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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1896
Page
2
A collage of droll notes and social satire spans reform talk on gum and clergy, a Chinaman’s kiss law, weather debates, marriages after long unions, court misfires, and Michigan cattle import rules. Notable items mention Astor ties, a Chicago clergy man’s job, and a San Francisco jeweler who killed his cousin and himself.
A sufrió mine collapse at the Twin shaft near the Lackawanna and Susquehanna rivers traps twenty two widows and ninety orphans as rescuers struggle. Mine Inspector McDonald cautions no clear evidence of deliberate carelessness while crews consider abandoning the mine to save the living.
A historical survey cites Dr Theobald Smith and Rhode Island Experiment Station finding a protozoan cause of turkey hepatitis and notes transmission hints. It details the liver lesions diagnostic of the disease, preventive research aims, and suggests best henhouse floors and maintenance practices. It also discusses bone and cottonseed byproducts for poultry, feed ratios, and management for milk or meat stock.
A proposal to train a cheese factory manager by sending him to a successful operation for six months is discussed, emphasizing the need for proper supervision and investment in workforce training. Also noted is a Gazette report from St Petersburg highlighting Russia's 20 million horses, most owned by peasants, with fears of decline and a push to focus on cart horse breeding over racing stock.
A garbled OCR fragment references Swiss content, women’s roles, and a domestic Souter trial snippet. It mentions a 177 item with a memorandum and a court setting, plus references to tobacco nicotine as sheep dip and a Pin money dispute. It also notes a National Populist Convention in St Louis and travel tickets, ending with a Catarrh cure advertisement.
The piece critiques butter quality versus market pricing and grocery testing, extols true game fowl as superior for farming and table use, discusses abundant southern duck habitats in several states and the shift away from fencing due to stock laws, noting improved livestock and fewer old feuds.
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