Coinciding notices on trade and perilous escapes in 1860
Local notes from Lake Charles recount trade bids by Capt J W Bryan offering dry goods at low prices, praise fruit growing, and report sensational items including Sam Hildebrand’s death-notches and a remarkable escape tale from Texas. The fragmentary text mentions a 1605 introduction of a commodity, and a variety of brief anecdotes from different locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamay
Banaaris
J. W. Bryan
Jim
Sam Hildebrand
Missouri
Crocket
Texas
Hennings
Ted
Bridie
Parma
Seid Eilkin
Watt
Admission equality praised as progress in civilization
The passage extols universal admission regardless of age sex race color or previous condition. It contrasts the civilized, intelligent and ignorant, noting equal entitlement and advancing toward a more enlightened metropolis admired by civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pellmell
Congo
Chinese Trial At Silver City Sparks Unusual Oath Ceremony
A Idaho proceeding at Silver City draws attention for its bizarre ritual where a rooster head is severed with a knife, paper oaths burned, and smoke believed to carry the oath’s spirit skyward. Both sides swear five witnesses and the jailers discard burned paper fragments, while critics mock the rite as heathen and unsafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver City
Idaho
Xifen
Quaker Letter Teaches Kindness and Sabbath Anecdote
A Quaker urges acts of kindness in this world, stressing prompt good deeds before passing away. An Elderberry of Danbury tale and a Sabbath reading scene reveal a listener’s interruption as a child requests skipping a Bible story about David and Goliath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Goligh
Goliah
Poetic meditation on death and rebirth with initials puzzle
A fragmentary verse sequence depicts a dying prisoner and a lone observer, contrasting earthly decay with transcendence. The piece ends with a playful acrostic puzzle: debt and credit spelled by initial letters, hinting at moral outcomes and daily ritual.
Stoves Sealed With Ash and Salt Paste Crack Repair
A method describes plugging stove cracks by applying a paste made from wood ashes and common salt mixed with water. The paste is plastered over the crack to stop fire and smoke leakage effectively.
Public sale of land and property in parish auction notice
Notice of a sheriff sale in the Parish of Calea Moe bidding on two land tracts Rio Hondo and another holding cattle and household goods. Real estate 640 acres plus improvements, personal property, and farming tools offered under court order with vendor’s privilege and eight percent interest. One acre of land reserved as family burial ground to be identified at sale day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calea- Moe
Rio Hondo
Hiram Ours
M. Redd
N.B
Wanted worker for onshore family service
Advertisement seeks a young white woman for light work in a family setting onshore. Employer promises respectful, capable employment without children. Includes duties such as cooking washing and ironing, with a managed onshore position offered. Shaded by archaic phrasing and partial text, details indicate a domestic service posting from a historical newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geri
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Weekly Echo
Geo. W. Wrigley
Lake Charles
Es Hutchins
Tate Galveston
Aleoto, Han
W. H- Haskell
New Orleans
Jersey
England
John Tofting
Islington
Elderberry
Danbury Hope
J W. Bryan
Lakeles
Ryan Street
Court House
Crockery
ORAS
PublieSgle
Bikste of
Leom Vaeiunj
Deo’d
Perty
Mart Las Know
Boma
Demsy Tees
George H. Wells
A. Simon
Wey
Louisiana
Desser
Bellowars & Coy
P. A
Chartress Street
Word
Orleans
MOORE
New York
The
Great Town
Coventry
PPS Rural
Éditora
Rugar
Kent Fren
Rochester, N.Y
Vente Publique
Estate de Leon Verdun, Dec’d
Callasion
A. D
John Reid
Sherif
Savoir
Morceau de Terre
Tire
Termes Et
Ini Veene
Ieee Queérente Fournissant
V'administrateur de de Fite Blacconion
Bonnes Et Solvables Securitées Solidaires
Réxidenta de Cotte
Lake Charies
Littell
Ana Bene Kaa
Istorians
Prescott, Bancroft and
Ticknor
H. W. Beecher
Tris
lItisa Sos
Scott's
Phieeips
Abianta
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!