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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1896
Page
2
The item surveys diverse topics from Royal Hortienliied to Pugilist Corbett, legal cases on domestic violence and electrocution, Nashville race tensions, a Pittsburg judge’s view on police duty, and a Naples-style tale of a man staging his own funeral, all in jocular, broadside fashion.
A speech by William Jennings Bryan at the Democratic convention argues for silver coinage, income tax, and national sovereignty over money. He contrasts with opponents, defends bimetallism, and urges voters to unite on principles over personalities amid intense convention fervor.
Dark blue flannel with white stripe and white flannels with blue line are on trend for boating dresses. The up-to-date woman shows capes and parasols in silk trimmed to match and lined in coordinating colors. Plumes, white feathers with black velvet ribbon on Tuscan straw hats, and silk muslin with pearls dominate wedding gowns with orange blossoms enhancing the look.
In a sweeping, dense prose fragment the narrator blends religious imagery with a critique of tobacco extracts. He laments harm to sheep and wool while praising nicotine's strength, citing the Skaheura Dip Co in Chicago as a supplier of potent tobacco extracts for livestock dipping and fiber treatment.
An ad-promoted full scholarship covers metal board and tuition in music and literary departments at a famed Nashville College for young ladies with forty officers and lecturers. It notes privileges at Vanderbilt University and invites inquiries via Texas Publishing Co., Mexia. Also includes dated testimonials and various vague lines.
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