06 Apr 1871
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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1871
Page
1
Fragmentary 1872 item notes Mullett and Keener in Alteomigas te Hate media event with dates around March 9 1872 in Lek Churies La. Readable entities include Mullett Keener Lae March 9 1872.
A long digest of jokes and anecdotes from Wit and Hillmor includes a lazy young man denying paternity, a Quaker wedding day tip, a kiss misread, a Frenchman misquoting, Mark Twain’s horse Jericho, a money lender as a verb puzzle, an Irish well digger joke, a tunnel description, and a Louisiana candidate tale. Several characters and places appear, with humorous observations on marriage, manners, and life in 19th century society.
A garbled OCR passage presents curio lines about fibre plants and farm life. It includes a joke about a lawyer and a map reader, plus a quip from an editor regarding his subtitlers. Names and clear events are sparse, leaving a mosaic of quotes and anecdotes.
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