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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1895
Page
3
A dense collage of fashion trends from theater wear to yachting gowns, wraps, and hall decor. It surveys Valenciennes lace, chiffon over taffeta, boaters, and new stairway accents, with side notes on prints, colors, and the social scene.
A digest of weekly agricultural estimates shows oats yield 4 bushels per acre from 2,028,098 acres and rye production 72,614 bushels from 444,780 acres, plus buckwheat, potatoes, and tobacco area and value. Also reports in Augusta Georgia of Mrs Bailey Johnson dying frightened to death after a root doctor claimed she was filled with lizards. A man defends life in a fatal conflict, and the accused is released. National debates on cable to Hawaii and beer tax, crop yields and values for 1894, and legislative notes on taxation of church property, soldiers’ reimbursements, and strikes. Additional items cover Mexico, China Japan diplomacy, and social incidents including lynching debates in London and a fatal incident in Tennessee.
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