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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1897
Page
27
The Progress notes publication by OD Hicks and S T Arseny with a parish press tone. It mentions postal gathering and a subscription price of one dollar and hints at a long gap since the last issue.
A garbled report mentions Tewatkane described as a coga with the name Coty Belt Jack. It references a time and a universe company in Gul leg bail arn for his, but the text is incomplete and unclear about actions, dates, or outcomes.
Fragmentary notes describe a town abandoning provisions and guiding wagons from Alexandria to Teed. Mentions Opelán and quarantine-related terms, but details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Avoyelles parish grand jury reported 177 true bills and 195 wore one file with others left for future inquiry. The panel acted on multiple indictments and deferred additional presentments to a later session.
A fragmented report recalls Judge Kilgnre once serving as Territorial Judge under President Cleveland and gaining praise for self reliance before a dramatic decline tied to political theatrics in the 50th Congress. It notes tensions over House quorum actions and references Reed and the Sergeant-at-Arms, with hints of a gold-bug idol comparison.
The Bastrop Clarion-Appeal protests against a State nominating convention for delegates to the constitutional convention and urges selection from district lines. It argues this is the true method and warns against choosing delegates by a narrow group of politicians, asserting such a move would repress the people.
The Opelousas Courier visited the Progress office on September 1st, signaling the start of its Path volume as a brave, reliable Democratic journal. Editor Leones Sandoz is praised as courteous and principled, with the paper regarded as standing for right over temporary power. The Progress wishes continued success.
The Progress questions a Shreveport election on a tax for the Red River Valley railroad, arguing only tax payers could vote and that commissioners must be qualified voters. Mansfield Journal notes editors and politics, and predicts a court test over whether Edenborne can secure the tax through legal means.
Sabine parish notes pride in a session where not a single true bill was returned. The Shreveport Progress laments not breaking a record, while the Sabine Banner cites 25 true bills at a prior session, mostly for minor offenses. A reader in Many claims the grand jury returned no indictments.
Regular Republicans nominate General Benjamin F. Tracy, Tammany picks Hon. Robert A. Van Wyck, New York awaits Union Citizens' Life backing for Seth Low. Tension rises as rival factions prepare for a heated contest.
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