Progress endorses candidates in Shreveport primary
The Progress urges voters to consider Sam Henjamin Dr. John P. Scott J. M. McAfee J. D. Tee EL OR Bernstein Walter Jackson W. C. Agurs L. C. Allen L. GO Rompiresa Evervorne and others for the Congressional race. It frames the contest as a battle plan with two main factions led by Judge Sutherlin and Mr. Thigpen, urging support for its favored electees next Tuesday.
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Shreveport
Sutherlin Advisory Board
Sutherlin
Andrew Querbes
J. A. Thigpen
Judge Sutherlin
J. M. Foster
Mr. Thigpen
Que
Hts
Messrs
Sam Henjamin
John P. Scott
J. M. McAfee
J. D. Tee
EL OR. Bernstein
Walter Jackson
W. ¢. Agurs
L. C. Allen
L. GO
Rompiresa
Evervorne
Bheeveport
Ey Crote
Primary election looms for Shreveport city council
The Progressive urges voters to choose seven councilmen at large in next Tuesday's primary. It emphasizes prudent voters should pick true, progressive men and notes Shreveport’s growth from town to metropolis. Local notices mention residents moving to Jordan Street and Texas Avenue preaching by Rev. Barnette Wricht. The piece also reports other city happenings and hopes for paving Louisiana Street before winter.
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Suffra
Shreveport
Texas Avenue
Barnette Wricht
Texas Avenue Church
Epworth League
Julius Bernstein
Indianapolis
Indiana
Great Council of Red Men of the
United States
Bernstein
Louisiana
Bessie Stringfellow
T. S. Stringfellow
Nashville
Tennenc
Patterson
R. T. Cole
Blanchard
City and politics mix through Cracker State notes
Hon H L Brian editor visits Natchitoches and weather sparks talk of repairs and street planks. Talbot wrestles with Tex avenue as rain harms fences, cotton losses mount. Shreveport buzzes over a telephone controversy and church conversions at Texas avenue. Senator George Gray will join the Peace Commission Board, replacing Justice White.
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H. L. Brian
Natchitoches
Louisiana Street
Milam
Crockett Street
Mr. Talbot
Texas Avenue
E. D. White
George Gray
Delaware
Peace Commission Board
Gray
Grover
Reed and Mark Hanna Rivalry Highlight 19th Century Politics
An old editorial notes Mark Hanna's immense power in U S politics and Tom Reed as a rare Republican challenger. It mentions McKinley era dynamics, appointments, and a local view on state pension board appointments after Gov Foster named three Confederate veterans to the State Board of Pensions. It acknowledges Civil War veterans and War Relief support.
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Mark Hanna
United States
McKinley
Alger
Crowley
Mark Econeed
Tom Reed
Maine
Ohio
Reed
First Louisiana
The
War Relief Associat State Pension Board
Foster
John C. Moncure
David Pierson
J. A. Chalaron
State Board of Pensions
Allan James
W. W. Heard
Roosevelt Sermon Aims at Rough Riders Pride and Perils
Col Roosevelt, likely GOP governor candidate, told Rough Riders to fight in the world as bravely as Cuba. He warned against vanity and resting on laurels, shared a sobering tale of a thirsty martyr, and recalled the line between feeling big and being big while quipping about running from the hill. The piece also notes local chatter on horse theft, Texas cattle prices, city cost of Sunday rains, and India’s low weekly incomes.
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Col. Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Cuba
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Li Hung Chang Dismissed Over Railway Contract Bias
The Beacon News reports Li Hung Chang was dismissed from power in China for partiality toward Russia regarding the Peking Hankow railroad contract. The article also notes he is rated as one of the greatest men in the world, likened to Bismarck and Gladstone.
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Li Hung Chang
China
Russia
Peking
Negro announces business partnership change in brief notice
A local notice from Opelousas Courier reports a Black individual announcing a change in business partnership with Mose Skinner. The statement says all debts the firm owes will be settled by the speaker, and all debts owed to the firm will be settled with Mose Skinner. The notice is concise and framed as a routine business update.
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Mose Skinner
Darkey
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St. Helena
J. M. Alford
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Caddo and Commerce Streets
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