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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1880
Page
4
Local paper notes Moody Bros millinery, Dorbin hats, and Hoag Carnes growth. It reports on merchants, real estate offers, and a church dispute in Manchester and Monticello with Dr Ray preaching, Moody treatment rumor, and a note on the coalitions and trade in town.
The annual High School Oratorical Contest concluded in Iowa City last Friday with Chas Gilles of Iowa City and Mo Elin of Monticello delivering notable speeches. The State Press praised McElia of Monticello for a sharp critique of unjust national acquisitions and a powerful finish, while noting other entrants offered dramatic pieces. The next meeting will be in Monticello. officers include J K Sweeney, F A Sweet, William Elden, Mary Hartman, A A Guthrie, and Luther Foster.
Prof. R W Seager led about 50 performers in two shows at the Opera House. Despite three weeks of prep and no dress rehearsal the Cantata displayed discipline and harmony. Soloists Miss Tryon and Miss Rogers excelled, with strong work from Mordecai, Haman, Esther, Zeresh, and the young chorus.
Messrs Lovell and family affairs are updated as Geo L Lovell Jr. faces his role in the banking firm G W and G T Lovell. Traders from Liberal and Madison township attend an Agricultural Society meeting while Dunham imports horses from France and Kalin enters Chicago for spring stock. J W Shannon, former Elkader Journal editor, visits Monticello and is praised for editorical integrity and press fraternity.
By request I will be here on the th of May and remain one week prepared to do work. Would be pleased to see any or all of my old patrons. N. B. Will be found at Rundle & Wallace's office. J. B. LitcH Fie.
The famed trotting horse Templeton Gold-dust will season 1880 at the livery barn of Samuel Yousse and William Abel. Farmers urged to see this renowned horse whose time, color, and large size are unmatched in the state. BwA22. W.C. Bryant.
The Great Pacific Circus, Menagerie Mardi Gras and Egyptian Carnival unite for a Monticello exhibition on Saturday May 1. An immense open air display features a zoological collection, circus acts and chariots promising refined, instructive entertainment for all ages.
In Castile Grove Arrin dated April 15 1880 farmers report a backward spring delaying plowing and sowing. L T Scott travels to northern Kansas seeking settlement while N B delays due to ill health. Rev Fink delivers sermons and aims to stay connected with revival work. Miss Abbie Searle to teach summer school. Mary A Delscher ill. Local social life includes winter leap year parties. Woodpeckers shot from church steeples. Mr Pato from Clinton visits. Mr Baldwin moves away affecting local cane protection politics.
Remley and Brcanbrack, attorneys of Anamosa, offer prepared abstracts of all lands in Jonga County. They furnish abstracts promptly and specialize in real estate law.
Short horns to be sold for cash at West Liberty Iowa on April 28 and 29 1880. Catalogues available from Judd Robt Miller Pliny Nichols D W Hartupee West Liberty or Dr C W Bay Alvort Iowa. Two hundred twenty five thoroughbred head offered for sale.
The undersigned offers 175 acres four miles east of Mon. Health for sale with a good house, barn, wall and cistern and a living-water stream. About 80 acres are timbered and available in small tracts. An additional 80 acres are in Nebraska. Terms available up to two thirds. Tnos. Bovonxn.
Dissolution notice states the partnership Palmer & Paine ends by mutual consent with Loman Palmer and B D Paine. Paine will assist in selling old accounts and introducing new members. A co partnership formed on April 15 1880 between L Palmer A L Davis and A Barnhill for a retail hardware business in Monticellogie under Palmer & Co.
The notice announces the Monticello Township tax list collection for 1879 80 with weekly office hours on First Street Monticello City and a March 1 1880 end date. It also states a special April 206 1880 election to fill G W Lovell a vacant trustee seat with polls 9 am to 6 pm and is signed by Mayor Jno Dorn. Additional notices include a public hearse advertisement from 8 8 Branka Dexter Livery Stable and an ad for Brat Salve and J Monroe Taylors Gold Medical Soda with price and supplier details.
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