22 Aug 1868
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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1868
Page
1
Published every Saturday by B Hutchins. Advertising rates and terms include three dollars per advance insertion with no credit for ads. Announcements for candidates priced at one thousand dollars. Cards listing names, business, and fee for team. Twelve dollars annually for paper-included notices. Judicial notices payable on publication last day or sale day. N C Crescent.
A fragment outlines distrust of Black voters toward Radicals and criticizes scalawags in Louisiana. It references Butler, Durant, and Benjamin Franklin Blanders, alleging corruption and dissipation, with broader notes on economic concerns and construction efficiency. Includes legal notices about estates and succession in Calcasieu Parish dated 1868.
The sheriff of Lake Charles announces a sale by virtue of a writ of fieri facias directed to him. On Saturday the Sunday of September 1863 between 11 AM and 1 PM the property of dilaa My Pineh is offered at the courthouse door. The tract lies near Lake Charles on the Calcasien River, containing about sixteen acres with buildings including a steam circular saw mill and two other structures. Terms include twelve months credit with bond and approved security bearing eight percent interest. Je McReadd sheriff.
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