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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1897
Page
5
A preacher recounts Captain Pendleton’s near tragedy and divine guidance. A night voyage returning from Liverpool saved 100 drowning passengers, with the captain refusing payment, citing gratitude to God. The message ties the tale to faith, harbor peace, and a Christmas hope for Heaven.
J Corbett advertises watches clocks and jewelry red uced for sixty days at Wandel the jeweler 522 Market street stating relocation from Texas street to Crockett and Texas avenue offering trial satisfaction and prompt work guaranteed.
Idle men and women may secure profitable employment by obtaining an agency for The Progress. No experience needed. Write for details. Pants 350 up at Opera House Tailoring Company.
A descriptive piece contrasts horse intelligence through eye expression, citing Star Pointer the pacer who set a mile record at Readville Park Boston. The essay, paired with an Evening World illustration, claims Star Pointer’s eye shows alertness and soul, unlike the dull gaze of the average dray horse.
A regional piece notes that eyes reveal intelligence even in strong nervous animals, citing a famous racehorse and comparing trained horses and dogs. It contrasts this with ordinary horses whose ears droop and eyes lack alert brilliance, as shown by the illustration.
A Connecticut factory worker, earning $1.80 daily, devised an attachment for a machine that let one boy replace four operatives. Daily output remains high while costs drop by six dollars, earning the inventor a $25 check from the company president. Also notes UC Berkeley crossbred sheep mixing Persian and Merino traits with Wool and meat implications. The rest mentions insurance and gin houses with Bodenheimer & Lancaster.
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