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Local notices and ads fill weekly column gaps in Calcasieu paper
The Lake Charles weekly notes readers miss New Orleans news but promises a synopsis next week. Ads from Gary & Skinner of Galveston and Ba John Henry & Co. of New Orleans tout wholesale goods. Stock market chatter and river steamship plans mix with a Congo of political debate on French history and a U S railroad bill discussion.
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