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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1896
Page
12
The Progress reports on Louisiana politics with Frye era tension. It cites Blanchard allies pressing for change while Democrats seek unity and a Melincry solution to stabilize state leadership. Editorials praise Shreveport Progress and local journals for candid coverage and note Centenary College events.
A Fort Worth style city booster feature presents reader responses from local businessmen on Shreveport's growth prospects. Contributors including H. Harnress, Lindsay, and others praise expanding railroads, cheap freight, and rising trade. They foresee Shreveport becoming a regional metropolis with strong real estate, finance, and manufacturing potential while stressing orderly governance and public improvements.
The text reports she notes weather and public sentiment about figures like Blanchard, Hall, and Ogden, with hints of Populist opposition. It mentions fear of political maneuvering, calls for a parish executive committee to convene, and an election to appoint delegates to a Baton Rouge convention on June 15.
A humorous critique targets a rising politician and his party's stance. The writer imagines a quest to obtain a prized goose as a metaphor for political favors, obligations, and accusations of corruption. The spoof ends with implied arrest for shouting an incorrect goose.
A fragment discusses the saying money talks and its force in commerce. It notes buyers and sellers driven by money, while the power of wealth shapes outcomes and decisions in market relations, though the phrasing in the source is garbled and incomplete. The piece hints at control by the moneyed over sale terms and quality expectations.
A fragmentary description presents Ben Holzman as a shop role seller of dress goods house furnishings notions novelties and clothing for men and boys. The vendor promises wide supplies including hats boots shoes and general necessities and asserts strong quality and price competition with a challenge to try and see the expansive stock.
Nothing boosts public health and mood like a good meal. Readers are told Lerwich's restaurant and Ladhew Dining Parlors are popular eateries in Shreveport where boarders leave with jovial, charitable dispositions.
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