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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1893
Page
4
Partial OCR text shows a parish farmers union notice in a local paper. It mentions regular Saturday items and a spring slate, with references to Hicks and Maller Avenue. The fragmentary lines imply a meeting or announcement from a parish farmers union via The Progress.
The document lists names such as John Pirkett Ambrose Monti and J. W. Melarlannd with a note of an executive committee meeting set for October 7, 1893. It references Siete Farmers and local officials in a summary of the session’s attendees and agenda.
A reader voices outrage over lynching in Bossier Parish and condemns mob violence. The letter criticizes local authorities and calls for restraint, warning that ongoing vigilante punishment risks eroding law. It cites a recent Sunday law fine and questions bankers and merchants accused of pressuring farmers. The piece urges citizens to reconsider punitive justice and pursue informed civic reform.
A lengthy denunciation targets Sunday tavern and gaming concerns in Shreveport as a moral issue tied to a local proprietor John Pattaan. The piece cites a new trial denial in the Nash case, calls for civic action, critiques city officials, and argues for firm legal enforcement while urging continued vigilance by citizens and officials alike.
Uproar over stock and prices as a local hardware dealer proclaims superb listings of heavy and shelf goods, tools, firearms, engines, cane mills, cutlery, and more at hard times prices. Advertises round trip rail fares and ticket sales with dates and routes for Shreveport, Dallas, Chicago, and other points, urging readers to verify bargains in person.
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