Busy Brookfield One of Them and Its Neighboring Towns
A Quincy Whig correspondent notes Brookfield Missouri as a growing town of about two thousand residents at the end of the Hannibal and St. Joe Railroad. The piece highlights its beauty, streams Yellow Turkey and Elk Creeks, stock farming, and a thriving public school built in 1870, led by Prof. B. A. Jones and several teachers. It mentions local churches, a social telegraph line, modest manufacturing including the Advance Boot and Shoe Factory, and marble monument work by John McGlothin. Banking firm Brownell & Co and Brookfield Coal Company are noted, with coal output limited by miner shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal & St. Joe
McHine
New England
B. A. Jones
Minnie Tillotson
Nannie Broun
Gorgie Snow
Amelia Sluman
Mannie Gillson
Brookfield
iIt
Sam Weller
N. W. Fay
Fay
Missouri
Jay
Rnch
Chicago
John McGlothin
Brownell & Co
Brookfield Coal Couise
Si Place
HW. Emanuel & Co
Pe, &c
Ae County
Bowa
Lob. Hoss
J. N. Gross
Board of Education
A. McVey
T. R., May
M. H. Smith
BR. J. Dann
C. H. Mansur
J. 8. Fank
3. Clarke
St. Louis
D.W. C. Edgerton
Quincy
Kansas City
Grand River Broom Company
J. J. Broaddus
J. A. Trumbo
D. B. Dorsey
A. H. Onderdonk
Weiss, Vosburg & Brother
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Stafford & Pringle
Chilicothe
Dl. 8
Bearce & Co
Lockwood
Ullinois
R. 8
McLeod
Brookfield’s Rise Tied to Hardware and Farm Implements
An elderly Quincy native has grown into a leading Brookfield tradesman. The town’s strong hardware and agricultural implement sectors thrive in its rich farming region. Brookfield offers robust hotel facilities, a vibrant local press, and an active, alert citizenry, signaling a bright future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Brookfield
Plymouth and Tennessee Ill towns boast prosperous trade
Correspondent notes Plymouth Ill with population around 1200 and thirty nine years on the line as a thriving hub. Local merchants like Bidwell Brothers & Bowman and W M King & Son drive hardware dry goods and furnishings while Cuyler House hosts travelers. Tennessee Ill reports solid crop yields, coal mines employing a dozen, and plans for Seaman’s Little Washer manufacture, with walnut timber shipments to Chicago. Chillicothe Missouri sees rapid growth, new school building, diverse manufactures, and busy merchants like Smith & McVey, Bearce & Co, and Ziefle & Estep amid a rising industrial scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Ild
Quincy Whig
J. Eaton, Esq
Colchester
Quincy Coal Company
J. Babcock
Illinois
Indiana
Rockford
Messrs
Platt & Powers
Chicago
Plymouth
Hill’s Grove
Chillicothe
Smith & McVey
H. & St. Jo. Roy
New York
Ted
Samuel F. Boyce
Helena City
Messrs. Dunn & Daly
Missouri
Star Clothing and
Ziefle & Estep
Chapin & Son
Chilicothe
Browning
J. W. Heynolds
D. E. Dorsey
Heart Disease Widespread Reported in County
Correspo'dense from the White Crayton datelined Dec 14 notes heart disease prevailing widely this season. In the past two weeks there were two local cases, including the sudden collapse of J Burdett a butcher at this place who fell dead at the door while serving customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Crayton
J. Burdett
Usua
Ile
Court House Dome Debate with Architect McKean
A Whig reporter interviews architect McKean on the Board of Supervisors plan to remove the courthouse dome and replace it with towers or other substitutions. McKean argues the dome is essential for beauty, fire watch, and view, estimating total costs may still fit the 200 000 appropriation. He notes bids may reduce overall costs and that the project should proceed as originally designed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Wma
Jonn
Mrean
McKean
Chicago
Eamck
Miller's Convention in Chicago seeks flour rate relief
In Chicago on December 13 a large Midwest gathering at Grand Pacific Hotel formed a Miller's Association of the Northwest with Minneapolis' D. R. Barber as temporary chairman and H. W. Hipple as secretary. Committees were named to elect officers and study transportation, aiming for fair flour rates and potential action restricting shipments until spring navigation. Current rates are 4 cents per cwt for grain and 90 cents per barrel for flour as Eastern lines discuss possible rate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwest
Minnesota
Grand Pacific Hotel
D. R. Barber
Minneapolis
H. W. Hipplie
Faribault
Miller's Association of
Eastern Lines
Camp Point Notes Show Local Industry Activity
Camp Point notes report steady business despite bad roads with factories expanding to capacity after next week. The Camp Point Manufacturing Company plans 500 Keer Corn planters this winter as shops shift to production. The Neuman House hotel nears opening south of the depot, L. W. Wright opens a local picture gallery, Joseph Cromwell closes a south square grocery, and H. O. Rogers starts a broom factory with three workers making three to five dozen brooms daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Point
Quincey Whir
Camp Point Manufacturing Company
Neuman Tense
L. W. Wright
Plymouth
Joseph Cromwell
H. O. Rogers
Coal Mines Near Colchester Spur Busy Season
