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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1869
Page
4
A fragmented Lake Charles piece recounts a verse about a chestnut curl and a seal letter, mixing romantic relics with a crime claim, then shifts to a tale of a goose decoying the family through a stormy night as a master’s guilt over a stowed goose wing resurfaces.
Mound City Life Insurance Company based in St. Louis Missouri with capital of 150000 already paid in. Jas B. President, C. G. McHatton Vice-President. W. W. John Thompson Secretary General Agent Actuary. Parent office in St. Louis.
Names of agency officers include Gov. C. H. Mouton as President Judge B T Merrick as Vice-President B B Simmes as Secretary and other listed executives J A McLaren A H Buckner Jas Givens M Hatch W H Jennings J H Lucas Jab B Eads A M Britton.
The text advertises a weekly Sun publication with a long list of directors and contributors, notes on cheapness and excellence, and mentions insurance by Mutual Life Insurance Co. It includes subscription rates for various copy counts, payment methods, and offices in Baltimore. It also hints at farming content and promotional notes for Southern and Western interests.
An advertisement proclaims Putnam's Magazine as a new national publication with top writers across departments and sections. It lists names like E. M. Stanton, Wm. Cullen Bryant, Dr. Bushnell, Geo. Ripley, Hermon Melville, and others, inviting readers to subscribe at Broadway address.
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