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Newspaper
Benton County Herald
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1885
Page
2
A dense, readable jumble of commerce notices and public notices from Vinton Iowa including sales offers for fruit, seeds, china, papers, and farm equipment. It lists items for sale or trade, farm rents, local weather notes, social events, marriages, and public meetings with names of residents and local officials.
Reports a Chicago city election underway and a temperance league meeting at the M E Church led by Afr. James Hanna with Lola McDaniel recitations. Includes multiple parcel sale and property transfer records in Belle Plaine and surrounding townships, listing several transfers and prices.
The Vinton Mill Company proclaims its history as Benton County’s oldest mill dating to 1855 and vows to restore the high flour grade. The new manager cites twenty years milling experience, overhauls, and new machinery to compete with Minneapolis quality, promising higher grain prices for farmers and support for local merchants. Shipments will be handled by appointed agents.
An 1885 broadside features seeks for a Goonnety- Seeder contract at $25 for sala, spring millinery by Mrs. Barger, tailoring by W. J. Woop with basement shop at Hayward’s, and dressmaking services in Belle Plaine. It also lists a $100 reward from the Iowa Township Mutual Fire Insurance Co. for arson at Buckeye, seed and loan offers, schoolhouse bidding in Harrison Township, a medical cure claim, and ads for Electric Bitters and blood purifiers with prices and vendors Gea. W. Speers and others.
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