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Widow's plea against railroad tax stirs Shreveport vote
A widow writes to The Progress from Shreveport urging men to reject a Wednesday railroad tax. She argues the tax burdens widows and children, cites Bible verses, and pleads editors and merchants to consider orphans. She praises The Progress for supporting the poor and asks readers to defeat the Edenborne proposition.
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