01 Oct 1892
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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1892
Page
1
Fragmentary ad text touts affordable sidewalk options like Stags for 62 per yard and artificial emo products. It touts modern city beauty, urges elimination of wooden work, and invites orders with promises of lower costs and faster completion, urging potential buyers to give change a chance.
A letter to the editor outlines a proposed timber belt railroad from Red River to Lake Bodenu and on to the Ouachita River with Benton as a hub. Promoters claim vast timber wealth, navigable lakes, and links to the Southwestern system, urging Benton residents to back the project to avoid missing an opportunity similar to earlier regional rail ventures. A second letter laments local stagnation and urges agricultural diversification and fruit ventures, contrasting regional growth with Georgia fruit success and citing local peach and apple shipments from Shreveport and Texarkana.
Fragmented text describes a man taking a young girl to a lakeside on a Sunday afternoon. The child slips free and runs back to her father with tearful eyes, escaping danger by inches as waves ripple along the shore. A separate item notes a watchmaker who moved west years ago and became very wealthy.
A fragmented etiquette and health tips column offers a long list of cautions. It advises against sleeping in unventilated rooms, wearing tight furs on thinning hair, drinking water from a glass too quickly, overreading by dim light, and using loud singing or excessive exertion. It warns against improper teeth care, invalid remedies, and harsh punishments of children.
A Boston man recalls a boy crying for help as a crowd roams the public garden. The child cannot name his home or father’s business, finally saying his mother disciplines him. Police intervene as concerns rise over drink related accidents and violence reported by New York Telegram.
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