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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1897
Page
23
A local market feature presents weekly corrected quotations from first hands. The note explains careful vetting of prices and conditions, reflecting current values and trends in the nearby trade environment.
Market notes from Shreveport show mixed commodity pricing including cotton grades, bacon and other meats, flour, corn meal, crackers, coffee, sugar, molasses, beans, onions, cabbage, potatoes, bagging, and hides. Prices are listed with several quality distinctions, barter terms, and open kettle molasses. Local cowries and wool details appear among assorted staples.
An OCR snippet lists various hardware items and prices including iron and wood axles, belting, canvases, shoes, chains, shovels, wire, wagons, axles, brakes, and related tools. It reads like a general hardware catalog with unit prices and item descriptors for items such as wagons, chains, plows, and belts.
The text presents a rhapsodic, archaic description of heavenly gates and a prophetic figure named Miruagh, with a scattered account of the Canetes and Terpttons, and an instruction that entry to heaven may occur through a specific gate. The voice cites a Globe L endorsement of the inspired vision and mentions Palme, amid a scene of celestial exclusion and revelation.
In a San Francisco Argonaut fragment, Colonel Bate of Virgie rides away from a tense scene as sounds fill the air. A curious band of dogs and music draw attention, while the Major remains skeptical, hearing little beyond barking, leaving the colonel to his fate in the tense moment.
Mrs Wallace, aged about eighty, addressed the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Tadianopolis urging support for suffrage. She criticized prohibition enforcement and called for continued efforts toward political reform and broader social change.
In a rough report from the area, a ceruimiory owner is linked to a set of events near Uby bieaty etrept. The piece mentions Winter and calor combinituns, with unclear references to people and actions including a Rev and Wyld HE, all described in fragmented fashion.
The text describes keeping a garden healthy with plant care steps. It mentions watering, fertilizing, and maintaining growth by bolstering foliage with fresh planting mixes. It also notes pot stability and avoiding root issues as plants mature.
In a school tale from Chicago records Walter Tila Switely is blamed for causing a switch mishap during a punishment. Dick, who had been punished earlier, causes a scene as the switch snaps and strikes Walter on the nose, drawing a small gash while the room erupts.
The fragment lists various items including lorry chains, fruit, and olives, with references to gloves and shells. It reads as an OCR garble from a domestic goods or food column, offering little cohesive context or clear event.
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