Spring stock and discount tobacco in Lake Charles ad
The Weekly Echo notes Mr. Wa L Hutching imports a large Spring Goods stock including ladies dress fabrics calicoes cottons shoes hats and western produce. Also advertised is Old Bourbon tobacco a teen style Patent Stem Winding Watch from Stewart Graham Co New York priced at 12 and Christian Weekly endorses the watchmaker's reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa. L. Hutching
Galveston
Stewart, Grahium & Co
Whitehill Treet
New York
Christian Weekly
Iberia Race to Open Feb 22 at New Iberia Track
A notice from B V and E P Smith of New Iberia La announces horse races at a developing track near Iberia. The opening meet starts Thursday Feb 22 and runs three days, with purses totaling several hundred dollars including 150 to win and 50 to second in a mile heat, 100 for a mile dash, 75 for a half mile dash, and 50 for a 4 mile stake for horses west of the Mississippi. Matches, entrants, and future course descriptions promised in next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
B. V
E. P. Smith
New Iberia
Planters’ Banner
Messrs. Smith
Mississippi
Attakapasarishes
Nisiaoa
New Orleans
The Alabama Treaty Row and Other Foreign News
A long piece discusses the Alabama claims dispute over damages and private ship losses, with Lord Cockburn's stance narrowing US demands to government expenses. It compares the uproar to Admiral Cockburn's 1814 visit and foresees regional unease in New England. The item then shifts to a San Francisco streetcar mishap with a heavy elderly passenger, a mud scene, and a conductor’s reaction. It cites the Calcasieu Sulphur and Mining Company’s second annual report from Louisiana, noting $71,774.25 machinery en route from France and total expenditures of $157,147.93, concluding with progress toward a complete, remunerative operation.
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England
Washington
Cockburn
Great Britain
United States
Alabama
Grant
Lord Cockburn
Washington City
Iis
Admiral Cockburn
National Intelligencer
Potomac
New England
Barnstable
Gloucester
Newburyport
Providence
Calcasieu Sulphur and Mining Company
Louisiana
France
N. O. Times
Iberia Rice Couto Meeting Notes Clarify Wills
A brief Iberia meeting discussed prior decedents wills and related property matters. Officials reviewed documents and clarified actions needed to finalize the estate and ensure proper distribution under existing rules.
Stokes in His Cell Described by New York Correspondent
A New York correspondent reports on prison conditions for Stokes, denying sensational tales. He notes tight counsel limits, a plain cell with minimal furnishings, and daily brief meetings with his attorney. Family absence is affirmed, and public sympathy is expected to favor Stokes once his story is told.
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New York
Stokes
Fisk
Europe
Irl
Ea Mer Stokes
Dee
Fragmented quote leaves readers puzzled in tense exchange
A fragmented exchange shows Smith disputing privacy as a speaker claims to reveal secrets. The odd punctuation and stray phrases suggest a clipped, incomplete transcript with uncertain context and unclear participants.
Look Here Peta Warns to Step From the Tracks
Fragmentary dialect text shows a speaker warning someone named Peta about standing on railroad tracks, referencing danger from approaching cars and a demon figure. The readable portion conveys caution on a railway platform with implied peril and superstition.
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Peta
Darkey
Telegraph Europe Reported in New Orleans Times
European news from the Telegraph notes British reaction to the Alabama claims and Gladstone's speeches may hinder American demands. House actions include a vote of thanks to Speaker Dennison and a secret ballot bill passing its first reading. Maritime collision near the Mersey leaves five steerage passengers missing. Reports also cover Washburne's U S leave, French nobility reinstate questions, and tax talks in Congress.
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Europe
The
Telegraph
Alabama
Gladstone
House of Commons
Dennison
Disraeti
Milbanks
Charles Dilke
Forester
Newdegate
Colorado
Mersey
Times
Paris
Washburne
United States
Col. Hoffman
Dukes of Nemours
Aumale
Prince de Joinville
Newspaper Life and the Cost of Keeping Pressing on
A Memphis paper editor reflects on newspaper economics and ethics. Fees, subsidies, and free advertising shape readership value versus the true cost of journalism. The piece argues businesslike, fair competition sustains papers, while belief in effortless profits and free favors undermines press integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Avalanc
Tony
Raid Continues at Brooklyn Whisk Distillery Site
Report notes ongoing police action at a Brooklyn distillery raid with only a few discoveries recorded so far. Authorities indicate further searches are pending as investigation proceeds.
Fragmented OCR adds stray scenes from a funeral
An odd, partial OCR passage recalls a village scene with digging in the ground and a funeral for a duke. A child questions whether anything remains of their boots as the duke's horse stands saddled empty, glimpsed by a mother.
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Piesridisl
Peslheme
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the Weekly Echo
J. W. Bryan B. Hutchins
Lake Charles
EB. Florenville
Isaae
Iberia
San Francisco
Aching
Smith
New Orleans Times
Wasmaron
American Mexican Commission
Sth
Navy
Treasury
Commerce Committee
Florida
Committee On Ways and Means
Brooklyn
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