01 Jul 1869
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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1869
Page
1
The notice outlines payment terms for advertisements in the pit Weekly Echo, including rates for judicial ads and discounts for longer commitments. It states no credit for work ads unless special agreement with unions and residents, with payment due on publication last day or sale day.
Corner Kirly and Ryan operate as a wholesale and retail dealer in Lake Charles Ia. The entry notes their location at Streeta and emphasizes their business scope in wholesale and retail trade.
Parish of Calcasieu publishes a regular Parish Court term notice for probate and general cases. The court convenes at the Court Home on the third Monday of each month and every second month, with probate matters heard in open court. Judge David J. Read, Parish Judge, issues the notice dated November 14, 1868.
A garbled 19th century notice appears to describe twenty dollars or twenty units in books to be sent to Evata, ATELIPS, and CREW, possibly a ship or station named Avimata in a distant region. The readable fragments name recipients and a shipment, but precise context and entities are unclear due to damaged OCR.
The Police Jury met on January 17 with members Cole Hay Bilbo Wing Lyons and others present. Actions include road work assignments from Bayou Show to Turner's on Babine River, overseer appointments for Big Woods to Isaac Clarke's, and Clarke's to Lastie's Marsh, a road from Sebine River to Big Res, toll bridge provisions, and repealing an unbranded stock advertising requirement. Election commissioners for the 9th ward named, taxes and licenses adjusted, jail terms extended to December 1869, a treasurer elected, and parish-town council contest to end.
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