16 May 1877
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Newspaper
Brimfield Gazette
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1877
Page
1
Tosiah Gratty Attorneys at Law located at 325 Main Street Peoria A1 offers legal services.
A mixture of town updates records Memorial Day plans and church services. Local building work includes new awning installation while a store faces accident risks from a collapsing wall with minor damage to merchandise. Community notices highlight lectures, school work, and YMC A and Peoria meetings.
A chaotic jumble of 19th century ad lines and snippets mentions ale and hogs, ship bravado, a mule joke, tie votes, store notices, deaths, enamel paint prices, marriage quips, a dressmaker tool, and Gilbert the Peoria hat dealer. The mix shows bustling commerce and social asides.
A collage of jokes ads and gossip items includes playful quips about hats at Day's cash store oddball barbers, goat pasture for rent, shoe notes from Kendall calf boot agent, and cheap prints. It mentions a Vatican order and local furniture, dress goods, and framed repairs while peppered with puns and stray anecdotes.
A long letter discusses Professor Tice of St. Louis and his weather prognostications, almanacs, and a signal service barometer. It notes storms align with planetary cycles, praises a storm glass instrument, and shares personal anecdotes of accurate forecasts. The piece also covers local ads, shop notices, and community happenings from Starford and nearby towns, with names like Capt. John B. Rugers and various Peoria firms.
Corcoran sold a stock of tinners tools in Monica and Blandinville after luring buyers from town. He fled to Rock Island as Mr Curtis lost about $600 in tools. Curtis and Shave chased to Maquon and Blandinville for recovering items. An uptown man alarmed by burglars hid under the bed but was unharmed.
A feature on disinfectants and foul air cites typhoid fever as a growing danger linked to modern dwellings. It highlights sulphate of iron as a deodorizer and instructs women to apply simple, cheap steps at home to improve air quality and curb disease in the absence of major sewer reforms.
Maggie B Phelps wife of Joh during May 14 1877 died at Brimfeld scom after midnight consumption. She had been frail years with illness, sought climate aid, returned home in March and declined, expressed readiness for heaven to her children. A devoted Methodist member for over twelve years she left a life of piety and care, with sympathies from family and friends as they mourn her loss and await reunion beyond the river.
A Sunday school lesson notes Jonah’s mission to Nineveh and its call to repentance. It emphasizes obedience to God, the peril of disobedience, and God’s mercy to a penitent city, urging faithful preaching and sincere repentance over outward show. The piece reflects 19th century church rhetoric and religious instruction.
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