The Weekly Echo publication note
The fragment lists the Weekly Echo newspaper with proprietors W. Hagan and B. Hutchins as publisher and proprietor respectively.
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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1872
Page
2
German Emigrants Arrive At Lake Charles
On Wednesday the steamer Cassie brought fifty to sixty German emigrants from Galveston to Lake Charles Capt Daniel Goos owner. They are described as honest and industrious and expected to develop Calcasieu parish with ample territory for thirty thousand German families. The piece notes favorable weather and hints at future Police Jury reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassie
Daniel Goos
Galveston
Germany
Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu
Novel Patent Stem Winding Watch Offered by New York Jewelers
Stewart Graham & Co. at 6 Whitehall Street, New York, advertise a new style Patent Stem Winding Watch for $12. The ad claims the watch is a novelty with combined features and endorses its reliability, including a Christian Weekly endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart, Graham & Co
Whitehall Street
New York
Christian Weekly
Reform Spirit in Legislature Aims to Overturn State Tyranny
A New Orleans Times editorial urges Radical and Democrat factions to back reform measures to repeal the Iawa era laws and dismantle the centralized power of the State Executive. It calls for uprooting the legislation that concentrates power in a single man, stating the reform is essential at any cost and that opponents must be crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tawa
New Orleans Times
Advertising and printer's ink shape prosperity
The passage proclaims that advertising fuels art and prosperity, crediting the liberal use of printer's ink as foundational to their growth and success. It frames ink as essential to the craft and to economic and creative development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poncete
Marriage Notice Amid Limestone Lime Ridge Whistle
Alabama paper records a marriage notice for Mar tens Rasen and Nehemiah Sand with Wilhelmma Whet se in Limestone. Look out for little grindstones next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Martens Rasen
Indstons
Nehemiah Sand- Wilhemma
State reform call vows full party purge after fraud exposé
A New Orleans Times editorial urges the Governor to stop pays to legislators and to extend reform across all public offices. It cites expert reports claiming lawmakers received about 125 dollars daily last session and argues the state must be purged of corruption, including within the party, to restore trust and prevent further plunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inis
N. O. Times
How the Legislature Met 1872 Graphic Scene
From the New Orleans Times a vivid, critical account of the 1872 legislative opening. A crowded Dryades street scene outside Mechanics Institute precedes tense, chaotic proceedings as Speaker Carter signals amid jeers and disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law-Makers
New Orleans Times
Dryades Street
Mechanics’ Institute
Buffalo Bill
Ates
Speaker Carter
Bill Davis
Record of a rowdy assembly and Trumpet clash
A chaotic scene unfolds in the chamber as Col Carter and others clash over a resolution. Yells, laughter, and protests erupt from lobby and gallery. A boy is frightened from the hall and the session adjourns amid disorder and shouting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Cartory
Carter
Col. Carter
Mr. Gartskamp
Mr. Worrell
Harper
Africa
Police Outrages Against New Orleans Citizens Exposed
The article denounces the Metropolitan Police as corrupt and dangerous, accusing Governor A of corrupt control, brutality, and biased actions. It claims police violence, unlawful detentions, and protective shielding by the Police Board and Recorder offices, urging legislative remedy or larger public committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Police System
Christendom
New Orleans
Enigmatic Quote From Old Text On A Pennsylvanian Roadside Tale
A garbled historic passage mentions plans involving a Pennsylvanian road and a large sum of money. It references a person obtaining about $35,000 over a few days and signals a broader theme of hotels and railroad investment, amid unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Peansyl
Persom
Enoither
Pennsylvan Railroad
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