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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1869
Page
2
The article notes Fisher’s expected return with a full line of goods and a cordial, businesslike demeanor to attract customers. It also discusses Calcasieu’s farming prospects, noting late planting yet promising cotton and sugar outputs, and the region's healthy climate and river access facilitating growth and trade.
A newspaper advertisement seeks a capable respectful young white woman for permanent full time work as a cook washer and ironer with no children. The employer promises liberal wages and potential acceptance as a member of the family rather than a servant.
Creditors of Joseph Grimaldi's succession are notified to send their claims promptly and properly authenticated to the administratrix and attorney George HL Wells Hag at Babe Claris in Calousien. All persons indebted to the estate are summoned to settle immediately to avoid further action. Rosamond Gui ary and Henriette Pothier, solicitors for Parrodev, parish of Lake Charles, indicate proceeding in Lake Charles.
By order of Calcasien Parish Court an administrator will sell at his Hickory Flat residence on Wednesday May 14, 1869 the plantation in Calcasieu Parish west of the river. Six land tracts totaling hundreds of acres plus 55 horned cattle, horses, hogs, sheep, farm tools and household items. All under mortgage to secure notes. property to be delivered after December 1, 1869. Public sale to the highest bidder with items described and appraised on sale day.
Public notice reports a probate sale in Calcasiou Parish under the parish court for the Armstron succession. The ad lists multiple land parcels with descriptions, patents from Louisiana, and measurements, with sale date set for the first of July. Purchasers must provide solvent securities and pay vendor’s privileges until full payment.
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