Kay Cee road near Converse last Sunday night by Lee Burckett. Burckett used a shotgun. eighteen buckshot struck Raimond. The killing is described as justifiable as Burckett tried to avoid a conflict. Raimond leaves a wife and six children in uncertain circumstances. THE PROGRESS states it will not say hard things but questions any man who avoids a duty to protect his dependents.
After press time a heated incident arose as a group of women marched to the Methodist parsonage and gave the preacher and his family a severe beating. The piece notes no sympathy for Brother Anders and warns that future conduct could bring a harsher response. Local reactions are mixed as gossip mentions leftovers and dyspepsia.
A Saturday night gambling session at Pleasant Way Saloon erupted into gunfire. Bird Burrus seized a stake and fled, another man used a gun wounding him in the neck and he was sent to the parish jail. Over a dozen shots were fired and a bystander, Bob Johnson, was struck in the leg. Police are pursuing those involved. Meanwhile A J Reynolds and granddaughter Sunshine Tullors departed for medical care in Hinton West Virginia. Local officials note Ward 7 political contests and notes from Judge Hendrick and L B Phillips. BicycLe contest coupons sell at Progress Office. J T Patton of Western Union telegraph to move to new quarters.
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