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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1898
Page
24
A terse catalogue notes miseries and frailties of famous figures including Cervantes, Milton, Gibbon, Tasso, Julius Caesar, Peter the Great, Selden, Mohammed, and Charlemagne. It sketches chronic ailments and hardships from poverty to illness and imprisonment, presenting a bleak portrait of renowned lives.
An old fashioned ad offers bookkeeping commerce, shorthand, typewriting and penmanship taught by experienced instructors. It mentions lessons in sails and aims to prepare students for the ML and Gund paying work. Applications directed to Drexsey, principal, 29 Milam Street.
The article argues the jury verdict against Mr. Abbott for manslaughter was not legally warranted. It critiques press coverage, notes the presumption of innocence, and summarizes eyewitness accounts. Key details include witnesses Curry Young Grosjean Starke and Dr. Coty, the scene at The Progress office, and the death of Starke.
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