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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1896
Page
2
A jumble of humorous items, social quips, and brief notes on public figures. It cites Mrs in Missouri mothering twelve, Bourke Cochran and an English lord, a Groton girl saving her escort, and various gossipy curiosities. Also mentions Boucicault, Yale Harvard exams, dove ecotes, and a possible Logan Carlisle versus Senator Blackburn duel.
A Baton Rouge residence on Union street was destroyed by fire, losses about 750 with insurance. Numerous New Orleans incidents follow: shootings, thefts, assaults, a child injury on Jackson and Water, a stabbing on St. Ann street, a man wounded in a quarrel, a pants factory fire causing 3000 in damages, a boatboarder injured, levee debates in Algiers, a near-drowning, storm damage in Algiers, a Central Illinois fast train collision near Tangipahoa, and trends in wedding certificates and invitations.
In a Kansas town a landlord kept a sick guest, L M Martinez at Raleigh, fed him breakfast, dinner, and supper while the hotel staff stayed away due to smallpox fears. Martinez notes the landlord’s humor and the guest’s quick exit for medical care amid illness. The San Francisco Chronicle cites the account.
Augustus Benoit displays a remarkable sixteenth and a half inch skeleton of a wandering fish from the two masted schooner Ernest Dacasta. The front shows Cavalry Savior with outstretched arms and a heart near the head. The reverse reveals a bishop with cross and crozier in delicately traced bone. The specimen, nearly transparent when held to light, produced a bell like sound when shaken.
The New York Letter describes a modern canvassing corps of lady agents traveling in bands under managers and chaperons. Rehearsals, coaching on speech, early assignments, spotters, and strict discipline define this orderly enterprise with expenses covered by the manager.
A collection of brief notes notes from 1890s life. Wealthy Bagdad Hebrews own Babylon remains while Paria sells 300000 tons of vegetables valued at 25000000 dollars in 1895. Milford New Hampshire couples celebrate golden anniversaries and a Lewiston Maine hot house sends a floral funeral tribute. A stranger in Manistique hires eighty men for rail work as a prank. Nebraskans around Arapahoe see prairie schooner spectacles amid drought. Glass adoption grows in Japan and old Bennington graves get rare flower tributes from a summering family.
The Sunday school lesson surveys Solomon's prosperous yet perilous reign, the two winds facing a king, and God's temple as a test of loyalty. It links biblical events to modern orthodoxy, noting that only a righteous nation endures and warns against idol worship and covenant breach. The text cites 1 Kings 9 2 Chronicles 7 and emphasizes practical admonitions for readers to choose right paths.
A sandwich with raisin filling uses halved raisins with seeds removed placed on thin buttered bread. Brown bread sandwiches feature finely minced cheese with a touch of mustard, yielding a delightful snack.
An old broadside notes the likely replacement of a historic scarlet British infantry coat with blue serge, observes artisans in the United States wear more gold watches than in two other nations, and claims rice should be tossed by married women at weddings to welcome new recruits.
Medical notice rejects quinine for chronic malaria and promotes Pe-ru-na as the exact remedy. It claims success in chronic cases while quinine remains suitable only for acute malaria. A free book on malaria by Dr. Hartman is offered via The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbus Ohio.
A historic note on pilgrims now traveling to Canterbury in comfort via train for prayers at Thomas a Becket's shrine. It contrasts bare foot trips of old with modern rail journeys and cites a Guild of Our Lady of Rangor advocating restoration of the true religion. A London contingent travels by train, returning after prayers. Also cited are Book Publishers Circular figures on Britain book output per day.
The Roxbury Gazette quips about Jayson-Duzzey's vanity noting his habit of checking his reflection before drinking. A local ad promotes Cascarets as a liver and bowel regulator and Winglow's Syrup Permuliren claims soothing, anti inflamatory effects with a 25 cent price.
A Lewisville Courier-Journal item recalls a humorous dispute over a typewriter and a sewing machine sale. A burly customer confronts the store clerk claiming he can read writing and refuses to be insulted, while the clerk recalls a wife’s fate changing a purchase to a sewing machine and a piano.
A fragmented ad style note blends moral preaching on virtue with quick health tips. It touts Lasative Bromo Quinine as a one day cold cure and Cascarets as stomach and bowel stimulants, claiming no sickness or weakness and common sense. The text also hints at staying busy and grounded amid earthly matters.
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