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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1896
Page
2
A collage of garbled excerpts from Shreveport era dispatches touching cyclones, global curiosities, social customs and local oddities. Reports include weather oddities, bicycle checks, a Chicago sermon lunch stunt, hydrophobia cases, Brahmin child marriage, Spanish Cuba statistics, firecracker legality, rice imports, a Goshen ex mayor snake egg tale, and a matrimonial fine for a Miss Russell.
Louisiana news notes detail four fires causing 200 dollars in property damage to Sis. Peter and Paul's church in New Orleans, plus a string of crimes and civic items. Reports mention forgery suspects from Washington, D C, beatings, a Gentian murder victim, a corner shooting, a Beeker’s saloon incident, and a coroner's natural death verdict. Legal and public notices include bicycle ordinance amendments permitting sidewalk use for certain workers, along with reinstatement efforts for ex officer Mike Coyle. The piece also notes livestock disease spreading in Ouachita and surrounding parishes, a demand for Pasteur Sympy, and a series of arrests and incarcerations in New Orleans.
In this period column guidance outlines household care and fashion notes for winter. It discusses garb details, materials, and color schemes, then shifts to home medical advice including emergency measures, first aid, and remedies for fainting or illness. It emphasizes ventilation, sunlight, and prepared household remedies like brandy, whisky, mustard, and stimulants for emergencies.
The article describes scarce but stylish outing gowns with elaborate jacket and collar decoration, including a brown and scarlet novel design and a ripple short coat with gold braid. It then offers home care tips on ventilation, fresh air, and water sanitation, plus mirror cleaning with whiting and a lemon lemonade recipe.
Fragmented OCR text discusses a Sunday school lesson with biblical references Luke 4 47 and tec hints at teaching themes about patience, self reflection, and practice. It mentions a telescope image and a scene with a teacher and pupil, suggesting evaluative commentary on study and focus within a group setting.
Fragmented text outlines a series of lessons about Jesus Christ, repentance, forgiveness, and salvation. It references atonement, the love of God, faith that saves, using heavenly powers, and the Messiah, aiming to prepare disciples for duties after Jesus’ departure and to inaugurate a new era.
Goo Mannora and Wealth report the St Louis health board plans to ask the municipal assembly to adopt a misdemeanor ordinance prohibiting spitting on street cars and in public venues. It would require car porters to provide adequate cuspidors and enforce daily cleaning with an approved disinfectant.
A museum piece in Cape Town showcases an old fashioned wooden chair tied to a chilling tale. It is said the chair is where Governor De Noorde was found sitting a moment after sentencing a soldier to hang. The condemned soldier allegedly called for his tomlemner to accompany him to the house of the supreme judge as his doom was pronounced.
Electric lights are increasingly used by gardeners near big cities to boost vegetable growth. Experiments show flooding gardens with arc light rays yields excellent results, as observed by growers and noted in industry reports.
The piece recounts a Dr Hartman offering free guidance to women, promising cures and youth restoration, touting a pamphlet by Ebietran and praising Dr Thornton as a charge-free adviser. It also includes anecdotes and local humor about gendered health myths and a joking exchange about a cyclone versus the devil.
The article promotes a new nicotine concentrate for sheep dipping, claiming it replaces laborious boiling of stems and acts as a powerful wool stimulant while deadly to parasites. It urges readers to contact Skabeura Dip Co in Chicago for details.
A jumble of items notes slang talk about a rambling inventor and a patent attorney praising a so called flying machine. It also reports on trolley parallels expanding in Ohio and Michigan with political overtones and mentions old remedies and household ads including Winslow’s Boiling Syrup for Children and a quip about unemployment.
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