Significance of Our Leadership in Town Supply
Town merchants highlight arranged stock before advance, listing fabric and textile prices. Bleached sheeting, pillow-casing, ticking, ginghams, and cotton goods from Dover, Mohawk, Fruit of the Loom, and other brands show varied widths and prices. Details include 36 to 45 inch widths and unit costs from 5c to 20c, with contrasts in quality, reflecting local supply readiness.
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Columbus
Dover
Dallas
Our Beauty
Somerset
Lancashire
Parkhill
Shreveport Population Count Sways Local Newsheets
In a bustling Saturday scene Shreveport attractions, trade and civic chatter fill pages. District Court civil term opened Monday at ten, while yellow fever fears prompt public questions on costs and street paving. A Mr Morley scare and judge Land’s dismissal of imprisonment liability frame a cautious city mood. The Progress notes social events and local business notices amid a flood of advertisements from W P Leary at 500 Texas Street, October 23, 1897.
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Shreveport
District Court
Market House
John C Wallis Receives Proud Congratulations
Our friend, Mr. John C. Wallis, feels mighty proud as a fine boy arrives at his home. Congratulatory note in hopeful tone marks welcoming the newborn and declares pride in this life milestone.
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John C. Wallis
John
Houston Texas Railroads Offer Through Sleeping Cars
Hourston East and West Railroad and Houston Texas lines offer daily Pullman vestibulated observation sleeping cars between Kansas City and Galveston via Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad to Shreveport and via East Texas to Houston with connections in Houston for trains to Austin Brenham San Antonio Eagle Pass El Paso and other South and Western Texas and Mexico points. Contact W L Stout at Union Ticket Agent Shreveport or Wm Doherty for reservations and information.
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Pullman
Kansas City
Galveston
Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
Shreveport
Houston East
West Texas Railway
Houston
G. C and Santa Fe Railway
Austin
Brenham
San Antonio
Eagle Pass
el Passo
Rockport
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mex
W. L. Stout
Union
Louisiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ince
Mr. Bigart
New York
Manchester
India
Nainsook
United States
Linen Department
Bigart & Co
Tae
Soe
Mr. Morley
A.D. Land
James Heffner
Judge Land
Meyer Nee Dreyfus
S. G. Dreyfus
Our City
Hons. T. Alexander
W. H. Wise
Cora Denham
Jolly
John B. Tullos
Marshall
Texas Street
Rio
Cordova
Mocha
Java
Jersey
Penn
Jackson
Shealy
W. P. Leary
Hourston
Railroay
Central
Ico
Wm Doherty
R. D. Yoakam
Tray. Pass
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