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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1898
Page
16
A fragmentary text mixes garbled phrases about winds and waters with stray words and names. It resembles a poetic or editorial snippet with unclear attribution and scattered letters, offering little concrete event or identifying details.
A new through service begins Monday May 9 with a New Orleans to St Louis train via the N O & N E R P carrying a Pullman Bullet Car. Daily departure 6 p m from New Orleans, arrival St Louis next day. Return trains depart St Louis 7 32 a m and 7 30 p m reaching New Orleans 10 30 a m and 8 50 p m respectively. The Meridan connection with Mobile and Ohio offers sleeper service. This line provides unaltered sleeping car service between New Orleans and St Louis the only one so.
A Memphis advertisement calls for men of character to teach a fresh, artistic educational specialty. It promises a liberal business proposition and requests references, with replies via postal cards only. Also notes a rail excursion by the K C P G from Shreveport to Port Arthur on May 21, fare 25, tickets valid any regular train that day.
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