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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1896
Page
9
The display promises a top hat and millinery assortment during the week with a special invitation to all ladies to call and inspect the collection. The shop boasts an unmatched array, excluding Ho Millinery Store from this claim.
The obituary recalls R Silverstein him as vigorous to the end, praising his devotion to nature morality and God. A large funeral at St Mark's Episcopal Church followed by Odd Fellows rites. The column shifts to local issues including mayor Vinson’s woodenware factory, a canning plant, cotton and pork ventures, a cigar factory in Shreveport, and a plow foundry. It also critiques police raids on gambling, reports Salvation Army leadership changes, and notes plans for an engine house with Major N S Allen. The piece ends noting amateur baseball plans and player movements for local clubs and regional teams.
Thomas Phillips died Saturday afternoon at 4 30 after a two week illness. He was a longtime resident of about 29 years and highly regarded in business and social circles. An elderly Odd Fellow, he served 60 years at the lodge, devoted to the Triple Links and its principles of Friendship Love and Truth, often attending meetings in all weather as a model member.
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