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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1898
Page
15
The essay underscores that a polite boy at home will likely be polite to others, while a child lacking courtesy to parents may seem courteous but betrays inner disrespect. It warns against living mainly for public opinion and urges cultivating courtesy and propriety at home to ensure respectable behavior elsewhere.
A jumble of quirky vignettes and classroom banter shows a teacher guiding a student through a spelling exercise with pipes and bubbles. A Sunday Echo visitors sketch features Little John misreading nautical talk as the tug and ship tale unfolds. A playful exchange about twins and parental bragging closes the snippets.
An unclear item notes four members of a rural school board, with mention of a director connected to his children and a remark suggesting mixed sentiment about the school’s future. The fragment hints at internal scrutiny and community concerns without specific actions.
The Patriots of America led by John P. Altgeld Coin Harvey Jerry Simpson and William Jennings Bryan aim to express early this month their views on issues for the next national election. Proposed topics include Socialism Single Tax Income Tax demonetization of Gold and Silver and unlimited paper money. The piece questions the future of a country led by such figures and laments the harsh response to reform efforts.
The Lake Charles American comments on an exchange arguing that without liquor sales in the national capital a quorum in Congress would be impossible. It questions the credibility of the accusation, defends Congress from such degradation, and expresses disbelief that lawmakers and constituents are so compromised.
Col E C Dillon returns from Tennessee and Mississippi where he spent the holidays and states there is as much business activity in Sabine Parish as in any place he has visited. He wishes success to Col Dillon, Sabine Parish and Many.
The editor of a noted contemporary says he entered a businessman's unadvertised store and found the proprietor busy. The shopkeeper had the itch, wore a Waterbury watch, and while not scratching himself he wound his timepiece.
The notice lists Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Catholic, and Jewish services. It names churches, streets, pastors, and weekly schedules for preaching, Sunday school, Epworth Leagues, and prayer meetings with specific times. Local church leaders include Rev. H. M. May, Rev. William H. LaPrade, Rev. W. S. Penick, Rev. Matthew Van Lear, Rev. W. T. Dalzell, Rev. S. EB Scharl, and Rev. I. Saenger.
The document lists Fire Alarm stations by district with street corners in Shreveport. First District includes Nos 12 13 4 15 16 at Commerce Travis Market Caddo Marshall Fanin Common. Second District Nos 21 22 23 24 25 McNeil Texas Cotton Marshall Crockett Line. Third District Nos 31 32 34 35 Cotton Cane Christian Wood Sprague Western Peabody Williams. Fourth District Nos 41 42 43 Lawrence Texas Murphy Greenwood Jordan.
Our friend cad A Tettees of Roliline Natchitoches Parish applies for the Many Louisiana postmaster position, per the Banner. Goit, Brother Tetts.
The city is said to have 3,500,000 inhabitants and real estate valued at three billion dollars.
Local notices list multiple masonic and fraternal groups in Shreveport. Lodge rooms meet monthly with varying start times from 7 to 8:30 pm. orders include Ascension Commandery, Royal Arch Chapter No 10, Lodge No 115 F and A M, Caddo Lodge No 179 F and A M, Odd Fellows North Zedge 21, Shreveport Lodge No 6, Rebekah Queen Esther No 12, Osceola Tribe No 7, Pontiac Tribe No 12, Knights of Pythias Damon Lodge No 2, Calantha Lodge No 13, with meeting nights and locations noted in the Scott building and Wig Wam venues.
Knight club meeting at Castle Hall at 7 30 with Commercial National Bank as organizer. R A Grubb es NC G H Brewer M of R Street J L Busey M W I 8 Crary Recorder noted in the notice.
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