Weekly Echo Notes Subscriptions and Local Updates
The Weekly Echo announces subscription details and delivery by address. It thanks Capt Geo H Gaptitl of Cameron and Joseph Croddman of Catcasion for Irish potatoes, noting Cameron potatoes weighed one pound, while the Lottie Mayo schooner captain S H Clement sails on a fast schedule and contributes the Galveston News.
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Geo. H. Gaptitl
Cameron
Joseph Croddman
Catcasion
Calcasion
8. H. Clement
Lottie Mayo
Galveston News
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Town Council Minutes 1875 May Meeting Actions
The board met May 31, 1875. They appointed a committee to examine W H Rowe’s contract work and report next meeting. Accounts approved include James A Kinder $660 for blankets and constable costs, James W Bryan $6.45, M J Bosted $10 as treasurer, and Allen Gilley $14.78 for constable services. Minor notes on smallpox cases and local produce follow.
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Monnay
I ‘Meyer
Y. Touchy
Hatchine
D. Mews
Thos. Hansen
Inc
A. Spence
A. H. Moss
W. H. Rowe
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James. A. Kinder
Fragmentary note on Grant's wage and railway fare
The passage discusses Grant's wages estimated at £158 13s per day excluding Sunday. It notes his refusal to travel by rail fare and hints at a broader context of transportation costs and personal displeasure. The text is garbled with OCR errors and cuts across names and institutions.
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Grant
Sun Jay
Perils of a Miners Life Leave Several Dead in Shaft Accident
Owan Cates and other miners were dropped nearly one hundred feet when the carriage failed at Stanton shaft No 7 of Thigh Wilkesbarre Coal Co. Richard Greenough was killed and mangled, Benjamin Carp decapitated, Stephen Matthews badly injured. In Plymouth Boston mine Robert Terrell died in a fall of coal and another miner perished in a premature explosion. Meanwhile in Pittsburgh lightner struck a 20000 barrel oil tank at Rain's City, feared to burst as crews race to prevent disaster.
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Owan Cates
Stanton
Thigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Ouce
Richard Greenough
Benjamin Carp
Stephen Matthews
Boston
Plymouth
Robert ‘Terrell
OTL
Pittsburgh
Lightnir
Satterfield & Taylor
United Pipe Line
Market quotes from New Orleans commodity page excerpt
Commercial. The following are the hice quo tions of the New Orleans market. Mer Poagob acept a 1 -1 Essatie 1634 Silver-American!g. Cotton quotes list various grades from Inferior to Good Ordinary with prices and terms. Includes references to Middling, Strict Middling, and various brand names. notes on bacon, lard, and beef cuts with unit prices. miscellaneous farm and trade items.
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New Orleans
SHERIFFS SALE OF LAKE CHARLES LOT
Jacob Ryan and William B. Butland in Louisiana parish court of Calcasieu announce a sheriff sale of a Lake Charles land parcel at the court house on the 6th day of June 1876. The property sits at the corner of Broad and Ryan streets in Lake Charles and measures about 200 by 200 feet with improvements. Sheriff David H Lyons notes the sale is cash and grants title to the highest bidder. posted April 20, 1875.
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Onsk
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Patcel
Lake ‘Halen
Lane Echo
Opelousas
Victor Tonchy
Jacob Ryan
Butland
State of Louisiana
Parish Court
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Lake Charles
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Ryan Street
Brand
John A. F. Hawkins
Therson
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DAVID H_LYONS
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John Langley
Severine Puneker Et
State of
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Poreasne
David H. Lyons
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Charles
Lakes Charles
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David IL Lyons
WM. L. Hutchins
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NEW Bakery
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Levitert
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