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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1897
Page
5
A fervent exhortation to live near Christ and die joyfully. The speaker urges a rapid spiritual ascent toward eternity and a peaceful death, contrasting gloom with a blessed departure and symbolizing the soul’s ascent as wings lifting away from earthly quarantine.
Tales of Alfred Lord Tennyson circulate among freshwater villagers and officials alike. A Freshwater man misnames his occupation while Pilicemen joke about him making poets under the stars. Bishop Wilberforce recalls a laborer near Aldworth asking if Tennyson lives there and noting the poet’s modest household.
A Washington note rebuts sensational tales about the Turkish minister known as the rogue and his supposed harem. It states the minister has only one wife and rejects the romantic myths as unfounded. The piece notes a young regent aide nicknamed the Greek god sparks attention among female staff.
Ballington Booth announces three new Volunteers of America training schools in San Francisco Chicago and New York with a three year course leading to regular ministerial ordination and sacraments. J W Merrill outlines a theology between Episcopalian and Methodist lines and a broad church service to be inaugurated with ordination.
The Chicago Record notes a colonial era residence being completed as a conservatory sheltering veranica and lass. Interior work will reflect period fashion with white woodwork and simple decorations. Mrs Cleveland's antique furniture from Woodley will harmonize with the decor. Occupancy planned by March 1.
Train times list for Cotton Belt, Texas and Pacific, Vicksburg Shreveport, and Kansas City Shreveport Gulf routes. Includes arrivals and departures for passenger and freight services daily and note on Sunday passenger service between Shreveport and Camden. Mails close thirty minutes before departures.
Advertises future availability of prescriptions at low prices. Promises savings by bringing in competitor quotes and using only top quality ingredients. Lists price cuts on multiple items such as Castoria and Alpine Tea and asserts genuine medicines and guarantees against poor quality.
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