Correspondent notes Colchester Coal Company employing fifty to sixty miners plus thirty-five in the banks, while Quincy Company runs three shafts and operates twelve banks with about 200 workers. The firm is negotiating for seventy acres of land from William Lee. Miners report steady work and good conditions as the season opens with a turkey shooting match ongoing and another planned for the 24th and 25th offering turkeys pigeons and watches as prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lee
Aland Swindle Uncovered in Missouri and Arkansas
A large land fraud in Southeastern Missouri forged deeds to lands in Northern Arkansas and Southeastern Missouri. Operations centered in Cincinnati Pittsburgh Philadelphia New York and Manchester England. Over twelve million acres valued at 25 to 43 billion dollars, records destroyed since the Civil War. Shannon County grand jury indicts Dr Thomas K Herman David D Gingham and James L Lawton for complicity. Lawton alleged to lead extensive English operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Arkansas
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New York
Manchester
England
United States
Grand Jury
Shannon County
Thos. K. Herman
David D. Gingham
James L. Lawton
Lawton
Englund
Church and State in Boston Preachers Meeting Fallout
Prof Wills denies remarks attributing praise to Gen Grant after a Boston preachers meeting. He states his speech censured ecclesiastical interference with civil government and denied any discussion of Grant. Also reported a Balling Ford riot left seven blacks dead and no whites harmed, with subsequent quiet as blacks fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New You
Prof. Wills
Bishop Haven
Boston
Grant
Gen. Grant
Methodist Church
Vickeburg
Western Associated Press
Balling Ford
Quebec House considers burial privilege bill
In the House yesterday a bill was introduced to prevent a recurrence of the Guibord case. It grants the ordinary of a diocese absolute privilege to indicate burial places in Catholic cemeteries across the provinces. The New York World mocks the President's Message style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Death of Col. Jackson Grimshaw at York Street home
Col. Jackson Grimshaw aged 53 died this morning at his residence on York Street after a prolonged illness. Born in Philadelphia November 22, 1822 he pursued civil engineering on the New York and Erie Railway before turning to law in Harrisburg. He practiced in Pittsfield and Quincy where the firm Williams & Grimshaw gained prominence. A Republican nominee for Congress in 1856 and 1858, he served as collector of internal revenue for the Quincy district from 1865 to 1869. Grimshaw was noted for rare ability and influential links to Lincoln and military dispatches aiding the Union. He died surrounded by relatives with many mourners in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Grimshaw
York Street
Philadelphia
New York & Erie
Harrisburg
Iainois
Pittsfield
Pike County
Wm. A. Grimshaw
Quincy
Archibald Williams
Grimshaw
Williams & Grimshaw
Illinois
Congress
Tincoln
Charleston
8. C
Col. Grimshaw
United States
Belfast
Ireland
S. C
Jackson
South Carolina
J. J. Mulligan
Free State
Pennsylvania
Col
Jackson Grinshaw
Bloomington
Toe
Lincoln
Yates
City
Washington
Gov
St. Louis Arsenal
Annapolis
National Capital
West
Union
Large Diamond Shown by Col Wood in Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun reports Col J A H Wood of Philadelphia displayed a purportedly largest U S diamond in Camden Station after a trip to Baltimore. Found at Cape of Good Hope it weighed 107 carats rough, cut in New York to 40 carats costing 31600, and valued by Tiffany at 50000 due to its off color straw tint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
J. A H. Wood
Philadelphia
Baltimore
L. AM. Cole
Camden Station
Cape of Good Hope
Africa
New York
Tiffany
Col. Wood
Baltimore Sun
Cupid's Work: List of Marriage Certificates Returned
A weekly cannibal state list shows pairs such as D. B. Miller and Martha E. Girard, August Moyers and Louisa Haas, Bernard Bosing and Elizabeth Lucken, Vleming Williams and Annie Francis, Adam Stolf and Mary Folm, James Guthridge and Matilda E. Burke, Wesley Clair and Mary Talbott, James W. Norris and Elizabeth Starrett, Henry Meingold and Mary Merker, and George Keller and Josephine Berger, with certificates returned to the County Clerk for record through Dec 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
D. B. Miller
Martha E. Girard
August Moyers
Louisa Haas
Bernard Bosing
Elizabeth Lucken
Vleming Williams
Annie Francis
Adam Stolf
Mary Folm
James Guthridge
Matilda E. Burke
Wesley Clair
Mary Talbott
James W. Norris
Elizabeth
Starrett
Henry Meingold
Mary Merker
George Keller
Josephine Berger
Prisoners Escape In Kentucky Amid Reward Offer
Sixteen inmates fled from Henderson County Kentucky Sunday night. A liberal reward is posted for their recapture. The incident appears in a brief executive report amid other national items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson County
George H. Pendleton
Atlanta
Gartrell
Pendleton
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University
Buford Wilson
Treasury
Chicago
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Brookfield, Mo
Hrookfield
Enoorrmip
Tere
Bidwell Brothers & Bowman
Lewis Graham
W. M. King & Son
J. A. Hamilton
W. M. King
T. G. Metzger
Bybee & ‘Erry
Wenry ‘Tuck
The
Bellows
Gus
Michaels
K. Gaylord
Cuyler
Cuttuhernn
Deg. W
UhiVicothe
Or. HH. Snyder
Down
Court House
the Millers
Col. Jackson Grimshaw
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