30 May 1877
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Newspaper
Brimfield Gazette
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1877
Page
1
A partial OCR reads scattered place names including Chicago Arora Mendota Lomtmr Duncan Monica and Bradfort Cestletan Wyorming with stray numbers and symbols. The text appears as an unreadable archival scrape with no coherent event or action to summarize.
A Chicago proprietor takes over the Wyoming Post while Wyoming and Elmwood grant ale and beer licenses. The article notes Mr Catton's son recovering from injury, and mentions John W Herrington visiting Chicago to arrange goods for Herington, Herger & Co. Discussions touch on the 1877 Mitoia Legislature and limited session outcomes.
Bamiron Gazette cites a Farmington News letter defending the new schoolhouse as structurally sound. It details wall thickness, footings, pilasters, ventilation shafts, and planned iron anchors, arguing the building is stout and properly reinforced against storms.
The county hosts 105 Sunday Schools with 1,132 teachers and 596 scholars totaling 10,723. Public schools educate 9,621 children. Last year 163,047 Sunday papers were distributed. Libraries hold 15,480 volumes, with Sunday School labor costing $3,764.92.
Bishop Spalding with Bishop Foley of Chicago was enthusiastically received by Peoria citizens on Tuesday last. A large procession met him at the depot and escorted him to St. Marys Church in what was among the town’s largest assemblies.
Miss Whiteside’s March 6 1877 report lists top spellings pupils with percentages: 100 percent Warner Hathaway Carrie Needham Anna McBullen Prescott Heald. 96 percent Etts Stansbury Carrie Smith Emily Brooks Bemmie Hamilton. 90 percent Ide Wyman Jesule Huey Ida Culbertson Willie Dowman Elton Fisher Gertie Yocum Minnie Cole.
Warns of dangerous counterfeit five dollar notes circulating in the German National Bank Chicago Isl with government and bank markings. Notes described with red color numbers and engraver details, urging purchase from Hayes Bros for Indies' ganze vests.
A reminiscence of the Wolcott house built in October 1886 by David Shane, its social role in Charleston Illinois, and the Wolcott family. The piece recounts early residents, gatherings, notable visitors, and the house as a center of community life before detailing a modern furniture and undertaker showroom run by Pursell & Camp.
A reader-friendly survey visits Thomas Andrews pork gery with fine Berkshires praised for care and cleanliness. Wycolf brothers raise Foland China pigs, while Dora Reed and others prep tile drainage on wheat farms. J Y Coe at Grove Corners is noted for friendly service as farmers plan extensive ditching. The piece notes spring fieldwork delayed by wet weather and mentions an upcoming tax law affecting cattle districts and perceived voter reactions.
Program details for the Monthly Union Concert at M B Church on Sunday June 10 include prayer, singing, and class subjects from Ogugengastonal School bearing the cross and winning the crown, Bloging Presbyterian School Truth, Ringing Baptist School Weeks Work by Lollie Slocum class and recitation by Carrie Morale, infant and intermediate lessons Lazarus at the rich man s table. A near by excursion to Peoria to At Lasts for the Young Men s Catholic Total Abstinence Society departs June 2 returns June 4 with tickets $3. Also reports on a Missionary Convention in Toulon with Rev Case and Henry Johnson and the education of WC Dewey, plus various local ads and notices.
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