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Newspaper

The Progress

Location

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1897

Page

12

Public School Superintendents Support Liberal Funds

The Donaldsonville Chief reports parish superintendents in New Orleans resolved to back only constitutional convention members favoring lenient school funding. The piece mocks the move, blaming E B Kruttschnitt for political expediency and accusing him of prioritizing party control over education.

Donaldsonville New Orleans E. B. Kruttschnitt Louisiana Fitzpatrick Kruttschnitt Judah P. Benjamin

Editor grateful for compliments after Chautauqua day

The Progress editor thanks Hons. A. A. Gunby and John Dynand for compliments on a paper read before Chautauqua Press Day. Monroe Bulletin notes several speeches, especially Hon. C. D. Hicks, who urged a brighter standard of citizenship and a pure ballot, warning about current elections.

A. A. Gunby Monroe Bulletin John Dynand Louisiana Planter Chautauqua C.D. Hicks Hicks

Reform praise for Cal Hicks and Ocala Demands noted

The speaker, Mr. Cal Hicks of Shreveport, editor of The Progress and Louisiana Press Association president, is lauded for wit, logic, and aphorisms. He is described as a longtime reformer who endorsed the Ocala Demands in 1894 and is urged to join the reform army to do great good.

Hicks Ocala Army of Reform Sugar Planter Cal Hicks Shreveport The Progress Louisiana Press Association

Thibodaux Sentinel Notes Paper Shortfall

The Thibodaux Sentinel laments a weaker edition last week missing its usual editorial and community content while noting a blank issue of The Progress in the same area. The paper explains the dip in quality as an unusual lapse rather than a planned change.

Thibodaux Sentinel

Nation Faces Public Drift From Supreme Court Confidence

A warning that public confidence in the United States Supreme Court is waning as the nation nears a dangerous point, with citizens increasingly losing faith in the high court.

United States Supreme Court

Western colleges plan bold football renewals this season

Western schools push to challenge eastern powerhouses in football with new rules this fall. Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri shift to northern-style play. Minnesota bids for western pennant with Jerrems from Yale as head coach. Wisconsin keeps Phil King, Dad Moulton uncertain. Huff leads Minnesota, Jim Robinson eyed for Michigan. Northwestern coaching unsettled. Stage contract with Chicago extended but outlook bleak for the Maroons. Michigan set for a near full schedule.

Nebraska Kansas Missouri University of Minnesota Gophers Jerrems Yale Leland Stanford University University of Wisconsin Phil King Dad Moulton Huff Minnola Jim Robinson University of Michigan Northwestern Stage University of Chicago The Maroons Michigan Mit

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