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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1875
Page
2
A fragmented classified style notice lists sewing hints and new vibers priced at 265 for 40 items, plus a Beebo venal pride at 1.50 and the Demarest's Monthly Magazine at 85,000 chrome with postage prepaid for one year and bo' pers chromne. The text references uncertain product names and odd pricing in a damaged OCR snippet.
OOW Polter agents for the Echo collect accounts and advertise new ads and subscriptions, signed by the proprietor of the Koma Por Reer. A new store on Ryan Street run by Mrs. Mary E. Sweeney opens, w ф sale of goods at cash prices. J. W. Bryan stocked with fresh goods at low cash prices. ball at Dillon Hall promised. Ramos steamer delivers large oysters from Asleaster Pass. oyster trips to March end. Galveston News promotion urges wide circulation. Dr Reabst Gray displays rare revolutionary relics including 1776 and 1778 currency bills with counterfeits warning.
Fragmented text from a historical newspaper page fragments mention democracy in Bt Laney and Camenih, a Lake Charles event, and references to government proposals. Names and places are garbled, with unclear dates or actions.
Turkeys chickens ducks and pork flood Lake Charles markets with Serge groceries and provisions from New Orleans and Galveston merchants. The season’s friendly greetings come from the N C and Texas Railroad. In Galveston and Liberty the iron force to complete the Trinity river bridge and road to Orange progresses. Congress rejects subsidies for internal improvements and the third term move. Morton of Indiana proposes a radical Senate committee to probe the Mississippi election amid Democratic gains.
Several gentlemen in this area have organized a volunteer association to deliver public lectures at the Courthouse. Each lecturer chooses his own subject, not announced in advance, with the aim of entertainment and instruction. Lectures begin at candlelight and attendees are invited, with sheriff and others welcome.
The article notes a statewide association expansion with lectures in many towns including Baton Rouge Shreveport Alexandria Monroe New Iberia Vermilionville Mourkeville Lake Providence Howor Vidatia Clinton Thibodeaux Bastrop Natchitoches St. Martinville Franklin and more. It praises Lake Charles scholars forming a literary society and debating club. It reports an experimental lumber shipment from Calcasien river to Liverpool proving successful and hints at a permanent Calcasien to England trade next summer.
Report from here states two cases of chills and fever were recently cured after a long failure with quinine. A strong decoction of magnolia bark is credited with the recovery, suggesting a new remedy used by local practitioners.
A vast Krupp steel works project in Essen Prussia features a steam hammer designed to shape 100 ton steel masses. The device is estimated to cost about $1,000,000 and will claim the title of the world’s largest hammer upon completion, per the S.Y. Bulletin.
In Calcasieu Parish Louisiana administrator Turah Ryan announces a public sale of estate property from Successions. On Monday the 17th of [month] 1876 at the parish court door the highest bidder will receive described blocks bounded by Bilbo Mill Hodges Pine and Lawrence streets with frontages of 400 feet and depths of about 360 to 860 feet plus remaining interests.
A lengthy survey lists numerous blocks and fractional blocks with precise boundaries and dimensions in the town of Like Charles. It details blocks 2, 24, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 81, 32, 33, 34 plus fractional blocks 25 and 86 and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 9 south, Range 8 west. The owner Administra Deo. IF 1876, describes parts of Lot No. 6 in Section 29 with river frontage and multiple one-acre wide lots. proceeds to divide the land among heirs and heirs’ shares.
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