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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1896
Page
9
An advertisement lists Ladies waists, shoes in stripes and solid colors, priced from 5 to 31.50. Lace and button styles from 1.00 to 3.00. Misses from 0.80 to 2.00. Children’s from 0.10 to 1.50. Oxford ties in tan and black from 0.50 to 1.00 from Hamilton Brown Shoe Company.
I will display a superior collection of trimmed hats plumes and artificial flowers this week and invite all ladies to view them. I am confident they will see the finest assortment ever offered with no millinery store rivaling this display.
Fragmentary column records casual greetings and social chatter in Shreveport Louisiana. Mentions J J Kline and W P Ford, families from Sext- Heare, local businesses Vanner Laencen cabinet makers and Frank Serwich Lunch Parlors, plus a stray remark about two Chinamen on horseback.
The piece notes a temporary relocation to Phelps' store at Market and Texas for repairs, promising a return to new quarters soon. It includes opinion pieces urging civic virtue, critiques of local behavior, and references to Democratic campaign events and local papers discussing political commentary and a Little economy in Louisiana.
Why Insure shows a life policy offered by Brewer & Laenger at 405 Texas Street near Phelps corner. It mentions Governor Foster's illness forcing him from a campaign and hoping to attend a New Orleans rally. The ad promotes picture frames wallpaper and artists materials and urges readers to bring job work to the office.
Brewer Laeneni advertises furniture repair services at 405 Texas Street promising skilled refinishing and restoration for homes and offices despite garbled OCR text.
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