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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1893
Page
5
An advertisement promotes cleaning and purification of cisterns. It notes Mr Charles Stoer has purchased a patent allowing water retention while cleaning. The service promises purification and cleaning for a nominal fee and urges contact via telephone or visiting a street address for service.
A jagged OCR fragment details civic complaints about Jordan street in the Sixth Ward, urging the city to reconsider railway tracks and road repairs. It highlights petitioners demanding a decent street, blaming neglect on the current arrangement and calling for accountable action by city officials and the Sixth Ward representative.
Fragmented OCR reads like a market price sheet with numerous names, quantities, and prices. It mentions brands, individuals, and items such as wheat millet oats and boxes with per unit costs, but the text is garbled and hard to parse into a coherent sale notice.
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