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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1871
Page
2
A late November report from Big Woods Parish details a double murder near Bayon Choupique with locals fearing vigilante lynching. Citizens condemn lawless retaliation while urging fair trial and state justice, noting widespread concern across the community and distant references to places like California and New York.
A fragment notes the absence of local sellers for two months in town. It mocks a cadaverous vendor in the burg asking four dollars per dozen for half grown chickens and fifty cents per dozen for eggs, suggesting the seller would lower prices only after grain arrives and corn becomes scarce.
Ailfer the Fire catalog notes the October number of a popular magazine destroyed by the great Chicago fire. The publishers, though heavy losers, reprinted and prepared it for mailing but now face subscriber concerns. Mail orders addressed to Anenep Sewaar t & Co., Publisher, Chicago, Illinois.
The readable fragment mentions care and taking off a crop, implying a local issue about a fee or levy. Names, dates, or places are not discernible, but the text references some social or economic action affecting a group. Further details are unclear from the fragment.
Telegraphic dispatch from New Orleans dated November 1893 reports the governor's sorrow as a heavy congestion of crowds fills Canal Street in the city, creating a somber early morning atmosphere. The account notes the dense scene and the governor's troubled mood amid the event.
A fragment from a St Louis paper edited by J B Merwin lists a poem How to teach Geography by Mrs Anna C Brackett and offers two school building cuts plus educational notices and new books as read by Mrs Mary Howe Smith before a National Teacher Convention.
The text outlines rough figures on poultry and meat trade, steel and gold usage, and jewelry manufacture. It mentions several US factories producing pins and wartime awards, with scattered references to California, Nevadas, and dollar values amid archaic phrasing.
Incomplete OCR text mentions Tron Steamers and Ce Four iron vansels at Buffalo, with references to supervision and individuals Gibson and others. The fragmentary lines lack clear actions, dates, or outcomes to establish a full news item.
An ex Union soldier Henry Dillon received a check tied to a forged will case involving a Confederate general. The text references forged documents and family disputes, with unclear details and place names.
The New Orleans and Texas Railroad once known as the Chattanooga Heat road has become a wreck in the wake of prodigal subscriptions and failed efforts. The piece notes the ill effects on the line and its financial collapse.
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