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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1897
Page
31
Rev W J Yates comments on Pauls prayers for church enlightenment and unity. The article notes beauty in nature and art arousing awe, the universe as a sign of divine order, and the incarnation as revealing God's love. It concludes with life meaning through Christ and universal brotherhood under God.
Edward J. Hunt and Julius J. Bertz warn Americans in Guatemala about poor protection and arrests on flimsy pretexts. They describe police unpaid for months and officials like President Barrios controlling new enterprises. A case from El Paso alleges a gold mine property in Durriot to avoid jail. School hours changes are noted, with directors to decide, and Superintendent Seifert strongly advocates a period.
Milwanker school directors reduce daily hours to shorten the school day. Hours will constitute a day’s work and the change aims to ease fatigue without reducing overall work. The plan has been under consideration for some time.
Hypnosis craze erupts at Hau Claire No. 1 School with pupils Dyron Culver and others reportedly practicing in and out of classes. Principal Gross warns expulsion for any student attempting or claiming hypnotism, with board of education set to review. Instances include a pupil drinking ink under hypnotic influence and park demonstrations that left several boys in cataleptic states for minutes. Traveling hypnotist act blamed as a contributing factor.
Miss Blanche Kramer won a district court case over a bicycle prize at Atlantic. S. Slowe invited her to a theater event with a drawing offering a bicycle to the holder of the lucky number. Kramer held the number, won the wheel, and sued when Slowe kept it, with the jury finding for the plaintiff after a day and a half of testimony.
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