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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1893
Page
2
A sprawling, garbled editorial roundup discusses European wheat production, canal finance, a Nicaragua crisis, and French boldness, alongside railway safety, folding beds, and warnings about American press factuality. It covers Charleston’s disasters, Canadian smuggling, and the Ben Hur publication revival.
The Eskimo storytelling scene is described with audience corrections for mispronounced syllables. A storyteller sits with head covered, facing the wall as a tale unfolds. A mat and a corn trimmed hat crafted by Mise Marz Ryno of Tamsaloow, Ala, are noted.
A harried station agent at Grand Central in heavy traffic is harassed by a woman asking when the evening train from a Connecticut town arrives. She presses for an exact time, then reports the agent for not answering. The exchange nearly costs him his job.
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