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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1897
Page
25
Visitors and patrons find a wide holiday assortment with prices on shoes fabrics linoleum carpets portieres and home goods. The ad highlights 200 pairs of ladies’ kid shoes large discounts on tablecloths oilcloths carpets and drapery fabrics plus discounted toiletries and sewing notions.
A lively fragment from a 19th century newspaper notes holiday plans and varied items. It mentions festive season readings, misprints about Red Cross founder Henry Bonnant, rail and street updates, a firecracker incident, the Cannon Ball train back in service, and Christmas Sight events on Texas street. It reports on Chicago capital plans for a St. Louis hotel, a Bank of West Peliciana dividend and surplus, and political notes about Webster parish and Judge Drew. Rev. Christian Keener dies in New Orleans. It closes with bicycle contest details and Home Library Association needs, plus Louisiana Street work and crossing cleanups.
A clipped old ad denounces counterfeit discounts and touts fair pricing. It warns that low prices tempt buyers while pledging honest goods at average value, with vendors Vordan 800th and associates Corey Edwards and Tesea.
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