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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1881
Page
4
A bustling list of Monticello shops offering Christmas cards toys holiday goods and confections. Bacher Co Gardner Wrights Wills Deutrick Little & Bidwell Thompson and more push seasonal inventory and in store specials with references to toys books furs candies and Thanksgiving orders.
The advertisement notes the Merald weekly edition as a world Chronicle with seven departments and a vast reading array. It lists local names, court notices, marriages, travels, court attendance, and business ads, concluding with a prompt to visit Bacher's for current offerings.
JT Pierce a prominent Anamosa attorney was found dead in his bed at the Jefferson House in Dubuque last Sunday morning. The inquest heard Pierce arrived for the U.S. court session and after an evening at the Opera House he returned to his room apparently intoxicated. His body was found cold with clothes on, and a coroner's jury convened to investigate the death.
Six witnesses testified the verdict found the deceased died from suffocation while intoxicated, caused by blood rush to the head in his prone position. The body was placed in an elegant casket and moved to Amino this morning. Mr. Floren, about fifty two, formerly in Bach Barker Pires law firm, left a wife and four children.
A fragment from Centum Juxebox dated Nov 2 reports growing town trade, store consolidations, and Thanksgiving dinner plans at the Presbyterian church. It notes local drinking at a saloon and social mischief, including misconduct near Onslow, with a cordial Public invited to inspect stock and sharpened skates on sale.
A scattered 1881 notice mixture reports a partnership dissolution Hazard and Starks with reorganization under Uncard & Miller and A Miller taking Starks role. It notes a Wooster Schoolboy tale, a Coyle block store for flour seed meal and more, plus a new flour stock and delivery wagon to serve customers townwide.
Local fragment notes a shy smile spreading across faces as a couple shares a moment of happiness. The unreadable lines hint at a joyous event and mention grateful, contented parents amid unclear details.
The article details the November wedding at Marian to Van Vollet Hodgees with a ceremony at the bride’s home attended by hundreds of invited guests from Marion and Monticello. It notes the groom’s career as a notary and railway clerk, the couple’s long courtship, and a generous display of gifts and social support from family and friends.
Grave & Linn of Wyoming Iowa state they pay five to four cents per pound for early poultry and fattening poultry weighs, advise not to buy underweight birds, and offer exchanges with bronag turkeys. They claim superior facilities for handling poultry in the West and pledge mutual profits through repeat business.
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