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Newspaper

The Progress

Location

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1897

Page

6

General Local Market Prices Reviewed Weekly

Local market review compiles corrected weekly quotations for round lot First hens. Prices reflect standard wholesale levels and provide reference points for buyers and sellers in the market segment.

Cotton Market and Provisions Row in Shreveport

The listing shows cotton prices including Good Ordinary and Middling in Shreveport, with market notes on low middling, good middling, and various provisions. It details flour, sugar, coffee, tea, molasses, beans, corn, onions, potatoes, meat cuts, and other staple goods with quoted prices, unit sizes, and quality descriptors across the market page.

Work skins and hardware prices fragment list

Fragmentary price notes for deer skins per pound and belts, nails, shovels, brass rods, skeins, and wagon gears. Includes per dozen and per pair costs, ranges for various lengths, and multiple vehicle axle options with wide price spread across the terse items.

Thesanu Square

Favorite S27 Louisian Street Whisky Agent Ad

An old advertisement notes a sole Kentucky Belle Whisky agent located on Louisian Street opposite Union Depot. It promotes single-source sales and brand availability through the listed location.

Louisian Street Union Depot Kentucky Belle Whisky

Magnates Plot Grand Trust to Lift Masses

An exchange among John D. Rockefeller, J. Pierpont Morgan, John Jacob Astor, Chauncey Depew, and Cornelius Vanderbilt reveals a plan to form a single grand trust controlling railroads, oil, sugar, tobacco, and more to uplift the masses. The group debates the political risk of universal inclusion and cheers erupt as champagne flows.

J. Pierpont Morgan John Jacob Astor Hhem George J. Gould Ion Telemann Company John ID Chauncey M. Depew Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Railroads John D. Rockefeller Colonel Astor Dr. Depew William C. Whitney Grand Trust Depew

Algiers Herald Mixes Up Staff Claims

In a terse exchange, Hold and Chauvin dispute affiliations with local papers. Algiers Chronicle notes the confusion, while Hicks asserts identity and allegiance, warning that the other party will face consequences. The row centers on which reporter belongs to which paper and who is misattributed.

Brother Hicks R. J. Chauvin Algiers Herald Algiers Daily Chronicle Algiers Chronicle Hicks Herald Brother Chauvin

Fragmented OCR excerpt with jumbled quotes and names

A garbled OCR snippet quotes a York magistrate and references to various figures and places, including Professor, Times Street, and California prosperity figures. The text is severely distorted, mixing phrases about street behavior with political mentions and incomplete names, lacking coherent news context.

York Pepi Biuogra Viti Phare Times -Street Troyez California Lewis Gidle Grover Cleveland Senate Smith

Ginners Warn of Risks at Special Facilities

The notice highlights safety and liability concerns for constructing cotton gins at specialized facilities. Bodenheimer and Lancafen teams are cited in relation to compliance and risk management procedures.

Bodenheimer & Lanca

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