14 Feb 1884
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Newspaper
Mineral Point Tribune
Location
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1884
Page
1
A busy, scattered column from Darlington notes events and ads: Valentine promotions at merchants, lectures by E. R. and E. Eaton, a roller skate read, and a charity raffle. Local concerns include tax arrears, price cuts, a shooting gallery on Commerce St, and intakes for a gymnasium club.
Delinquent real estate tax redemption offered by county board with interest rate limited by law. Warnings about speculators buying certificates as grace period nears end. last week J. P. Hawkins left poultry business, replaced by John Oates managing Hamburg variety. Community notes include butter shortage, molasses substitutes, local shop ads, a sled accident injuring Willie Gillmann, arrests for disturbing church meetings, and anti tea with Prussian blue dye sale.
A compilation of society notes from Dodgeville and surrounding areas. Jones and Becker promote the Lodgeville Marble Works with fairs praise. Loftus Wright returns from Chicago to Elgin Watch Factory. several local residents and visitors named, including Ryan, Thomas, Chenall, Dunstan, Perkins, Hendra, Stone, Gray, Martin, and others. References to Platteville Bank suspension and community impact. Reports of social events, skates raffle, and minor incidents.
Scissors Sauce reports tobacco becoming a staple in Grant County with several successful years of cultivation. Despite frost damage this year, farmer Winkelson of Boscobel sold about 4,000 pounds of his crop last week at twenty two cents per pound.
Bright daylight shop ad promotes a clean stock with guaranteed satisfaction and low prices. It highlights tobacco at 25 cents per pound and two cigars for five cents at the Nimble Nickel Store run by Wat Teasdale.
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