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Newspaper
Brazil Weekly Echo
Location
Brazil, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1876
Page
3
A long column reports visitors like Guthrie and Blake in Greencastle, Indiana, and other figures in Brazil. It notes water works, planned building projects, political activity, and upcoming elections. A humorous tale about Jason and a horse closes the item.
An editorial questions county dependence on coal and urges agricultural diversification. It notes four-fifths of farms mortgaged and warns of financial disaster if the area remains tied to coal. It calls for developing farming and improving transportation alongside coal but not neglecting agriculture. It also reports local business news and political notes from Clay County Indiana.
Reverend Brown of Asbury University delivered the morning discourse at the M E church on Sunday. The article notes the Miner newspaper and mentions discussions of costs and transposing pages, with scattered remarks on local events and gatherings.
The obituary notes Addie Chambers from Tacoma died after a brief visit, leaving a husband and child. She was a sister of James M. Trosk ins Esq. and had many relatives and friends in the county. Her memory is praised as a loving wife and faithful friend. Age 29 years. Com.
A sharp letter to the editor from Knightsville dated February 14 1876 addresses allegations against an office seeker. It asserts forgery and misrepresentation in a prior card, argues for default against the accused, and demands public accountability before November 17 1876 with strong wording about guilt and exposure.
A farm column notes a veteran granger father of twenty four children. Weather hints point to better days after this month. United Brethren Church begins a protracted meeting at Mid Mebury on the 20th. Remarks on Republicans and brigadiers, a greenback club, and a new drug store in Clay City. Clover seed sells at 8 25 per bushel. grangers wish for more precious cargo to sell. A settler felled a mammoth cotton wood on the Elk river, its trunk used in a stable walk.
An OCR fragment promotes Castoria as a stomach and bowel remedy and Centaur Liniment for rheumatic pain, then abruptly shifts to a real estate sale note stating a sheriff sale of land by order of a Clay Circuit Court with Abraham Hyde listed against Elizabeth and David Switzer.
Small ads announce goods for sale at slightly above cost from R A Webster corner Main and Depot streets. Reading rooms open for Young Men’s Christian Association from 7 to 10 pm. A farm near Lena on the J and St L RR with iron ore, 200 acres, offered for sale. Rentals available for tenant houses. Steam flour mill ready at Ashboro for farmers seeking reliable service.
Clay Circuit Court grants judgment for Thomas Lay against Patrick Groak and Bridget Groak and orders sale at public auction to satisfy the claim.
Sheriff sale of the undivided half of northwest quarters of the southwest quarter and northwest quarter in section 11 township 13 range 7 in Clay County Indiana. Sale held March 25 1876 at Bowling Green Court House from 10 am to 4 pm. Fees to satisfy execution against John W Webster and Furnace Mershon with rents and profits for up to seven years.
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