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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1898
Page
11
To the first ten who take out scholarships I will offer three months day term at 40 dollars, three months in school at 15 dollars, arithmetic and penmanship at 7.50 dollars. Introductory rates for short-hand and type-oral writing by Dickson. Come at once to take advantage.
A fragment from a Memphis paper mentions light outages at Lacy Street and Southern Avenue and urges the Progress to publish, praising a curfew ordinance and calling for police enforcement. It also notes support for a street sprinkler and cleaner, and commends the City Park fence as a sign of progress. A Shreveport notice references preaching at Jordan Street Church and election talk for railroad commissioner, plus.Local ads from R. P. Morton for harness and saddles, and an education sales pitch seeking men to promote a new topic.
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