21 Oct 1875
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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1875
Page
1
The Weekly Echo announces a Beery Thursday Morning edition with pricing set at $1.50 for a one year copy. Subscriptions and delivery details are listed for readers in the notice.
A late war oil fever led to drilling in Louisiana's Calcasieu sector revealing a vast sulphur bed beneath an inexhaustible gypsum layer. Several bore holes by different parties yielded water or sulphur rich strata, with notable sections describing sand hills, fossil finds, and the potential for mining profits. the piece notes the political and geological intrigue while detailing locations Section 19 to 29 in Township 9 South Range 10 West.
An advertisement touts new organs with pipe like tone and rich sonority at low prices with generous agent terms. It promises price lists for distant buyers and adds Mann's New Method for the Piano Forte praised as systematic and progressive with a price of 9 74.
The wages of labor have fallen on average eighty three per cent in the last two years, with workers who earned $3 a day three years ago now earning only $2, if work is available, while prices for prime necessities have not fallen accordingly. The piece urges voters to consider this in political choices and to vote accordingly.
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