29 May 1878
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Newspaper
Brimfield Gazette
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1878
Page
1
Local notices report Farmington and Canton residents, including Nettie Bryant Lewiton, Shary Clark, and Meases Collections. reminders of festivals, lumber sales, grain shipments, and railroad updates. A military company proposal, school notice, and decorating Soldier's graves plan are noted, plus travel to St Louis and a community debate challenge.
Local notices outline upcoming events including fence painting strawberry festival and church gatherings. Mentions of community figures Matt Dubr Ht Graves W Muey Lizzie Check J B Bowman and Rev Holliday with brief notes on illness attendance and travel. The piece emphasizes timely advertising and 30 day payment policy for job work.
Fragmented notes describe a cut in a local firm, a minor reference to Cleopatra’s Needle, and a baseball game where Manchester Blue Stocking defeated Grimhead Wao Stocking 27 to something. Nearby items mention bridge contracting near Stephen Clarks, a State Sunday School Convention at Decatur, bond issues in Apineeville, and fruit trees at Mr Webster Huey’s with Lom bard variety showing heavy crop and need for support.
The assessor notes legal duty to report all possessed property by May Tat and that the Board of Supervisors appointed an assessor to value all dogs this year. The piece then shifts to local grain shipments with Burt and Tucker reporting large weekly totals and car loads, followed by a dispute over a published article and a remark on a grayhound seen on a train with remarks about local troubles.
Grimfield Cemetery lists buried residents Fra W Blanchard F R Johnson James Huey Horace Dyer Henry Danes Cyrus Yoakam Qeo Lemon Frank Alden Andrew J Laughlin William W Miller Zachary T Lucas Charles Cone Geo M Hartz. Also named are those killed in battle buried elsewhere including Louis Cady George F Woods Reuben Marshall John Pacy Joel Wyman Hugh Smart Jacob Baily Hugh Peters Delos Aldrich Timothy Martindale Bertle Stewart Ira Mendall John Curran. The Muscatine Journal notes the Texas editorial party is now full and quips about Texan barrooms ahead of Hawkeye quill-drivers. A St Louis editor remarks mint juleps in bloom.
Soldiers will meet at Cady's Hall at 1 pm and march to the school house yard for an oration and poem, then proceed to the cemetery for grave decorating and benediction. The rest of the day’s program will proceed as planned. The issue notes busy grain trade, temperance efforts, church events, and a train trip to French Grove with observations on local brick and tile yards and notable town activity.
Scurraxb notes from May 27 meeting with plans for June 7 program and debate on monarchy versus democracy. Also items on a boarding house bequest, a 1878 May 25 death of Charles L Campbell, and the Mary C Mack funeral in Jubilee township with references to family, church, and scripture.
The Ladies of the Congregational Church plan a festival at Cady's Hall on Friday night with ten cent door charge, supper on the European plan, and local notices urge supporting events. The Peoria House in Peoria is praised as a leading Central Illinois hotel with modern dining facilities and improved facilities under Col Deane. Various local advertisements mention grocers, fabrics, and seasonal goods, with notes on agricultural prospects and printed stock of papers.
Herrington, Herger and Co announce twenty five new styles from a Missouri paper speculating on Tilden's political career after his wife confessed. New stock of canned goods arrives at Straims. Steamers to Seattle America maintain coin-operated machines to repair berths and provide supplies for passengers and crew.
A fragmented newspaper notice sequence advertises ladies and children shoes, cash-only policy, clothing specials at Waves Bros, cigars at 3.5 cents, and a brief sales pitch for Fall Wheat Flour from Wichita Kansas. Also mentions cows for sale by JP Bowman & Co and a dated remark May 27, 18th.
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