Louisiana Populist targets ballot honesty amid farms and politics
A fiery Louisiana Populist editorial urges farmers to rally for honest elections, condemns ballot stuffing, and attacks political fraud while praising the Farmers Alliance and the need to diversify crops beyond cotton. It mocks rivals and touts Shreveport’s political figure while urging turnout on election day.
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Calhoun
Major Lee
Farmers’ Alliance
Bailie
Pinewood
Louisiana
Brother Machen
Shreveport
Mr. Bailie
Gladstone
Choate
Lan
Webster
Carlisle
Prentiss
Byoth
Jefferson
Jackson
Tripode
That Mexican Dilly joins Shreveport fair circuit attraction
A lively roundup notes That the fair features the famed Mexican Dilly a dead shot and a circus with the city abuzz about District Attorney Land Judge A D Land and Sheriff Young. It mentions a slain fifteen foot alligator on Ward Ture shore, a high profile insurance suit by Mrs Carrie Leman against Knights of Pythias, and remarks on mayoral actions and police committee inquiries. It closes with opinion on suffrage and local politics and a corn sample from Helvetia plantation.
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Dilly
Shreveport
Caddo Pie Ish
Land
A.D. Land
Ward ‘Ture
CW. Kelly
District Court
Carrie Leman
Knights of Pythias
Er. J. Leman
Sheriff Young
Toombs
Gould
Vinson
Schwartzburg
Mc. Herold
State Supreme Court
National Superior Tribunal
Schwarzeburg
Stalleup
M. Schwartabhurg
Commercial Restaurant Ad at Texas Street
Oystera salt water fish celery game and all the delicacies of the season served to the Queen s taste at this famous house Meals a lacarte Regular meals Breakfast from 7 to 9 Dinner 12 to 3 Supper 6 to 7 30 U S Tooms Prep No 204 Texas Street.
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Lacarte
U.S. Tooms
Texas Street
The Cotton Belt Proposition and City Frustration
The Cotton Belt railroad repeats its offer to acquire levee ground via a yearly gravel concession for ten years. The council and public deem the offer inadequate and risky, warning the franchise would bar other lines from using the thoroughfare. Citizens oppose limiting future rail competition and fear loss of city property value.
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Cotton Belt Railroad
Tara
Ringling Brothers Exhibit Brings World’s Largest Zoological Display
In Shreveport on Wednesday November 7 Ringling Bros world’s greatest shows feature a monumental menagerie. The display includes a towering 18 foot tall giraffelike creature, the giant hippopotamus, rare hyenas and kangaroos, a diverse flock of zebras and elephants, and plushly decorated cages. Visitors can expect an extraordinary collection praised for rarity and scale.
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Ringling Bros
Ringling Geos
Shreveport
Zuvluzy
Ringling Gross
Wils
Unite States
Luelis
Anestralia
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Crocker
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Democratic Party
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Ogden
Congress
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Bailey
Richland Beacon News
Texas
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Divine
New Orleans
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Liusbanas
E. Cherboonier
Helvetia Plantation
Sir James Interim
Kahn Dry Goods CO
Danary
Ey Jarpeth
Brussels
Smyrna
Foster’s Kid Cloves
Zeigler Bros
Ladies
Children’s Fine
Kahn Dry Goods
Texas St
India
Douglas
Lee
Hutton and F
Tong
Bai
E, Phelps
Mammoth Shoe and Hat Store
Freegy
Laxa Orrtes
Narestrocuss
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Tistriet Goord
Rober B
W. Barlow
Jolley
A AL Cox
Hale
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Interior Department
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