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The Weekly Echo prints rates for advertising including ten lines per item and annual subscriptions at five dollars in advance per square. Additional insertions cost 150, with 75 for subsequent insertions. Notices of candidates priced at 810.00, and bilingual English French publication when not time constrained. No credit for ads or job work unless by special agreement. Cards listing names and residence priced at twelve dollars yearly. Judicial ads must be paid by the last publication day or sale day.
Trial over fence contract on Darby plantation details
The Darby plantation dispute centers on a freedman claiming payment for building a rough fence using old posts and saplings under Mr Baldwin of Ohio. Baldwin and witnesses argue over contract terms, fence value, and who bore responsibility, with Baldwin defending his honesty and integrity while lecturing freedmen on temperance.
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Darby Plantation
Baldwin
Ohio
Haldwin
Baliwin
John
Darby Place
Peel
Ploxters’ Banner
Kissing Language Told In Odd Definitions In News Snippet
A humorous excerpt recalls playful word coinages and jokes about kissing terms such as buss rebuss omnibuss and others. A country girl and town life vignette adds social mischief, while a separate scene shows an illiterate official asked to sign initials in a legal writ.
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Kgssixa
Pian Erebuss
Jay
George
Streetcar Quip Sparks Mild Umpire Confusion
A London street scene captures Abe questioning a youth about tobacco, noting immaculate skirts. The youth declines and offers a chew. Two Black men seek adjudication from a Black umpire who, after pause, cannot decide exactly.
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Abe
Mia
Young spendthrift imitates veteran on wine wit
A youth tells an elder he wastes wit on wine. The veteran replies that he once did the same but now must rely on his wits to obtain wine. The exchange hints at prudence and irony about liquor and cleverness.
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