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Newspaper

The Progress

Location

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1897

Page

12

Property voters restricted to election officers in Louisiana

The piece argues that only property owners were qualified voters and thus eligible as election commissioners and clerks under the law. It contends the Wednesday election violated this rule, predicts a legal ruling by Judge Land and a potential Supreme Court decision upholding the Caddo judge, while criticizing Edenhorne and discussing political loyalties and Henry Clay’s motto.

Edenborne Supreme Court Chicago Bossier Edenhorne

Meaning of contract goods in honest opinion

A concise note explains that contract goods refers to the specific items, services or deliverables agreed upon in a contract. It highlights that the definition is shaped by terms, scope, quality, and criteria set by the agreement, and that interpretations depend on thoughtful, conscientious consideration.

Hypocrisy of the Golden Rule in Modern Business

The passage denounces current business practices as sacrificing manliness patriotism independence and religion. It accuses the pretended Golden Rule of masking hypocrisy and condemns moral double standards in commerce.

Shreveport Offers Field for Wholesale Grocery Investment

Shreveport presents a splendid field for capital investment in the wholesale grocery trade as local merchants in the business keep their hands full with activity and opportunity.

Shreveport

Nothing person proved useless in public view

A short裁断 remark notes that a person deemed without fault is deemed fit for nothing and an example of a non entity lacking value or utility.

McKinley Prosperity Team Shifts to Winter Quarters

The McKinley Prosperity squad may be in Winter quarters now and could head to the road next Spring, indicating a potential schedule shift and mobility for the team.

McKinley

Lionel Adams Reputedly Deteriorating In Public Scrutiny

Publication remarks that Lionel Adams, once renowned criminal lawyer, has fallen on hard times. The text bitterly suggests punishment for Weyler through illness, implying political retribution as a sharpened comment rather than factual report.

Lionel Adams

Public duties and frauds in modern movements

A housewife with no children lectures on public duties of women. A deceit under the guise of public service is a mean fraud. The text notes check, gall, effrontery, impudence and egotism as strong factors in many movements today.

Court Confidence and Rail Rate Reform Call

A political note argues courts lack independence when aligned with powerful interests and urges legislative intervention if railroads set discriminatory freight rates. It cites a tip to a brave legislator from the Pelican State and mentions Senator Barret as a potential observer.

Pelican State Barret

There Be Uriah Heeps in Churches as Well as Society

A wary view voices concern that deceitful and hypocritical figures infiltrate churches along with broader society and business circles, urging vigilance against hidden agendas and moral compromise.

Manly Fair Man Described as a Jewel In Verse

A terse reflective line proclaims that a manly fair man is a jewel and notes that the eleventh commandment is known to few, suggesting a moral code or quality observed by the speaker.

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