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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1894
Page
6
A garbled OCR fragment discusses war rhetoric, immigration, and Europe. It references Hawthorne, Kipling, immigration sentiment, and a call for stricter controls. Mentions a Detroit bicycle race record and legal note on hunting with blank cartridges, with scattered observations on journalism and printing tech.
A concise entry notes an item from Louisiana mentioning Helwan State Parke with brief details. The fragment reflects a local item or notice, highlighting place names and a subject linked to Parke in Helwan.
A sprawling, error-filled report chronicles a chaotic mix of political graft trials, civic projects, a fatal shooting, Confederate reunions, courthouse actions, and infrastructure efforts in New Orleans and surrounding parishes. It names several officials, including councilmen and judges, and cites rail surveys, cotton and sugar developments, a new Tulane university building, and ongoing national legislative drama. The piece blends violent crime with public notices, arrests, adjournments, and policy debates shaping Louisiana and national politics.
A sprawling and garbled late 19th century dispatch recounts a wave of calamities and crimes worldwide. It mentions fires, robberies, murders, floods, strikes, and political unrest across cities in the United States and abroad, with scattered references to individuals, courts, and investigations.
Representative Amos J. Cummings, chair of the naval affairs committee, presented a preliminary report on Carnagie steel armor plate and billets. The panel calls the charges unfounded, urges testing of ninety-nine suspect plates, and notes the government inspection was inadequate.
Immediately after the journal reading in the Boise yesterday, Mr. Calhings offered a joint resolution for sine die adjournment next Tuesday the 24th at 2. It was adopted without division.
Commis sioner Gourley of the internal revenue bureau has decided that playing cards are taxable and not exempt from duty. The ruling clarifies that wagering and card games fall under standard tax provisions.
Fragmentary note describes a dated scene with crowded galleries and a viewer crowd, but lacks clear names, places, or events to identify a concrete news item.
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