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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1896
Page
14
A compilation of brief items includes a self-harm incident at a Wisconsin dress bank tournament, a California man’s odd bequest for school candy, and a report on General Weyler and treachery suspicions. It also mentions baseball coach abolition, the Cusab brothers aerial ship, Newport wedding extravagance, Cuban taxation and oppression, and Cripple Creek gold projections.
Reports from Leadville Colorado describe martial law in effect as National Guard troops encamp near the Denver Rio Grande depot. Rioting miners, closed saloons, and threatened violence fill streets while authorities plan stern measures to eject the lawless element and resume mine operations under protection.
A Boston - or Cincinnati - sourced report describes a mysterious ice cave in Brown County Indiana. The cavern lies fifty feet below the surface with glistening rock formations and a vast ice chamber called the tee yari. The piece discusses various theories on how the cold air and ice are produced, noting educated guesses about underground air flow, chemical reactions, and heated limestone. It also mentions other notes on antiseptics and a Tennessee centennial exhibit idea for children in Nashville.
A string of miscellaneous, imperfect excerpts mentions Chinese control of California showmaking, large wartime expenditures, odd fashion notes, mistaken products, and peculiar anecdotes. It includes references to a Georgia farmer’s egg loss, an Egyptian dog at the Nile, and a peculiar claim about crocodiles drawn by a dog’s howl.
A historic piece describes Minis Shawnentaw as the oldest town, noting its early settlement by white colonists, later incorporation by legislative act, and the rise of railroads that diverted trade from river shipping. It laments long stagnation and a faded, modest river town once bustling with commerce.
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