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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1869
Page
2
A cluttered 19th century column in The Echo recounts notices and anecdotes from Lake Charles. The jumble includes ads, chores, a cook request, worker hints, and a long personal reminiscence about a boy and a sister with a humorous dialogue about calves, reflecting local life, rumors, and community chatter.
Fragmentary OCR shows a sequence of advertisements and a name George H Wells. The readable text is limited to branding tokens and a partial name, lacking a cohesive event or context to describe.
Notice to all creditors of the estate of Joseph Grimaldi. Present your claims promptly to avoid costs of suit. Administrative proceedings referenced with dates and names including MAR EV Guay and Jane, 1849.
A. Simon Sompan advertises as a dealer in cookers stoves cutlery and heating equipment. It notes first prizes at the Louisiana fairs and mentions locations on Hollen Street and Chartres Street in New Orleans. The notice urges prompt attendance and lists address 104 Chartres Street.
A historical magazine notice promotes Littell's Living Ages as an enlarged weekly of English periodical literature. It touts reviews, criticisms, stories, poetry, and scientific and historical content. The offer includes a yearly subscription of five dollars and free extra copies for six new subscribers, inviting readers to join.
Public notice records a sale by confession of a mortgage dated July 14 1869. It lists parcels including a tract of forty seven acres and a tract of eighty one acres with a total value around two thousand dollars. Details specify locations and names in a formal sale schedule from the era.
Circulated sale by administrator lists twelve head of cattle sheep ox and cart buggy farm lots and household items. Terms require cash under ten dollars purchases and promissory notes with eight percent interest in equal installments over one two and three years, secured by mortgage on immovable property. Notes must bear internal revenue stamps at buyers expense. 1851 sale description is fragmentary and includes old items and provisions.
The notice outlines a probate sale on Saturday the first day of Fitts Parish, detailing several land tracts and parcels with descriptions, boundaries, and patent origins from the State of Louisiana. It lists many parcels including Bayou Nezpique area lands, Lot 19 20 21 in township 14 south range 9 west, and other sections with acreage figures, along with sale terms, required notes and securities for Margaret W. Armstrong as executrix.
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