Best at Advocatoro Meditm Official Paper of the Ihy and County
The notice lists a jumble of local ads and items. Palmer & Paine's sells copper and iron water works fittings, Dunham G Leichhardt's offers steel wire and cement, and F Grasameyer promotes low prices on roofs pumps and gutters while a hog yards debate heads to the grand jury. The piece notes a court session in Anamosa and various promotions from dry goods merchants.
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Jones County
Duen & Co
Monticello Sells Toys and News in December Notes
Joel Amaiven announces H M Wright’s book store in Monticello displays an extensive toy and fancy goods selection with eye catching novelties for all ages. The piece also highlights a Tux Mansie show in the Opera House and local temperance resolutions by Frank Alumbaugh.
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Joel Amaiven
Santa Claus
H. M. Wright
Monticello
Wright's
Billy Marble
Ward Letter Attacks O Dowd and Express Accuses Catholics
The Marion Register prints a letter from W H Ward criticizing Catholic influence and defending The Express against sectarian attacks. It cites a Massachusetts court ruling on a priest’s restrictions and discusses patronage and legal threats while promoting The Express's readership gains and urging readers to consider the cited authority.
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Massachusetts
O'Dowd
Tawe
Tix Express
Tue Express
Express
Lindeeil
Science and Religion in Harmony Across the Cosmos
A lecture argues that the persistence of force unites science and faith, spanning celestial and mental realms. It condemns anti scientific bias by clergy while urging science as the handmaid of religion and faith allied to knowledge in unveiling the universe’s mysteries.
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Prof
Yeomans
Faraday
Jenkins
Architect F M Ellis Visits Monticello
Local note reports F M Ellis, renowned architect, in town last Friday and calling on his office. Monticello takes pride in his designs seen in several prominent buildings and praises his craftsmanship. Palmer & Palue advertise the market for coal stoves with guaranteed satisfaction or no sale.
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F. M. Ellis
Monticello
Ellis
Palmer & Palue
Monticello Council Accepts Antone Meyers Offer
City council in Monticello met December 8 1879 to approve a settlement in the Meyer v Monticello case. The town would release property under execution and pay 25 dollars plus costs within days, in exchange for discharge of the judgment and removal from the town’s jurisdiction.
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Anton Myers
Holston
Monticello
Antone Meyer
Antone Meyers
Ottera
Sail
Reanford
B.D. Paine
J. R. Stun_Man
Notice to Debtors and Caution on Note Sale
Notice from Jxc. D. Dunn & Co of Monticello dated December 8 1879 calls all indebted parties to settle before January 1 1880. Also warns against buying a note of hand drawn in favor of H B Eberhart signed by the author for twelve dollars dated May 1870 and now held by Henry Nichols offered for sale.
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Jxc. D. Dunn & Co
Monticello
Dec
Oth
H. B. Eberhart
Henry Nichols
Birth at Monticello Heralding a TowneChild
In Monticello on a December Tuesday in 1879 Mrs W Towne welcomed a son. The town congratulates the Towne family as the infant is described as a bright boy destined to bring pride to Monticello and later accompany Mr Lowne to the Nebraska farm project.
Died Stewart Aged 70s in Monticello Jackson Co
Janice Stewart died at home December 4 after seven weeks illness. A native of Ulster born about 1808, he came to America in 1833 with a brother, settled in Chester County Pennsylvania, then moved to Jackson County Iowa in 1854. He lived with the Rigby and Starbaugh households, remained a bachelor with no close kin locally, and was described as a man of honest, unpretentious character and steady conscience.
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Ulster
Ireland
Stewart
America
Chester County
Pennsylvania
Jackson County
Tanac Rigby
John Rigby
Monticelin
Jones County
Wim
Starbaugh
Jane Rigby
Rigby
Final Tributes and Advertisements In a Long Obituary Page
An obituary notes faithful friendships of the Rigby and Stambaugh families aiding Mr. Stewart to his final rest at Monticello cemetery with Presbyterian ties. The page then shifts to a barrage of 19th century patent medicine and flavoring ads touting Groover palmed sodas, Wells Wort tonic, Dr Price flavors, and Cream Baking Powder amid religious notices fading into commercial claims.
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Alek- Deas
Te Rigby
Stambaugh
J.T. Paine
Otr
Monticello
Stewart
New Home Opportunities Posted for Settlers and Renters
On the line of the tunnels central rail road in Iowa near the Great Town Coal field a new method to earn a home is offered. Special offers to settlers and renters are announced by J. Barson land agent for D and S C ROR Storm Lake Iowa.
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Central Railroad
Lowa
Pene
Great Town
J. 8Asrson
D.& S.C. Ror
Storm Lake
Diverse Property Listings and Household Goods Advertisements
The notice mix advertises a four hundred acre dairy farm near Monticello Iowa and a 176 acre estate four miles east with house barn and water sources. It also promotes a public hearse service by Dexter Livery Stable and various consumable cures and a Family Sewing Machine an era defining domestic device from Fairy Sewing Machine Co New York with rental inquiries.
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Renal Estate
Monticello
Nebraska
Tos
Boucitin
Fairy Sewing Maching Co
Bacapwvy
New York
N.Y
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Dunham G ‘Leichhartt
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Sweed
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Iowa
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Chicago
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Prairieburg
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Sac County
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Cedar Rapids
L. B. Caldwell
Commercial College
Mr. Caldwell
Minneapolis
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Minnesota
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Council Proceedings
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Cass
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George
William Keteham
Wusr
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Eiberty St
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Preas
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A. A. Tanner
Wells
Richard Gon & Co
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Kvila
Dr. Price
Nat Neal
Phyal
Dairy Farm
Arak Warrk
Branks
Dexter Livery Stable
Arker
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