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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1896
Page
9
Local shop advertises a wide range of hats plumes and flowers with trims. Offers spring hats at low prices from fifty cents and invites customers to inspect options before buying.
A fragment lists various textile items and garments with prices including shoes at 1.35, straw hats 15, men's suits, shirts, drawers, whites, negligees, suspenders, and boy’s waists priced 20, 24, and 3. The OCR text reads as a wholesale or factory catalog entry from Band 31.25 with items like straw hats, shirts, drawers, and suspenders.
A five and three quarter mile bicycle race attracted a big crowd at the Market and Texas corner last Friday afternoon. The course included rough hills and was completed in eighteen minutes and fifty two seconds. Robert Gill won first prize, Millard Scovel second, Clint Bradley third. The route passed Texas street to Texas avenue then Jordan street to Southern avenue and back. Prizes included a bicycle suit, a lamp, and cologne. Officials and judges were named, and a separate note mentions upcoming committee appointments by the Shreveport division of a local protective association. The ad urges life insurance with a local company.
A turbulent political scene seethes with accusations of treachery and fraud, as factions within the Democratic and rival groups clash over primaries and governance. Citizens express dismay at corrupt leaders, while calls for honest government intensify amid warnings of upheaval and partisan strife. A separate item notes Archie Hicks injured at the printer, and the Woodmen of the World establish Broad Axe Camp with officers and members.
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