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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1896
Page
14
Fragmentary OCR text describes insurgents defeating troops, capturing four guns and 200 Mati Hesey villagers involved in a Saturday engagement. The garbled names and places make exact identities, dates, and locations uncertain.
Paris on June 9 reports a socialist attempt to strike at the government was denounced in the chamber of commerce where the day’s order was adopted by 313 to 238. The result reflects partisan divisions as the assembly backed the established government policy.
A confrontation at British Hollow left an 11 year old girl dead within an hour after being struck during a dispute. The report mentions individuals Veil a Datel Lancaster and Jack Woby with others involved, and that a finger and thumb were taken in a prior incident.
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