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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1896
Page
2
A string of anecdotes traces social attitudes from fashion and romance to reform and public life. Stories include elopement name changes, a rabbit linked diphtheria scare, a Detroit widow collecting liquor bans from saloonkeepers, praise of Longfellow across nationalities, and Holland’s dike drainage expansion.
An aged Miss Rhoda faces foreclosure as Christmas nears. Martha Bates and brother John raise funds to keep her in her home, while the town and church members rally with a warm house warming. Miss Rhoda gains renewed belonging and faith as neighbors supply wood, coal, and provisions.
Poem urges readers to greet Christmas morning with forgiveness and peace, asking children to consider poorer neighbors and extend goodwill. It emphasizes charity, reconciliation, and prayer to spare the world from war, inspired by a Christian Herald tone.
A short piece from the Michigan Christian Advocate urges that happiness at Christmas comes from a warm heart, not money, and that home cheer depends on invention, effort, and love. It notes nature’s simple beauty, that God uses small amounts of moisture and cold to create crystal whiteness, and that simple things beautify and glorify the home with joys beyond material purchase.
A poetic neoclassical verse extols heavenly gifts filling a heart with joy. The speaker describes a golden chain that cannot be untwined and a sweet carol of joy that shines within the heart’s lens.
The article discusses Solomon’s life and the religious and political themes around his reign. It cites Farrar and Sewran, comparing biblical wisdom with worldly power and noting lessons on vigilance, ambition, and moral conduct. It weaves in references to Solomon, Salomon’s Song, Ecclesiastes, and legends, then shifts to notes on French-Canadian growth in the United States with historical census data.
Corpus Christi Texas resident Thomas N Tinney credits S S S Swift's Specific with curing a years long case of serous blood taint and severe skin eruptions after physicians failed. He claims S S S reached the trouble at its root and cured scrofula eczema rheumatism and contagious blood poison, asserting it is the only vegetable blood remedy. Books offered free by Swift Specific Co Atlanta Ga.
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