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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1898
Page
5
A grizzled narrator explains mule psychology at a lunch counter in a dialogue about persuasion and obedience. A smart young man protests, and the tale recalls a trick with fire under a mule tied to a canal boat. The old man’s calm retelling contrasts with the youth’s skepticism.
A man distressed by Cuban famine laments the delay in aid and declares it a crime against civilization. He says he has written a six verse poem and contributed 50 cents to the relief fund, while others question what he has done.
In a Chicago News snippet Dixon muses that young Shortleigh is not as extravagant as rumored yet notes he owns a suit for each day of the week. The dialogue reveals repeated appearances by the same suit, prompting humorous doubt.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recounts Simpkins examining an eye marked with a phrase that seemed tied to the Spanish War, but he interpreted it as referring to the War of 1812 after opening the item. The anecdote blends wartime memory with a puzzling inscription.
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