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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1897
Page
7
A young boy Tommy twists his ankle after stepping into a rabbit hole and is carried home by a passerby as Nan cares for him. Tommy’s dog Nick shows loyalty at the supper table, sharing his own plate with the hungry animal. The scene ends with the siblings asleep together, arm around Nick.
A clergyman recalls a Persian cat with four kittens during a stay at a parsonage. A kitten with sore eyes is cleaned by Miss Huntingdon as the mother purrs. At departure the cat secretly places the fourth kitten in Miss Huntingdon's box for her to take away.
Checker Problem No. 428 presents White IDs and Black moves for a drawing line. Chess Problem No. 428 notes Black phase and Gauze Ribbons describe trimming gowns with gauze sashes in black or bright colors.
General local market quotes from Shreveport show quiet steady trading with receipts of six bales by rail and by wagon. Prices cover a wide range from cotton to provisions, coffee tea sugar and farm implements, with Cotton Middling and Good Middling near seven eighths to seven and a half. Various grains, meats, dairy, produce, and hardware items are listed with per unit prices and barters.
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