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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1877
Page
3
A fragment covering holiday shopping at Tilden & McLain and Thomas Soper Bons offering boots. Mentions a State Teachers association meeting in Cedar Rapids, editorials on President Hayes and the silver bill, winter home repairs, shipping advise via the Red Line to Boston and New York, and a letter from Hazle Grove Iowa whose meaning was unclear.
The writers announce readiness to submit their club bet for 1878 and aim to offer Scribner and St Nicholas a substantial list of names. They plan to club with all magazines and periodicals published.
A Louisville letter describes Thanksgiving customs in 1877 with suspended business and theatre matinees. It notes the Murphy temperance pledge gain, a partygoer misplacing his coat in the mud after a ball, and mentions local correspondents Sheldahl andObserver as valued readers. The writer signs as W. Horns from Louisville, November 29, 1877.
All parties holding accounts against me are asked to present them for payment by January 1 1878. Any person indebted by book account or note are urged to call and settle by that date. After the date I will close my books and sell only for cash or its equivalent, as I am bound to sell cheap. Very respectfully yours A H Tuaren.
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