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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1869
Page
2
The Echo notes that the usual services at the Baptist Church will not be performed next Sunday. An advertisement also calls attention to a stray pony in the area, missing since two weeks ago Wednesday. The item laments traveler's inability to find suitable accommodations and praises a well-kept hotel and stable for the village.
A note thanks F. G. Meling of Galveston and Hon. W. H. Haskell for newspaper files and an Imperialist copy. Growway records a Friday visit by Prof. Hilgard of Oxford and Dr. J. R. Walker of Jefferson to survey local mineral resources and formations. Hopkins of the State Seminary is at the oil springs collecting specimens for the Institute. The water analysis from the oil spring is promised next week. The presence of scholars boosts local interest in geology and resource development.
Fisher announces a drastic sale to clear out his stock at cost as he aims to bring the largest assortment ever seen in Lake Charlus, determined to make room for new goods.
Fragmented OCR text suggests Paris society and legal disputes with mentions of W Burlingame hosting balls, a large land deal in San Brann, and rumors of church unions. The garbled lines reference Be Bech Paris and typophions, with inconclusive notes on reforms and instruments like tuning forks.
A starving girl told a barkeeper that her mother needed eight cents for bread. The barkeeper refused to take payment from the child and offered to cover the money, vowing to eject the father if he returned. The incident drew praise for the keeper's humanity.
The Pacifico Railroad, still unconstructed, has trains passing but reports show much damage and peril. If the current stretch is in May, winter travel could worsen. Observers fear the railway will only tantalize and fail to control the great Eastern trade.
Mrs J confronts Mr Jones as he staggers home at night. He insists he is not drunk but dizzy from watching others ride on their bicycles, describing the scene in garbled terms.
A rustic Louisville description notes the finest house belonged to Mr M E Church with his name carved in large letters over the door and a sharply pointed chimney rising more than 200 feet above the roof.
A town widow lamenting her husband’s death comments with irony that his teeth were as good as ever. The line highlights a grim scene as she stands by the corpse and voices a wry reflection on his dental condition.
A lively four or five year old asks a bold question about race, asking if colored men are made of coal dust just as all people are dust. The remark reflects era attitudes and a child’s candid curiosity about identity.
A Philadelphia reporter apologizes for his coarse style tied to the gold now used in his writing. A English gentleman buys thousands of acres in Nelson to nate Sight Matktel. Indiana divorces are mentioned in a stray line about alimony and costs. A Cape of Good Hope diamond worth 100000 is found and sold for 500 sheep oxen and a horse.
An incident saw soldiers knocked down by bricks and a wounded man cry out that he fought for three years. A bystander called him a liar and threw a brick, sparking neighborhood excitement. No arrests were made as guards remained weak in the troubled upper city where a prior large clash occurred recently.
In New York a breach of promise suit unfolds with the plaintiff recounting a night at her mother's home. The defendant allegedly found a dry wish bone and proposed they pull it, breaking the bone and splitting the connection. He contends the fragment signaled a future marriage and quotes a remark about being at the game time. The plaintiff retorts with a shy agreement.
The vigilance committee of Bry an Wyoming Territory once ordered a desperate man to leave town within fifteen minutes. He mounted his mule and quipped, Gentlemen if this d d mule don't balk I don't want but five.
Parish Court of Calcasien proceeds with succession cases for John G Wartelle and Felix Wartelle, and for Johnson Moss and Martha Lyons, in Calcasien Parish Louisiana. Proceedings reference CY Parish of Calensiett and related succession actions in the parish court system.
An advertisement from Moore's Rural New Yorker promotes a subscription push for The Great Town and Country Weekly, urging readers to act now to secure the best possible price. The plea highlights value and timely signup.
A historic advertisement promotes Littell's Living Age as enlarged after over twenty years, now issued by pay Saturday with fifty two numbers and over three thousand double column pages yearly. It highlights reviews criticisms stories poetry science and biographical essays from English periodical literature and invites subscriptions at eight dollars a year plus postage. An extra copy is offered free for seven new subscribers, with mailing address in Boston.
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