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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1898
Page
8
A 19th century wartime column urges prayer for harvests and a swift end to Spanish influence in the Americas. It recalls the 1588 Armada and predicts divine aid for England, urging national resolve, liberty, and justice as the century nears its end. The piece blends religious exhortation with historical reference to bolster anti Spanish sentiment.
Partial OCR shows a religious exclamation invoking the earth filled with glory and ends with Amen. The readable fragment provides only a devotional phrasing without clear event, date, or proper names.
An account from Litchfield Kentucky describes caves along the Green and Nolin rivers with eerie moans heard from a cave near Mining City, plus notes on Dismal Rock, Horseshoe Bend as a future canal site, possible gold in river beds, the endless end of the end less cave, and a bottomless hole where mammoth fish surface in summer.
A New York Ledger writer on birds and reptiles argues that snakes do not fascilate their prey and challenges readers to explain the unseen force that draws birds toward snakes. The piece notes snakes strike from above, rarely bite through jaw limits, and some species hide young in mouths while alarm triggers their return.
Reading railroad conductor recalls Joe Gibson a playful fellow known for his jokes. In Trenton yards he oncoming engine loomed up on the track as he signaled the engineer to proceed. Joe cursed his lantern and warned pull out before the rival locomotive could collide.
From the Philadelphia Record a terse note recalls a night scene where a driver is urged to proceed as the full moon rises ahead of the track. A figure named Joe had tagged the moon, implying a symbolic cue rather than words spoken.
A damp gloomy day on Dovers street near Chatham square shows a brief scene of interaction between a black boy, a little girl with bright golden curls, and a Chinaman. The boy tosses an apple to the child who kisses it and laughs before the moment ends as the window closes.
Advertisement seeks men of character to introduce an educational specialty in a liberal, businesslike project. No ordinary candidates. Postal replies require references from banks or mercantile agencies. Contact W B Moccasin in Memphis for details, and J VENABLE of Shreveport for references.
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