07 Mar 1868
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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1868
Page
1
Washington dispatches discuss the Alabama admission as pivotal for Reconstruction policy. The Radical majority seeks to set a precedent affecting Southern states and the national presidency. A Grant controversy from the Johnson era is recalled, depicting loyalty and political maneuvering regarding Reconstruction.
The sheriff's office in Lake Charles issues a notice dated February 15, 1868 about convention tax obligations. Sam. is referenced in connection with the notice and collection details remain to be clarified.
The Bryan Academy advertises enrollment for young men and women with monthly tuition in English studies. Students provide their own bedding lights and meals, while the school emphasizes moral instruction under Principal Bryan. Enrollment notice dated February 15, 1808.
The notice names George H. Wells, attorney at law, serving Calcasieu and St. Landry parishes, with a dated reference to February 15, 1868. It alerts creditors of Hilaire Escoubas’s succession to come forward, present accounts, and settle with Administratrix E. Escoubas, at Lake Charles and Pasadena locations.
Public sale ordered by the 8th Judicial District Court of Louisiana for the Estate of James M Cannon. Listing includes assorted pine chamber goods, two cows, and unspecified personal property. sale date noted as March 14, 1868. All details appear fragmentary and partially illegible.
The text appears as a damaged notice about a sale held by a court in a parish. It references terms of sale, credit terms of ten dollars and installments over one two and three years, with dates around 29 February, and mentions a court house and parish.
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