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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1896
Page
4
Fragmented notice from Shreveport includes postage rates and a National Educational Association event mention. It discusses constitutional debates and political opinions, with criticism of editors and a public quarrel over newspaper conduct. Also notes a highway freight and railway fare and a steamboat captain’s death in New Orleans.
An unsigned critique denounces a looming constitutional bill in Louisiana, arguing it narrows public control while expanding legislative power. It ridicules politicians' motives, forecasts Speaker Peter Trezegant and allied appointments, and warns of corrupt governance. A note then covers William H. Harvey’s upcoming Chautauqua lectures on silver and bimetallism, praising his free coinage stance and challenging critics. It closes with a discussion of true bimetallism and a local revival sermon by Rev. G Seunday at the Second Methodist church.
John Bly a Pennsylvanian resident died after a long tumor hollowed the brain base, destroying sight nerves and leaving only a shell of tissue. Despite blindness for three years he remained rational, able to speak and remember poems until death, puzzling physicians in the autopsy findings reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
Two men nearly secured the presidency but their actions and silence have damaged their chances. John G. Carlisle is blamed for a subservient stance to Cleveland, ruining his nomination prospects by controversy. Adlai Stevenson is faulted for moral cowardice in 1893, leaving the party without a clear successor to accept the nomination.
Fifteen Cents and a month form the backdrop as the evangelist lays down conditions for a successful revival. He invites all to hear sermons on Justification Sanctification and Glorification and ends with a solo promising to be what God desires. The speaker is described as earnest and full of love.
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