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Newspaper
Brazil Weekly Echo
Location
Brazil, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1873
Page
2
Special notice states that after purchasing Thos J Gray's interest in The Echo, Knm & Fane urge all owing customers to settle. The piece also notes official Ohio results with Willem Allen's 817 majority and mentions related local items and labor wage cuts for I L & St L section hands.
John G Heenan the noted prize fighter died last Saturday morning near Rawlins on the Union Pacific Railroad while on his way to San Francisco. He was over six feet tall and had risen to prominence after the 1859 bout with Tom Sayers for the championship belt. Heenan’s death follows a life of athletic achievement and a fortune made in boxing amid a period of financial panic commentary on speculative excess and rising distress in the economy.
The article argues Brazil must improve its roads to support thriving growth and act as a regional trading hub. It notes trade follows travel routes, as farmers transport grain and pork to markets along the best roads available.
Merchants urge local road improvements from Brazil to Terre Haute arguing better roads will boost trade. They propose graveling or paving with culverts from patrol stone and furnace cinders, plus opening a stock company to fund work. The Bowhue Green and Carlton roads are highlighted as critical.
A Resty Thousand Dollar Race is planned to take place in San Francisco on November fifteenth. The event is expected to draw local racing enthusiasts and feature a prize of one thousand dollars.
Reports indicate Indiano Polis grapples with heavy municipal debt raising questions about budgeting and fiscal stability. Officials warn of long term liabilities and seek strategies to curb deficits and restore credit outlook.
The panic causes layoffs in Danforth Locomotive works Paterson halting 500 workers. Strong’s silk and three shoe factories suspend operations. Furnaces cut wages by 10 percent with risk of total closure. Hudson brick yards and Garner & Co. print works pause. 10,000 jobless. Navy yard discharge hits 400 mechanics and 1,000 laborers amid funding shortages.
A young lady in this place has bought a house for her mother and younger family members using the earnings from selling books by subscription. The claim is presented as fact and not buncombe.
Greencastle class excursion by Asbury seniors travels to Chicago with stops at Lafayette and Michigan City. They tour the Exposition and Fidelity Bank vaults, witness Goldsmith Maid, view Dexter Park trotting, and note Chicago’s post fire growth and lake winds.
Old friend Hoskins and Carpenter buy a fine blood horse. School basins begin Monday under W S Carpenter. Local preaching set for Onion Church with Rev Akers. Obits note Elmer Spencer dies aged about two, from spasms after walnuts. Levi Yocom dies at his brother’s home. Two thefts reported, including flour stolen from Mr Tarvis and a schoolhouse break in. Reward of twelve eggs offered for guilty party. editorial urges cleaning up the community.
A mob about 60 men attacked Centerville jail deputies guarding the move to Richmond. They fired on the jail door, used a six pound cannon with nails and iron scraps, and the deputies surrendered conditionally. Thirty men hold the jail as threats of larger attacks loom to reclaim county records.
A travel narrative notes a group from the University completing a trip home on the Michigan Central. The writer praises Mr. Sloat and conductors Wilson and Sullivan for kindness. They report the class average age 23, height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 1464 pounds, oldest 30, youngest 19, with two married men among 34 members. likely the largest class yet.
A reader attacks a self styled doctor known as Dr J Afills, labeling him a quack who failed to establish a practice and now panders to workers with self praise. The note mocks his capitalization and political stances, cites Burns and Horatio as satire, and urges preservation of his letters for future generations.
Bowling Green Eugles reports court adjournment Saturday evening. W P Blair admitted to the bar. Dr J P Wochstetler moved to town. Court in session with more than usual business and several important causes decided. Cordwood prices rise. measurements noted three feet four inches. Prof Eastman concert praised though Sabbath Schools seek proceeds details. Wyomin legislature nicknames listed. Mishwaka mouser hen noted.
In Terra Haute Gazette notes by N E Bledsoe the Clay County Fair awards to Singer Sewing Machine spark questions. The record shows first and second premiums given to Grover and Baker entries before a red and blue ribbon for Singer appeared, with inquiries into rules and entries.
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