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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1869
Page
2
In September 1900 the column announces M D Ladeko as authorized agent for receiving in New Orleans and highlights health in the parish. It promotes Victor Touchy’s store offering coffee, sugar, candles, matches, soap, and other groceries, urging readers to call and convince themselves of his word. It also references William in a promotional note about truthfulness and service.
A detailed report from the Knorville Press recounts a Fentress County murder, the killer’s capture, and courtroom testimony. An elderly woman and two grandchildren were found dead with an axe wound, a three year old child survived briefly, and testimony links Logan to the scene with two aunts and a young man.
The readable fragments reference a maritime theme with mentions of a voyage or shore event. No clear names, dates, places, or outcomes are established in the surviving text, leaving the core facts ambiguous yet suggestive of a sea related incident or activity.
A humorous scene aboard a train features a conductor prompting a shy man to introduce himself to a Chicago woman, joking that his New York wife would die if he fails. The man blushes, accepts the challenge, and the couple share a light moment with the joke pleasing both spouses. In other business, municipal items include license reimbursements, street repairs, and a council vacancy to be filled by election.
On the 9th inst by Rev R F Prancher Miss Denis K Liverarron to Capt J W Bayan both of this Parish
Pal offer for sale a wide assortment of groceries and household goods including pork coffee flour sugar tea molasses vinegars candles soap tobacco wines liquors Tin ware matches buckets brooms powder shot caps baker's bread crackers candies fruits and more. Call and examine at Victor Touchy Lake Charles September 16, ly.
In Calcasien Parish Court a provisional tableau and account of the Alexandre Hebert succession is filed with a petition for homologation. Interested parties must oppose within thirty days or the account will be approved. Lake Charles August 24, 1809. Parish Judge Da J. Reid. Public notice in The Weekly Sun with local news and notices.
Regular meeting of Lake Charles Town Council held September 4 1869 with Mayor J W Bryan Aldermen J Nettlerode C Schindler B R Studdard W L Hutchins and Secretary W R Rutland present Absent W L Hutchins named pro tem Minutes read approved except license levy resolution to be reconsidered Later adjourned to 6 pm Committee for Market House appointed Constable W L Hutchins authorized to build a box house or fortification and related project estimates for the current year shown in following figures
A death notice from August 29 1869 records Frederic Augustus Iunghaus of Chemnitz Saxony aged about four and a half years. The child’s body was found with two bank books of the Savings Bank of Chemnitz and a small key. German details and an affidavit note the missing person papers in D. J. Reid’s parish possession.
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