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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1898
Page
23
A period of earnest Bible study grows, with scholars reaffirming the Bible's truth and historical accuracy. The author urges ministers to focus on accurate understanding of Scripture before applying its principles to modern life, warning against overemphasis on practical applications. Deeper study is linked to better living.
The article discusses a shift from ornate past library furnishings to a brighter, healthier style. It highlights libraries functioning as reception rooms with mahogany cases, mantels, and restrained decor. The piece describes lighting, storage, and a flexible desk design with copper accents and decorative elements.
The readable text describes a wall decoration sketch with an allegorical subject and nearby mentions keeping lighting and display cases. It references a person named Justin and a scene involving eyes and spice, though the phrasing is garbled and partial.
Reading from a period fashion note, mothers discuss dresses for girls and boys. The toy shop illustration shows a blue and green linen costuming option for little boys while girls receive a white silk blouse with cashmere dresses and silk trimmings. Watch for silk feather stitching to match the yoke.
The article advises a lightweight graceful lamp design in copper or brass for the drawing room and a center pendant with brackets for the dining room. It notes iron options exist, with wrought iron designs and glass panels as strong choices for hall lighting.
A Good Housekeeping correspondent extols a savory old Virginia dish. Boil sweetbreads tender, stew oysters with pepper and salt, thicken with cream and butter, beat egg yolks, and bake with a paste topping. Fill the dish with oyster gravy and bake to finish a highly delicious pie.
A fragmented old text recounts a curate in conversation with a parishioner about virtue and his absent husband. The dialogue hints at a curious moral joke about nightly prayers and private matters, though the wording is garbled and incomplete.
Weekly review of local market prices for bread and groceries, meats and bacon, flour, cornmeal, crackers, rice, coffee, sugar, molasses, tobacco, onions, beans, Irish potatoes, cabbage, kraut, beets, hides, wool, beeswax, soapweed, coal and feedstuffs. Notes varied figures for quality grades and per unit costs across numerous items.
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