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Newspaper
Daily Liberal
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1881
Page
3
Morning trains bring updates from LeMars and Plymouth County. Wool purchase, new hotel naming, road and railroad activity, grasshoppers noted with light damage, and upcoming church services. Officials tightening security noted with deputy marshal appointment and police praise.
LeMars council meeting notes appoint D. W. Chamberlain as deputy marshal at 40 dollars monthly after petitions for L M Cadwell and Martin Kneuhle also for the post. Ordinance No 16 on nuisances passes. Saloon licenses set at 125 dollars yearly. Room rental under Kaiser's store approved. Weeds on private property debated. Kluckhohn and Loew grocery moves planned. Burg and Hentge advertise fall stock bargains. A dead horse near town prompts notice. Evangelical church committee to meet about building a local church.
The column reports rising prices for coal and general agricultural optimism as crops including rye barley wheat and corn show strong yields. It notes local moves such as Harry Mason buying and relocating a building, grain buying activity by A Looney, stock dealings by W Frost, and plans for a new Methodist church in Merrill. An upcoming county election is highlighted with Sam Ambrose as a potential sheriff candidate.
Gering Bros report brisk sales of McCormick machines including the Tron Mower with seven thousand units sold this season. Farmers favor the product as orders continually roll in. A July 1881 note package with two amounts of 70 and 100 dollars dated June 28 asks for return of lost notes at Plymouth County Bank.
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