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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1874
Page
3
The Weekly Echo reports a parish meeting next month with a grand picnic near mill, a yacht race on the fourth with the Rawes excursion and a rowing contest, and a local horse theft case leading to a jail cell. It also jokes about June’s name origins and notes cattle disease concerns and a new schooner project.
New Ines May 27 1874 letters reveal how funds for overflowed sufferers were allocated. W Beye Lin and a committee provided pledges amid relief efforts, with Evtcit Lane Co and others expressing gratitude for public generosity and support during hardship.
May 22 1874 OmacanouLa Station Louisiana notes J W Bryan Lakeles Dean sending a sight draft for 2625 to benefit overflow sufferers in Lake Charles. Receipts from J W Bryan total 26 25 half the concert proceeds with expenses. Also a rider about horse illness and crude treatment from Fray Moone.
In New Orleans market notes the corrected weekly wholesale quotations include tobacco and meat items with mixed quality grades and prices. Religious notices from Catholic and German churches invite attendance for sermons Sunday School Bible classes and prayers with schedule details. Weather hints mention potential rain as we go to press.
A long promotional medical notice extols Walker's Vibrant Bitters as a universal remedy. It claims effectiveness for indigestion, fevers, liver and stomach derangements, rheumatism, gout, skin diseases, and parasitic worms, urging use to fortify the body and purify all fluids. It lists numerous named places and diseases and asserts superiority over other remedies.
A fragmented notice notes a Calcasieu Pass outing with mentions of rates and timing. It references a schedule between a lake and a destination with a school event and a caller named Reynold, dated in a historical context. The readable text hints at transport, fishing parties, and a midweek arrival around seven hours total.
John Dillon addresses public square and Lake Charles concerns in Louisiana, detailing local avenues for civic discussion and upcoming community events around the lake area. The report highlights Dillon’s remarks about public spaces and city engagement.
A brief item notes Nix's Ferry and Store located on the Calcasieu River. No further details are provided in the fragment.
Public sale at the last residence of the deceased in Lake Charles on the lath of Jane 1874 offers the northeast quarter of section 6 township 30 range 3 containing about 85 acres including buildings, improvements, fruit trees, and ornamental trees. The tract to be divided into five lots. undivided halves of Lot 5 in section 11 township 9 range west and the southeast quarter of section 10 township 10 range west. Also town lot fronts Broad Street, 300 head cattle, 30 head of gentile cattle, various livestock, wagons, farming implements, household furniture, and kitchen utensils. Carsten May 9, 1874.
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