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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1897
Page
8
A collage of observations on a Boston schoolgirl's poem about boys, enduring effort, and persistence. It quotes lines from The Children's Visitor and Epworth Herald, notes on civic fraud exposure in Monroe, and brief regional items on politics, law, and education, including calls for compulsory schooling and reform.
This excerpt expresses hope that future governors will prioritize the rule of law and the state's welfare over political influence and self advancement, urging men of integrity to lead.
Last week Captain F. P. Stubbs Jr of Ouachita Guards E. L. Kidd of Ruston Rifles T. Wood Lee Pelican Rifles and E. N. Trichell Natchitoches Guards formed a committee in Shreveport to organize a field day encampment next month. Events include running broad jump, quarter mile bicycle, sack race, hurdles, standing broad jump, foot races, bicycle and fat men races, and a baseball match. Entries close August 14 with 50 cent fees. rules limit two entries per company and judge decisions are final.
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