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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1894
Page
6
A jumble of clipped items describes crime, court cases, and social scenes from a distant era. References span a murder confession, Barrios era Guatemala tension, early aviation hopes in San Francisco, a Midway Exposition note, and local fashion quirks, all tied to a chaotic, reader-friendly roundup.
A lengthy sermon recounts charity in Brooklyn with references to bread for the poor, hunger as a test of faith, and critique of national finances. It compares national woes to medical treatment failing due to wrong remedies and urges action aligned with Christian compassion amid poverty, disease, and political debate.
Victoria New South Wales reports McLean a 17 year old youth from Aprigadesy Clank in the South Seas. He stands about 8 feet some inches tall and is described as prominent and well built rather than grossly fat. Historical notes trace his growth from age twelve to seventeen with measurements showing steady dramatic increases in height.
The fragment cites Samuel Merry, a Providence carpenter, who fell from a ladder and died from a broken neck, with doctors unsure of his fate. It mentions a Chinese birthday custom, funeral rest plots, a depth-sounding explosive device, population estimates, Elizabethan child marriages, advances in artificial jaws by New York surgeons, and patients Mrs Kiddoo of Savannah and Miss Tauy of Flatbush with surgical outcomes.
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