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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1897
Page
3
Article pools together wide ranging rumors about a tax on widows and orphans supporting the Great Coushatia Central, local civic figures, education mentions, a Sunday school start, a new telephone, and critiques of plutocracy, federal judges, and Cuban affairs amid a chorus of overheard opinions and satirical quips.
The Shreveport Journal notes the yellow fever scare was inflated by commerce and doctors. Seven to the tunes of 5 dollars each and others around 2.30 pounds profited, while police enforced the panic though the scare proved nonsensical.
The gin house on Walter T Calwitt's West Bend Louisiana property burned Wednesday around two in the morning. The blaze swept away the building and contents including twenty six bales of cotton stored outside. Inside the house about $700 in cotton and seed were lost. The gin machinery valued at $40 was destroyed. Loss totals about $350 for cotton and seed. Messrs Penick and Ford reported the incident.
The Bible Institute Colportage Association under president D L Moody seeks earnest young people to dedicate all or part of their time to Christian work with pay. Interested individuals should contact A P Fitt pt Box 7 250 LaSalle Ave Chicago for details.
A brief note laments the lack of mail from New Orleans and questions whether Brother Walker receives all news from that city, suggesting limited information flow to Caldwell.
A brisk outing by the Confederate Veterans and associated groups near G Splendid, with hearty meals and amiable company. Many veterans praised the scenic sense of place and the pairing of nature with culture, while praising Bird watchers and the speaker L. E. Thomas for organizing.
Idle men and women are urged to secure an agency for the Progress summer work. Experience not required. Write for particulars. Job printing for lodges, cuts and colors in stock. See price at Progress Job Office.
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