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Old Weekly Echo Pieces and Oddities From 1908
A fragmentary page from The Weekly Echo contains miscellaneous anecdotes and jokes. It recounts a talkative child’s view of politics and geography, a soldier's potato quest ending in whiskey, and a legal notice from Lake Charles dated October 3, 1868, all reflecting rustic humor and local notices of the era.
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Sal
Ates
Makes
Bill Brown
Winema
Tina
Humpty Dumpty
Central Park
Mars
Cazenave, Jre
Langley
Ethenete Vibe
Haseby
Leake Charles
Wii
Lake Charles