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Newspaper
Centerville Times
Location
Centerville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1881
Page
2
A garbled despatch recalls the State Grange gathering in Des Moines, with scattered references to banking, church matters, political figures, legal cases, and education. The fragmented OCR touches on regents, Blains, Prohibition, public notices, and local concerns without cohesive detail.
Camden Iowa December 19 1881 reads as a lively column on town issues. It discusses post office changes, saloon and billiard nuisances, new stores including a hardware and implement shop, a harness shop and a furniture store. It notes rising prices on back lots, church plans, and local legal actions on whisky sales. It also mentions the Camden Halo Co. decline and community recorders reporting debt, plus local notes about deaths, schools, and church services.
A readerable collage from Moravia area columns reports local weddings and visits, plus notes on residents such as Leo Steele and wife, Wm Croft relatives from Madison County, and Chas Powers. It mentions wedding tours, new houses, toy sales, and local business signs, all in a casual community snapshot.
-O A Stanton is very sick with a stomach disease. Estray hog of Foland China breed weighs about 200 pounds, reward for information. Mannix Tennon. Methodist church entertainment planned for Christian evening with pleasant time expected. Jean and Miller offer Genuine Orleans molasses and sugar No.1 articles. Try them. Oaks Brothers gave a free entertainment at Open House Tuesday despite storm, largest audience of the season. Duke Brothers always draw full houses. Dr. Br. Stephenson operated in Corydon on landlady of Cottage Home removing entire right breast weighing four pounds. Doctor aided by Dr G. W. Morrison of Genoa. notable surgical reputation growing. Capt. J B Gedney to lecture on Prison Life in Dixie at Anteoch schoolhouse Franklin township on 13th and 14th 188? They hold a winter literary society at the schoolhouse with Friday night meetings. next Friday to discuss natural and surrounding incidents.
fragment notes a price list listing fat cattle and cows among items, plus references to zinc boards and other goods. lacks clear dates or entities. conveys a general catalog of commodities and prices from a local shop.
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