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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
7
The passage blends scattered references to fashion, society roles, medical glimpses, and a stray notice about political conventions. It mentions figure names and places in a garbled, OCR-like stream, with intermittent bits about fashion, manners, and a snippet about a transportation-rate notice for conventions in 1906.
A columnist advises a woman to trust heart and head about waiting for marriage and engagement. It argues against lone engagements and suggests marrying for love and respect. It also covers appropriate gifts for a graduating class and teachers, plus fashion notes on a fourteen year old’s Swiss dress and makeup details from a Chicago News item.
Asa Smith of Greencastle Indiana claims Sematic Rheumatism proved unstoppable by doctors and tonics. He says three bottles of this so called blood remedy relieved pain and enabled him to walk and move freely after a dozen bottles, leaving him well and weighing 171 pounds.
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