23 May 1877
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Newspaper
Brimfield Gazette
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1877
Page
1
Local items report church preaching and weddings, store openings, and building changes. Peoria fires destroy a grocery, while sidewalk work and new brick school plans reshape the town. Residents move, trade ads flourish, and a barber opens in Princeville as county activity continues.
Daybreak last Thursday revealed a two story Malo Block blaze in Toulon destroying the lower J D Malick wholesale liquor store and upper armory rooms and injuring little saved property. Insurance totals 1,000 on the building and 2,500 on stock with extensive losses to harness stock and books. Firefighters failed to save the wooden structures and the fire spread east toward Sam's Bank and Odd Fellows Hall before being checked with no further salvage.
A fragmentary religious meditation recounts Elisha prophesying victory as the king nears death, the arrow of the Lord delivering Israel from Aram, and the prophet’s life lessons on fidelity and serving God. The piece weaves in biblical references and end leads to lessons about living for others and dependence on the Holy Spirit.
By reference to the Time Table of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy road the notice reports a shift in running times for afternoon trains. The passenger service from Peoria now departs at 8 20 p m instead of 2 10 p m and no longer connects at Elmwood while the Peoria freight at 1 30 p m now connects with No 156 at Elmwood arriving fifteen minutes earlier. The obituary notes the funeral of Corn wife of J W Hers. Methodist church is set for Sunday in Gardney Td.
The piece discusses accusations against Armstrong and McCoy over building committee influence and county costs, with endorsements and denouncements among local Democrats in Princeville. It includes Armstrong’s reply defending his vote for John A. McCoy and criticizing Dowdall, plus reflections on party politics and editorial attacks.
A distressing scene unfolds as a wan, barely clothed woman pleads from the doorway of a town home. She recalls a once prosperous life and asks about missing family members, while locals discuss court matters, millingry goods, and a young lawyer's recent portrait.
Fragmented letters describe sympathy for a Millbrook correspondent and urge voting women to craft laws. The text laments male lawmakers and imagines women managing households and local duties, while briefly noting Dr. Elmore and others performing a cancer operation near Oak Hill.
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