Ripping Prices: One Dollar Sixty Cents Thirty Five Cents
A fragment notes prices, listing amounts as one dollar sixty cents and thirty five cents in a terse pricing line. No additional context or entities are provided.
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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1897
Page
27
A fragment notes prices, listing amounts as one dollar sixty cents and thirty five cents in a terse pricing line. No additional context or entities are provided.
The DeSoto News notes yellowish paper and asks how much of the claimed 75,000 paid by the city and 50,000 by the state to stamp out yellow fever will reach doctors. The manager criticizes reliance on quarantines and reflects on the grip of the outbreak locally.
A physician in New Orleans is slated for confinement after reportedly claiming the city Board of Health erred in its rulings. The remark prompted calls for restraint and placement in an asylum, with critics arguing for stricter control.
DeSoto News notes a rare, brisk cotton gathering season in the parish. Farmers report finishing early, with several claiming they completed picking in under three weeks, a feat unseen before this year.
The writer notes L. S. Scott has begun daily publication at Crowley, counting four weeklies and one daily. Despite pressure, Scott remains steady as the papers offer news and strong, sensible editorials that are clean and wholesome.
Two Jewish merchants, B. Willer and H. Goldman, receive anonymous warnings to depart Mansfeld. Citizens condemn the message as a thoughtless act from an erratic prankster. Neither man plans to heed the demand. community pledges no harassment.
Governor Mc Laurin selects Representative H D Money to fill the unexpired term of the late J Z George in the United States Senate after George declined re election. Money is chosen as the people's choice, while critics hoped for another selection.
The Supreme Court associate Justice Justice Field plans retirement soon as President McKinley is expected to receive the notice. The Progress had alleged a crime in seeking a longer term, but no fault is stated. Rumor places Attorney General McKenna as possible successor to Field.
A man was tried in Showhegan Maine for stealing two bushels of onions. Defense argued the onions were part of real estate since they were taken from the ground, so theft could not apply. The accused was discharged and went free, a defense that would not work in Louisiana. Richland Beacon News.
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