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Newspaper

Chariton Democrat

Location

Chariton, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1887

Page

3

Best in the World Round Oak Stove and local notices

A sprawling Chariton area column notes sales of Round Oak heating stoves, local watch and jewelry repairs by Chas Sands, and nearby industry like the Whitebreast Coal Company hoisting engines. It also covers Christmas toast, local insurance groups, miner Davis in Chariton jail, and community notices including residents visiting, shipments, and Princeps of goods at Lewis’s grocery.

Gooprica & Ensley Davis Chariton James

Holiday sale offer for music box and prizes

Notice invites customers to buy goods for a ticket in a holiday giveaway ending around January 1. Purchases at the Davenport store earn one chance per dollar toward an expensive music box and other fancy items as a public incentive. The second fragment discusses Armour’s meat price tactics and plans to expand retail presence to pressure Iowa markets.

Iowa G. A. Lockwood

Schubert Quartet Gaffe Closes Opera Hall Engagement

Last Tuesday night the Schubert Quartet was billed at the Opera Hall but refused to perform after a contract dispute with Wright the hall lessee. Wright cancelled the engagement citing unfulfilled obligations by the company and the lecture bureau. A storm and weak attendance left a disappointed audience. Wright offered the proceeds to the company with no rent or compensation.

Wright

Bank of England vaults and security measures described

The piece details finely balanced doors at the Bank of England to deter the unemployed from theft. It claims bullion rooms are submerged in water nightly and protected by alarms linked to living quarters. Aureate satire notes the Democrat office wealth stored in impractical containers and promises better vaults.

Democrat Bank of England

Local notices and theater listings fill busy week

Advertisements tout heating stoves clocks and canned goods with low prices from Kiva Graves Sands and Manning's. A Baptist church series hosts Rev L Fosdyck. tax settle by Jan 1 1888. Muallory's Opera House opens January 2 with Ten Nights in a Bar Room. tickets 50 86 15 with box office Friday. Gotthold's Uncle Tom's Cabin closes after a week of performances at Grand Opera House.

Muallory Opera House Leech & Sevens’ Strong Brooklyn Quartette Gotthold Uncle Tom’s Cubis Co Grand Opera House Cincinnati Enquirer

Birthday surprise marks L D Westfall sixty ninth milestone

Last Friday the 283d inst. marked the sixty ninth birthday of L. D. Westfall. His children and grandchildren staged a full surprise party, presenting him with tokens of esteem. Local news notes visits by Johnnie Feush and wife to Logan county Illinois and Charley Kimsey in Ottumwa. Some travel uses railway half fare. Quarterly meeting services drawn favorable commentary on sermons by the new presiding Elder. A note asks readers to forgive a weekly bore who missed the joke.

Derby L. D. Westfall Johnnie Feush Logan County Illinois

Stray young buck with leather neck straps found near A W Manx

I found a two or three year old tame buck roaming my property on Sunday Nov 20. It wears two leather straps around its neck and appears to have escaped from an owner. The owner must pay for this ad and for the keeper's expenses if he wants the deer returned.

A. W. Manx

Marion County Claims Champion Milk and Butter Cow

Wm. Barnes & Son report a cow of eight years weighing 1,860 pounds that produced 2,010 pounds of milk in 30 days, averaging 67 pounds daily and 91 pounds of butter. The record exceeds prior state leaders, with daily milk peak at 75 pounds and butter up to 8 pounds 8 ounces. feed averaged 25 pounds bran and chop daily. Marion County invites challengers to contest the title.

Wm. Barnes & Son Marion County

Lucas Co Joint Stock to Meet January 7 1888

Annual meeting of Lucas County Joint Stock Association set for January 7 1888 at the Court House Chariton. Lee Crawford and J F Spiker serve as officers with secretary and president listed.

Lucas County Agricultural Society Court House Cnusing Joint Stock Association Frank Granngesr Sec Lucas Co. Joint Stock Association Chariton Lee Crawford J. F. Spiker

First National Bank Chariton Directors Election Set

The owners of the capital stock of the First National Bank Chariton Iowa will meet at the banking house in Chariton on the second Tuesday in January 1888 for the election of directors F R Crocker cashier About the prettiest thing that has been made by Chariton artisans in a long time the fing cutter manufactured by Wm Schrieber It is tinted white with colored decorations The sleigh drew attention of Mr Mallory who added it to the conveyances about Llion

Oceola Billy Patterson W. E. Lewis Lewis Mankato Minao Opera House A.N. Wright Hhis Jewelry Store Wright Opera Hall Chariton Mort L. Bixler First National Bank Iowa F. R. Crocker Chariton Artizans Wm. Schrieber Mallory Llion

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