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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1897
Page
10
The Grand Cane Beacon endorses Hon. T. J. Durie for delegate at large to the constitutional convention, while noting opposition from rivals who would find it difficult to mislead Mr. Guice.
Readers wonder if the moon phases truly affect planting, laying rail fences, and fishing as The Progress reports. Do celestial cycles govern daily work or outcomes in agriculture and trades.
Desoto County pays four cents per day for each fed prisoner while Caddo County offers twenty five cents. The proposed plan questions whether this rate is sufficient, with Sheriff Pegues leaning into the issue if Desoto houses many inmates.
The Seashore Camp Grounds in Mississippi were quarantined by Louisiana amid protests of injustice, with no illness present. The embargo was upheld after objections. Rev. R. E. Steele, chaplain of the Bethel, urged The Times-Democrat to take up the cause.
The article declares Fitzsimmons has refused a $20,000 offer for a fight with Corbett. It accuses him of poltroonery and cowardice, criticizing his attempt to appear refined and his fear of Corbett, while noting public disdain across multiple nations.
The Progress prints Mr. Reed of Maine ex Speaker of the National House as a witty debater. The piece mocks his last week letter filled with humor and legislative history while offering critique of his views on prosperity and the national welfare.
A new English ordnance described as a high angle piece can throw an 882 pound projectile three miles to strike a warship. It requires 270 pounds of powder per discharge and reaches its target in one minute. Weighing seventy seven tons, the weapon sparks calls to avoid war and lay aside these arms.
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