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Newspaper
Brazil Weekly Echo
Location
Brazil, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1875
Page
3
A snapshot of town notices and ads including Stough’s ice wagon M Il llixon Wingate banking business and W S Ryces Cory Terre Haute promotions. Docket delays court five weeks furnace iron production and a school picnic with Prof Lusk's Band. Wagon sales Omnibus repairs Studebaker Wagons and local contractors all appear amid tax notices and playful asides.
Readable fragments list fabrics and accessories such as silks, summer silks, grenadines, alapacas, spring dress goods, parasols, sils wls, neck ties, table linens with unclear context or details.
Local column lists many visitors and residents in Bowling Green and nearby towns, including Klingler in Terre Haute, Pinkley in Bowling Green, Dr. Maxey and Indy in Staunton, Yocum poised to be Clay County sheriff after August, plus church and circus notices and notes on upcoming court and tax assessments. Includes promotion for Great European Circus, and mention of a murder case dismissal in the Indiana v Sumner docket.
Sunday event marked by a civic procession from Walnut and Main to the cemetery west of town. Mayor Herr led prayers and remarks, Alex Strachan spoke, and graves were covered with flowers as bands Lusk’s and Young America contributed dirges. Credit given to bands and organizing groups for a successful observance.
A large joint outing by the First and Second Presbyterian Churches of Terre Haute drew about three hundred charter members to a grove near Eaglesfield Station. The excursion featured a five coach train, festive music, and a harvest of liberal, intelligent attendees enjoying a day of hospitality and recreation, with social highlights and lively crowds along the route.
Mr William H OK and party inspected the city schoolhouse churches and other places of interest including a water works opera and city observatory but postponed those visits until next time. They were pleased by evident local prosperity and continued their journey homeward at 9:36 p m.
The Great European Show features a Grand Parade with a Golden Car carrying Bavarian Pioneer Band, exotic animals, the Aurora tableau, and a range of attractions. Notable acts include Tasher the African bushboy, King Darwin and his Bride, and the operanicon. Balloon race and free show promise grand spectacle for families and visitors alike. Prof. William H. Atkins reports a strong teacher licensing examination in Bowling Green with fifty applicants and high school participants excelling.
City schools plan a nine month term with two new buildings, a praised teaching staff, and a school picnic at the Fair Grounds to boost parental cooperation. The notice urges parents to visit classrooms, assist in governance, and support youth training, contrasting with neglectful attitudes and other local ads.
Special session of Brazil city council approves contracts with Dean Brothers Vance Reeves and McCutchen for water works machinery boilers and a well. Engineers ordered to survey Chew Yocom addition and bill property owners. Awards granted for brick work John Rider 975 dollars and Daniels Perkins 750 dollars. Claims and dirt bill referred to committees.
Center Point Indiana hosts a four week July 26 session to train teachers in common and other branches with $3.50 tuition in advance. Center Point sits on the Brazil Bowling Green road four miles from Bowling Green and offers $3 weekly furnished rooms. Also advertised are hay tools and a vinegar tonic.
Mail arrives 9 36 Saturday night so post office opens Sunday 9 to 10 am. Also offers 20 transfer pictures with full instructions and 5 oil chromos 7x10 inches plus a 2000 item catalog for 50 cents. Includes transfer pictures for ladies toilet bottles and lamp shades and a family portfolio of assorted chromes for $1.00. Address Bellenatder & Co New York No 66 Fulton Street. Agents wanted. Publishers may earn goods by publishing notice.
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