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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1898
Page
13
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The Progress notes our Presiding Elder Rev J L P Sheppard left town last Monday ill after delivering a powerful sermon at Jordan Street church Sunday morning. He was so ill he sent Rev Barnette Wright to fill the First Church appointment that night and left on the morning train for Arcadia. The district expresses concern and hopes for a speedy recovery. R P Morton offers harness and saddles at reasonable prices opposite Kelly's stable on Markut Street.
The Progress expresses gratitude to Mr. 5. A. Pierce manager of the Great Western Type Foundry in Kansas City Missouri for sending an urgent calendar that features a Missouri Press Association picture displayed in the Kansas City Commercial Club room.
A charity picnic is set for Tuesday at the Fair Grounds to aid the Genevieve Orphanage under Home Charitable Association auspices. Tickets cost 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children with dancing after programs and streetcars running to midnight.
Mrs Paul Lowenthal enjoyed the May carnival in Waco Texas and is expected home next week. Hon W H Wise was seen at The Progress last Saturday and is in good health after the convention. Lieutenant George Dudley Seay left for New Orleans for an officers examination potentially joining General Foods brigade. Hon J M Foster returned from a business trip to New Orleans Monday. Hon J W Jeter of Brownlee visited last week, a long-cherished privilege. Friends O G Garner Mack Hurkvabay and George Smith are mentioned.
Frank Serwich, proprietor, advertises a restaurant and hotel on the Hairbe pean Plan offering oysters fresh and in any style. It claims modern hotel appointments, best attention to guests, and no saloon connection with moderate terms for travelers seeking comfort.
A young woman skilled in stenography and typing seeks steady employment in a business house. She offers reliable references, has attended Soul College, and may be contacted at The Progress in Shreveport Louisiana.
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