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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1893
Page
8
Local column recalls the Fairgrounds ending Thursday and a busy fair week with ads and visits from officials and residents. It mentions a fire at J. H. Fullilove's gin, a fatal injury to a two year old hit by an electric car, and various local personages visiting the fair or stopping by The Pro'cness.
Opening day of the fair draws about 1000 school children as Gov. Murphy J. Poster speaks with Supreme Court Justices in attendance. Exhibits fill the hall from murals to machinery, farms, and poultry shows, with many prominent locals supporting the event and praising the displays.
The Star Lecture Course by the Teachers' Association to Mart fund opens November 7 at the Courthouse with Col. L. F Copeland of Harrisburg Pa. The speaker, described as the "prince of orators," is billed as the season’s most popular and witty. There will be ten rare entertainments for all attendees with adults at full price and children half price.
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