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Newspaper
Brazil Weekly Echo
Location
Brazil, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1875
Page
2
In 1975 Vigo County Institute and Clay County Teachers' Institute are mentioned with events in Terre Haute Center Point and Brazil. References note Republican and Democratic campaigns, a Lake Michigan discovery, a German paper proposal, sheriff sale ads, and editor feuds between local papers Enterprise Miner and Hirsch partnership disputes.
A period piece notes a grand regiment reunion in Indianapolis on October 14 and 15 with a parade, veteran mobilization, and a monument pledge. It calls for county and township committees to organize attendance, transport rates, and post addresses, led by G. J. Langsdale.
A fragmented local column notes Miss Rosie Damm’s return and Miss Osie Bowles visiting, updates on Rev. Cowgill’s farewell sermon, and various neighbors’ happenings. It mentions Mrs. Envert sick, Miss Miner visiting Green Castle, and humorous asides about town life, pepper anecdotes, and a forthcoming basket meeting north of Cloverland.
Letter invites young men of Indiana's Eighth District to compete for a West Point vacancy after the initial appointee declined. Exam to cover writing, spelling, US history, grammar, geography, arithmetic, algebra, and geometry at the State Normal School in Terre Haute on September 1 starting at 9 AM under Prof Buisen and staff.
United States Patent Office reports weekly patent listings with names and locations of applicants including Louis Barger & Co for Warhington D C and inventors such as W M Bullock J M Whitmore W von Behren S N Seiner D Meigs. Entries include Nutlocks Spoke tenoning muck Card spinners and School slates with associated firms and towns.
Developments in business circles last week point to a generally favorable outlook with grain markets weak for breadstuff but improved dry goods and groceries activity. The Sentinel warns of hard times ahead, urging prudent planning for winter labor scarcity and urging relief agencies to prepare preventive guidance as winter poverty looms.
August 17 reports a notice signed by Hon. M. W. Field calling a Greenback convention in Detroit for August 25, 1878. He cites stagnation in business and abuses in finance, inviting supporters of reform to discuss currency issues and government action.
Dr Ungh F Glenn of Jacinto Colusa County California harvested six hundred thousand bushels of wheat on his own farm. He stores it in warehouses awaiting Sacramento river rise to ship. He spends ninety thousand dollars on freight to reach San Francisco market and runs a massive operation with ninety gang plows and a dozen thrashers. He also markets about one hundred thousand dollars worth of stock annually.
An odd Chicago scene unfolds with speculation over the origin of a name tied to an Indian chief or a skunk. A letter from a young wife sparks a domestic muddle as an older man admits pursuit of a wild impulse and heads home.
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