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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1872
Page
3
Prof W S Clark of the Massachusetts Agricultural College advises on horse stables. He stresses roomy stalls of at least five feet wide with a twelve to fourteen foot square loose box, level or slightly inclined floors for drainage, smooth stall sides, and preventive strips to deter tail rubbing. He endorses double floors, proper drainage, and safer halter arrangements for liberty without danger of being cast.
A Paris correspondent describes a German woman obtaining a divorce in Seine courts and seeking immediate marriage in France. The judge frets over what child status would arise under German vs French law, yet grants the divorce with the privilege to marry at once amid sensational and comic assurances from the parties.
A corrected weekly commercial listing from New Oatzins dated February 9 1873 shows prices for gold oats pork bacon sugar cured hams and other staples. Includes per bushel prices for oats corn and beans as well as barrel and pound rates for meats and produce. Also lists potatoes onions apples Western beans and related goods with unit prices and measures.
An advertisement touts Home Stomach Bitters as a superior tonic and stimulant for malaria related issues, indigestion, and general debility. It cites physicians and medical professors from St. Louis endorsements and notes wide professional approval across hospitals, clergy, and private practice.
Listings offer town lots for sale near the court house in Lake Charles with inducements for purchasers. Also announced is a fresh assortment of spring garden seeds almanacs and hardware and meats at Fulton market. Parish of Calcasieu invites sealed proposals for a parish courthouse building with bids due March 12 1872 and requires bidder sureties. right to reject bids reserved.
H D Nix of Lake Charles announces the relisting and renewal of the old Clendening Ferry on the Calcasien river above Lake Charles. The public is invited to use the ferry with swimming catch pens pastures and moderate charges. Public patronage is requested. March 9 1971 Lake Charles Louisiana.
An old advertisement promises a $100 bounty for proof of a permanent cure for rheumatic kidney disease using an inwardly administered remedy. The notice claims a liberal, honorably offered contract and urges sufferers to respond by mail, dated November 1, with details by Meyer.
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