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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1896
Page
2
The column surveys diverse topics from social mores to policing, anesthesia advances, American politics, Armenian heroism, and road funding schemes. It notes Boston cops and Chicago bartenders, a McKinley Bryan wager, a New York magistrate’s odd punishment, Armenian women’s courage, and a Massachusetts plan to pit road quality against distance.
A roundup of town developments and crimes across Louisiana. Rice mill growth in Crowley with two more plants in operation. A sixteen year old in New Orleans wounded by an accidental gun discharge. Sheriff dispatches and prison transfers in Alexandria and St Bernard. Several jail escapes near Monroe and a clemency outcome for Tikler after a stabbing. A letter theft case in Bunkie and a large unclaimed package sale in Houma ends in compensation for victims. Street conditions in Algiers worsen. Monroe ferry politics threaten a toll bridge amid city railroad talks. Fire at Branch store in Boyce destroys stock, suspected arson with insurance. A Plaquemines hunter shot in accident near New Orleans.
Washington reports show the House quickly advancing business, passing the pension appropriation and two public interest bills. A Cuban discussion is signaled, while the Senate adjourns for a tribute to ex Speaker Crisp. Separate items note Cronin case witness O Connor’s suicide and other dispatches from Chicago to Mexico and Kentucky.
Fragmentary dialogue depicts a diner scene with distressed customer Texaz Bittings and others debating a hair in soup. The scuffle hints at a complaint and a humorous or tense exchange, with mentions of a large chrysanthemum on a coat and a Wednesday timing detail.
A pasted conglomeration of ads and testimonials includes claims of profits from a Fluctuation System, teething syrups, patent medicines, a missing excerpt on boarding school, and a legal affidavit for Hall's Catarrh Cure. The text mentions W E Forest, Mrs Winslow, Piso, King’s Nerve Restorer, Jos Ting & Bro, and Hall’s Catarrh Cure with Toledo affidavit details.
A Christmas push urges sending 35 cents to the Mermod and Jaccard Jewelry Co. for a SOLID SILVER Handled NATL FILE and a lustrated Catalogue with 3,000 jewelry and silverware items. The note ends with a jab at spelling errors.
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