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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1898
Page
13
A column mixes civic remarks and quick notes about local happenings. It questions Maine ship safety after the incident, names Sheriff officials and deputies heading to Baton Rouge with convicts, and mentions figures like Clifton Breckinridge and W. E. Veasson. It notes hotel plans, street spring upgrades, and community notices.
A sequence of property transfers and mortgages is listed, naming grantees and grantors such as Union Morland B and T Co to Adger and Dixon, Clara G Goodwin to J B Rhodes, Citizens Bank to Johnson Colquitt and to Joseph P Jacquot, Mrs S E Moncure to Mrs E J Elstner, ED Tucker to Mrs E H Rieley, Wm Moore to W H Hunter Jr, Park View Land Co to G W Marshal, Wm Handrick to Aug Erickson, and R E Singleterry to Mrs E S Miller. Amounts and tract specifics vary, including several hundred to several thousand dollars, with multiple sections and lots described.
Rank Serwich offers a European plan restaurant and hotel with fresh oysters and all meals at all hours. Described as unsurpassed with no saloon connection, modern appointments, best furnished, and popular with ladies and gentlemen. Proprieter Frank Serwich promises best guest attention and moderate terms.
A newspaper man expounds on knowing human nature by facial cues. A dry toiler near remarks he would convict on the mug in fifteen minutes if on a jury. The man of wisdom moves on in search of items.
The Chicago Times-Herald notes that by late 1692 about ten tons of diamonds had been produced in South Africa valued at £60,000,000. They would fill a five by six by six feet box. Current annual output is about half a ton with around 8000 workers, over 20 percent of whom are white.
A report highlights Caymans in the West Indies exporting turtles only, building a niche trade pattern focused on sea creatures with export activity centered on marine products. Local merchants and traders are noted for shipping turtles to regional markets.
A jumble of local commentary remarks on politics and virtue. Citizens discuss leadership shifts and national pride, church notices, library needs, and calls for a fountain in the courthouse square.
An editor argues that the term parish should stay as is, resisting calls for alteration and defending its familiar pronunciation and usage as a matter of linguistic consistency. The remark emphasizes tradition over reform despite debate.
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