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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1874
Page
2
The paper calls attention to Perrinnee Ties Mills advertisement and notes arrears for subscribers. It mentions Mr Jolson Garaway at his Nis's ferry and B Florenville offering Belgian guns under cost as part of upcoming ads and notices.
The piece mourns Louis iana figure Pinchback calling him our Pinchback our foremost orator and statesman. It laments his shelfed fate praising his leadership as Louisiana’s geranium and morning-glory while urging reflection and reverence for his memory.
Readers of the Opelousas Courier report clergy and citizens opposing Kellogg radical registration plans. Editorials urge a united white Democratic front, call a parish mass meeting within three days, arrange for delegates to Baton Rouge, and note a forthcoming reply from Dr. William H. Kirkman.
A fragment speaks of a ship’s hull pierced and a watchman asking the offender what matters his sin. The reply notes holes lie under one’s berth and warns that no man dies slower in his iniquity or fully foresees the consequences of his transgressions.
Public political notices advertise candidacies for sheriff and representative in Calcasien parish for the upcoming November election. W R Richardson announces candidacy for representative. D H Lyon and Allen Cule support sheriff roles. W F Gi announces for state senate. George H Wells and WM Robertson announce state senate bids. B Jones declared as parish judge candidate.
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