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Inaccurate Driftings News Items and Local Notices
A long column of assorted items from a Louisiana town recounts local personalities, elections, and events. It notes Crowley Signal’s age, a praise for Brother Scott, and excerpts about Queen Victoria’s era and slavery. It mentions Lafayette compress plans, Sheriff Broussard’s stance, Salvation Army in Lake Charles, and immigration interest. Other notes cover Port Orleans collector prospects, the oldest man Sidney Smith in Georgia, Mormon Elders in Acadia, a future corn cob pipe factory in Opelousas, Houma’s paint and Duval boasts, sugar tariff debates, a dying miser, bees, and progress on street paving, schools, and markets. It closes with sympathy for Mrs. Thenard, and remarks on Miss Lam street and local street paving expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayne Tribune
A. T. Wimberley
New Orleans
Tribune
South
Sidney Smith
Argo
Georgia
Scott
Acadia Parish