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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1897
Page
19
The oil mills run at full blast again, promising work for many hands and feeding many heads. W H T Croom visited the city Wednesday and dropped news to Sam Hill and friends. Report of yellow fever death in Beanoent, Texas on Tuesday stirred local comment the next day.
The Progress notes the Wednesday afternoon marriage of Miss B Beard to Mr WE in Shreveport with Rev WLS Penick officiating. The brief item offers best wishes for loyalty, devotion and future accomplishments, while a nearby paragraph mentions a frost, local business, and community members in updates.
A farmer near Clelen raised a watermelon of 168 pounds. a Collin County hay bale weighs heavily. A Hill County man found a postos oak tree with a ton of hemey. Cucumber weights reach eighteen pounds. Radishes measure ten inches. An editor in West Lake, Louisiana, comments on Calcassed Parish. A stray note mentions a man waiting for business and a curious tale of large produce.
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