Local Storeadvertises Iron Boots and More in Charles
The Weekly Echo notes W Prather takes Charles LA on Thursday May 4 1871 with iron boots shoes and a great variety of other articles too numerous to enumerate.
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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1871
Page
2
Cottons From Calcasien River Area and Fine Dining at Hutchins House
A citizen reports 600 bales of cotton ready for shipment to Galveston Texas from Mr Allen Perkins residence on the Calcasien river about eight miles away. The cotton is praised as superior and fetching three cents more in Galveston. Also praised is the Hutchins Home table run by Mr Bryant Hutchins and his wife, noted for abundant dainties and French cooking. A Joint Commission on England US Canada talks outlines an arbitration plan with a five member panel to settle disputes and a protocol for fishing rights and monetary adjustments. The Louisiana legislature enacts a homestead act granting one quarter section to heads of families or adults as a path to land ownership, with residency and cultivation requirements and fee structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Perkins
Calcasien River
Galveston
Texas
Perkins
Galvaston
Bryant Hutchins
Oid
Hutchins
Joint Commission
England
Alabama
Senate
Brazil
Switzerland
Italy
Washington
United States
Canada
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Islands
House of Representatives
State of
Louisiana
General Assembly
Register
Land Office
Court of Record
Wade
Register of the Land Office
Moses Hockweld Delays Marriage For Flake's Bulletin Note
In Hamilton Ohio a youth Hagerman Phot hicell is noted dead while Moses Hockweld of Levy's Dry Goods Emporial respectfully declines a marriage engagement to obtain a copy of Flake's Bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Hockweld
Mr. Levy
Flake
Hagerman
Phot Hicell
Hamilton
Ohio
Missepee Drowned With Baas in Five Foot Flood Water
A fragment notes Missepee, a D fasatin with Baas, drowned in five feet of water during a flood. Details are sparse and unclear from the OCR fragment.
Proclamation of Act Provisions and Repeals
The document records the passage and signing of an act with sections repealing inconsistent laws and establishing take effect upon passage. Signed by Speaker Geo. W. Fe, Lt. Gov. Oscar J, and Governor H. C. Wakuot, dated February 25, with a true copy certified by Secretary Gro. E. Bover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Fe
House of Tives
Oscar J
Aiame
H. C. Wakuot
Loninngy
Gro. E. Bover
Salt and tears and a moral on politeness
Fragmentary notes discuss tears as a saline solution with water and salts, then pivot to a moral about politeness and duty. It contrasts notions of kindness and hypocrisy, urging polite conduct as a lasting investment and relating it to motherhood and sisterhood.
Depths reached in artesian well near asylum discovery
The drill near the asylum reached 5500 feet, with salt strata found at 300 feet and a deepest hole claimed in the St. Louis area. The boring began with plans for an air well, now serving an unexpected use as depth increases and salt appears across the circumference.
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St. Louis
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