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Newspaper

The Weekly Echo

Location

Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1869

Page

4

Rustic duo weds amid provincial stage oddities at Lake Charles

In a Lake Charles theater, a rustic couple's marriage bid thrills the crowd as Heller’s illustrations amuse. The pair's antics, including a bell question about marriage, reach a peak when Ike proclaims plans to marry Nancy Jane and name their first baby after the audience’s cheers. The piece closes noting coconut fiber as a leather substitute for belting.

Waenleier Greeny Nancy Jane Utter County Uta Nancy Jané Ike

Mound City Life Insurance Company Notice

The fragment references Mound City Life Insurance Company of St. Louis Missouri. It mentions Capt Cepia, a payment of tal 000, W Hatch and Gen W W Grissom, a Don's Physician, and John P Thompson in a context that is unclear.

W. Hatch W. W. Grissom Don't's Phyician John P. Thompson

Louisiana Agency Directors and Published Weekly News

Governors and officers listed for the Louisiana Agency with C H Mouton as president Judge E T Merrick as vice president B B Simmes secretary and Bier Fawlty Newsraran Kxons as staff. The weekly paper publishes Saturdays with novelty sketches poetry tales and current world news with emphasis on general public needs.

C. H. Mouton E.T. Merrick B. B. Simmes

The Farm and the Farmer and Advertiser Notices

A broad, period style listing medical examiners and business figures, promoting The Daily Sun and Louisiana Directors, insurance by Mound City Mutual Life, and various ads. It highlights Southern investment, local directors, and policy offerings, with details on premiums and payment options, plus Putnam and Sun notices and premium engravings.

Mound City Mutual Life Insurance Company South Board of Louisiana Mound City Fe Pol Ypany

Burke's Weekly For Boys and Girls Volume Containing Poem

Fragmentary OCR reads as a notice about Burke's Weekly for Boys and Girls with a note that it will include a poem by Jacison. Context unclear. no dates or full author names available.

UTNAM K. M. Stanton Cullen Bryant Bushnell Hayes Arctic Way Ker B. J. Lossing Geo, Ripley Hermon Melville Jacison

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