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Newspaper
Benton County Herald
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1879
Page
1
A crowded transfer of freight and passenger times appears alongside county officers and church notices. Local ads promote clothing, hardware, and holiday goods while reporting on pensions, farming contracts, and upcoming weddings and legal matters in Vinton Iowa.
Local note lists O and G’s cough remedy marketed by A. L. Hopwood and a gargle formula with strong claims for sore throat and diphtheria. Also mentions Reed's Feed Store cargo of heavy shorts, Watkins editorials criticizing a Geo Danskin piece, and various community updates.
Marysville news notes discuss Advents renting Moore's Hall for meetings and a post office move to Remers Hotel. Items include illnesses and recoveries, a lively chicken contest between Burrell and Wyckoff, a birthing or death mention, a grand Christmas tree preparation, railroad excitement, local blacksmith harvest, collecting agent praise for Esquire Rouse, Byron Mossman moving, a humorous ammonia mix up, and praise for Commodore Culver's writing school. Emma More visits Duncan. Pete.
Florence notes reflect on Mr. D. J. Park’s absence due to his mother’s sickness and burial in Fairfax Iowa on Friday the 19th. Mentions early lodge organization for I C O F, Chris Ellerston aims to sell his flouring mill, fresh oysters available from John Mitchell, Springer and Son stock of holiday goods, and jeweler RP Taylor visiting Cedar Rapids to assist in Norway on December 24.
A selection of notices and ads including shop openings, price comparisons, and ball announcements. Items mention J Harkness Cash Store in East Norway, C A Quam broken limb, McFarland Park coal and wood, a Christmas grand ball by Phil Wagner, and Hop Bitters promotion. Legal notices list administrator appointment for Jacob G Flickinger and a Benton County court case with Beeson and others.
A cluttered page offers wagon material from Studebaker of South Bend Indiana and local sales from the Plunder Store. It also lists hair work services by Mrs. W W Wright, a hog and poultry remedy by Dr Jos Haas with several local endorsements, and an article on James Ross Patent Gold Watch Cases describing plated gold construction and affordability. The notices urge readers to visit merchants Tall and Stickney and view an illustrated catalog.
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