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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1897
Page
22
A historic note on sea otters valued for pelts, describing their rarity and high price, and detailing their distinctive fur and size. The piece also recounts stagecraft anecdotes about Macready and a tale of economy from a financier, illustrating era curiosities and social humor.
A farmer notes clean fence corners and thorough cultivation as key to profits. He argues weed crops reduce labor and rural emissions, praising careful farming over careless methods observed on trains and in fields.
The United States Civil Service Commission ordered a postal service examination to be held in the local city on Saturday, December 4, 1897, for clerk and carrier grades. Open to all reputable U.S. citizens, age limits 18 for clerks and 21-40 for carriers. Apply by November 13, 1807 with proper blanks to CHAS R. YARBROUGH, Secretary Board of Examiners, Postal Service, Shreveport LA. Also dissolution notice for Byland Cotter Co and reformation as Cotter & Murphy at 213 Milam Street with W T Bylsad recommending Cotter & Mur dy.
Advertisement notes finishing braid Sok Elastic priced at 10 cents per yard from Peerless.
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