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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1894
Page
6
The column mixes social satire, crime notes, and public concerns from a bygone era. It touches ballooning dangers, electric transport plans, penological debates, and opinions on citizenship and fashion, reflecting a ragbag of topics in a single issue.
National wholesalers confer with Secretary Carliny and Miller on druggists actions while U S ministers respond to arrests at Bluientehis. State Department reports no new treaty steps, tariff law affects alcohol use, and revenue stamps for playing cards move toward collection nationwide.
In Nevada Senator Joney of Nevada plans to abandon the Republicans and join the Mapulists, a move that shocks national observers. The political shift triggers intense speculation on its impact and possible realignment across the party landscape.
In response to a Cincinnati customs inquiry, Secretary Liss writes that the actual commercial weight of glass under the tariff act may be determined by weighing 6 percent of boxes and averaging the result. A note mentions a split in another topic dated Sept 4.
The session debated the matter of permitting lodges and the importance of a patriotic program led by Supreme Chancellor Blaingwell. A memorial service followed for Congressman Guo Bi Shaw of Wisconsin, with remarks from Maj. Gen. J. Carrie Kay and other leaders.
Wasthmarox Sept 1 Secretary Carlisle wrote Mr A Culberson Texas gubernatorial candidate regarding finances the silver question and administration record He declined to publish the letter contents leaving Culberson to pursue Adame Cane Walmsday Sept 1 Minister Gray in Mexico presented Edw on T Adams murder case to President Ding seeking sentence commutation The president said the Mexican government is reviewing the case and would act if possible Pensions Washington Sept 4 Texas original John Hunt Eastland Alexander Tapp Kaufman James McCorkle Ruanake Mexican war survivors Feederick Hockleim Jr widows Indian wars Jen ie Stephens Williamson County Indian Territory Original Ned Greise Tahlequah Adolphus D Cruft Tulsa Creek Nation laboms original widows AD Wigg Newkirk Paine County
A New York Advertiser report describes a Fifth Avenue stage horses episode where a thin despondent horse suddenly stumbled toward the street grain, pulled by a driver claiming blind staggers. The other horse appeared hungry but did not seek grain, while two elderly women rode in the wagon. The piece discusses deliberate starvation as a method of conditioning and questions the line’s reality, noting it is chartered and tolerated to prevent cruelty to animals.
In a strained scene the mother questions her daughter Elizbeth after a late night upstairs encounter with Mr. Smipley. The girl denies kissing and recalls mom’s rule against kissing. the mother presses for details as filial tension mounts and a storm seems imminent.
A Boston item discusses Ouija board phenomena with a narrator named Onlja and a board session. It notes uncanny name spelling, a tale of a friend with lilies, and claims the spirit world manipulates the board through impertinent spirits, while Ouija is prone to coarse language in some households.
A Detroit Free Press item humorously notes a census table sparking a debate on population figures and a husband urging a move to Michigan to escape a supposed surplus. It also recounts a Dublin man who changed his surname to Tuifjeany, with subsequent spelling shifts and a lineage leading to a street name misread as Kenny Hallo poony in Times-Star clippings.
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