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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1894
Page
15
A fragmented 19th century glimpse covers Zola’s possible Chicago visit for a new work, English and French editors, a Scottish case, and social debates. It surveys abolition of public executions, scientific cautions about bread bacteria, winter racing in the South, and naval power in Europe with notes on ships and battles.
In a tour of Bombay’s Malabar Hill, the narrator describes Parsees worship and Tanic beliefs, noting their Towers of Silence and rites. He compares Parsee death customs, Zend Avesta, and purity rules with Christian burial, marriage, and resurrection, urging readers to revere Christianity over Parseism.
A Kentucky report describes four children bearing a striking resemblance to snakes. Their heads are crown-pointed, eyes small and beady near the top, and they shed scaly skin annually in patches with apparent regularity. When excited they slither with rapid, snakelike motions.
A lady aboard an omnibus speaks to an old man, asking if he has tried electricity for deafness. The man replies with confusion as the dialogue devolves into garbled words, revealing only a misheard or distorted exchange about a dust and a strike of light.
Fragmented dialogue and prose depict a captain and crew debating speed versus safety at sea. The piece laments risk and responsibility while recounting ships, captains, and bondsmen navigating fog and danger as authorities warn against reckless pacing.
A Boston writer argues for resuming the half cent, praising its practicality for daily transactions. He cites newsboys and shoppers needing small change, urges Americans to curb extravagant spending, and urges reintroduction of the half cent to restore frugality and teach thrift.
Fragmentary religious narrative recounts John the Baptist’s imprisonment and beheading after Herodias’s daughter prompts a deadly request during a Galilean festival. It notes Herod’s fear and moral conflict, the banquet, and the disciples retrieving John’s body.
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