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Newspaper
Brimfield Gazette
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1879
Page
4
A historical sketch describes the shift from wooden stakes and harrows to the steel plow and reaper, sparking a farming era in the western plains. It notes the excitement over new gear, the spread of innovations, and the social memory of pioneer methods including harrows, forks, and grain cleaning practices.
A nostalgic tale recalls schoolyard etiquette and the mitten game as boys accompany girls home, sugar camp gatherings, and the playful social rites of youth. It then profiles JOAN MCCUNE born 1811 in Dumfries Scotland, his 1832 emigration, naval service, and settlement of Scotland Prairie with notes on pioneer families, land names, and local demographics.
An array of short notes from Illinois and Indiana items: crop woes in wheat and fruit, wind powered mill at Niantic, Illinois details on local orders, Rockford rites funding, Pekin market bonds, a state paper’s name, McHenry grand jury, Ottawa saloons, Champaign cooking club, Molpe militia, DeKalb cheese shifts, Scott County finances, rail shipments to Indianapolis, rains boosting wheat, Michigan oddities including a three inch fish reported alive in Plymouth area.
The Beaver Failh Times lists a land ruling upsetting residents across Renville County who thought they were on homestead lands. Other notes cover a Faribault amber trade, a Minnesota diocese council in June, the Sangerfest in Minneapolis, a 24 pound newborn, a wolf-rescued town boy, Faribault gas works explosion, and widespread rain complaints. A Milly county curiosity features a two-mouthed pig from near Glenwood. Fraud warnings target farmers and a westward-moving traveler loses gear. A cave near Cottonville yields wonders, Lyon County inherits a £10,000 English estate share, and Burlington dislikes English sparrows. A Grundy Center bell for a public school, Washington soldiers buried, Cedar Rapids reform clubs, a Dubuque ornament factory, and Mattamouth high-school bonds deemed illegal complete the list. Linwood reports a calf weighing 184 pounds at 24 hours.
A perfect time-keeper with hunting-case and Heavy Plated Chain. It is warranted for five years to denote time accurately like a $100 Chronometer Watch. Includes a first-class compass and other features despite garbled OCR text.
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