10 Sep 1892
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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1892
Page
1
A brief note outlines premium offers and the plan to present special features in main columns. It explains the space constraints and promises a revised period for showcasing who offers these Premium options to Canvasers and subscribers.
An advertisement lists various subscription options with Progress for 008 year and 100 Boylan viewing cards, plus prizes like Lady's Plush Work-Box and Baseball sets. Subscriptions range from 1.00 to 2.40 with additional rewards including Silver items, wall pockets, and croquet gear. Offers include framed panels, desk items, and a water set, mailing to any address upon receipt.
A fragmented advertisement lists subscription options with lavish premiums and prices. Plans include The Prog. Peas and picture, a colored lamp, walnut shoe case, carpet top set, a never-fail stove, sewing machine, and a premier camera, each tied to subscriber numbers and yearly access. The piece mixes product names, prices, and promotional phrases in an 19th or early 20th century catalog style.
A community call urges inclusivity and progress highlighting a local club effort. The note emphasizes speaking well for progress and avoiding wasted time while inviting broad community support for an organized home club initiative.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias the undersigned will sell at public auction at the front of the courtroom 209 Milam Street on Saturday September 1, 162 the following described lots and household woods. The sale is conducted by Constable W. McDuvply for The Progress with the sale notice dated September.
A correspondence to The Progress urges cremation as a sanitary, forward moving alternative to graveyards. The writer cites Dr Newton and argues cremation frees space, avoids atmospheric contamination, and respects loved ones, while seeking reader input on forming a society to fund and perform cremations and provide burial space afterward.
From Washington notes, President Harrison returns to push an extra Congress to bar immigration during Europe’s cholera epidemic. Senator Callow warns harm from halting entry, while labor activists distribute an eight hour law pamphlet. Canada and US canal plans and seizures at sea spark further tension. An editor’s humorous aside ends with a New York Evening Sun quip about a boy.
The article recalls John Trumbull born in Watertown and his father a New England pastor. It describes the house site on the Waterbury road demolished long ago, artifacts found, and the fiber of Trumbull’s life from Yale entry to his satire in McFingal. It notes his roles in society, wrestling, and literary fame, including the Iardont lta circle in Hartford.
Fragmentary notes describe cravats adopted by France after a war with an emperor, with styles ranging from lace to linen with lace ends. Mentions English fashion trends during Charles II's reign and references to a coronation attire. Includes garbled lines about Professor Fuchs and German terms.
Educational notes report Williams College will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 13. Cornet will offer a Russian language and literature course next year. Profesor A G Stocun of Corning New York elected president of Kalain 00 college in Michigan. Professor Elias F Carr of New Jersey State Normal School earned Doctor of Philosophy from Union College. Sree ranks best in saber and tacticine philology and furleprodance a proportion to population. Manual threshing at 8 Pool uncertain. A A Gordon engineered the work skillfully drawing opponents' concern. Mint M EL Vimuegen county supervisor, of schools tue Chotexy county Montana foriadiesion over 20h aller area rooks after the sehmuls of county covering 30,000 square mile, ap areas equal to that of Beath Carctica.
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