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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1880
Page
4
A bustling home page lists Butter and Eggs exchanges at Boardman’s Drug Store and Calkins Toys. Hor ars shipments from Albans return from Minnesota. followed by notices of jewelry stock, holiday gifts, and Christmas Eve programs at the Congregational and M E churches. George Haines expands ice business and storage for creameries, railroad, and private customers.
The Walters Theatrical Troupe performs in this city to high praise with Mrs Walters highlighted for charm and versatility. Dunham Leichhardt advertises a wide range of wood heating stoves and insists on bottom prices. Local letters praise temperance speaker Frank Alumbaugh for rallying nearly four hundred signers to the blue ribbon pledge.
About 1 o clock Saturday ateam of Dickerson’s team frightened by a reported gun shot in the Haz ard and Dawson vicinity drove into Bonnar’s wagon. Bonnar was thrown out and badly injured, Dickerson cut. Both men were carried to D Burnight’s and Dr Russell attended them. they were improving in the accounts.
A Monticello reader reflects on the crises of life and the virtue of silent endurance. The letter argues that protest can fail under pressure while a dignified quiet strength preserves honor and resilience.
A fragment from Glasco Kansas recounts a neighbor Mr A owner of two Cooper wagons. a blacksmith ridiculed tires needing reset within a year, prompting a sharp retort about future tire resets. The piece contrasts Iowa and Kansas farming, fences, stock, and prairie life amid Christmas notices and marriages in Jones and surrounding counties.
A historical fragment lists disbursements and receipts for the Jones County Agricultural and Mechanical Society dated December 20 1870. Items include printing, traveling expenses, labor, painting, police work, and a trotting park expense. Receipts cite state appropriation and private contributions as sources of funds. Notices urge debtors to settle accounts before January 1 1850 and advertise lumber and saw services by local firms.
An OCR fragment lists railroad and coal region ads from Iowa and Illinois, touting home offers for renters, a J. Samison agent, and promotional lines for various patent medicines and food flavorings. It also advertises Price's Extracts and Butter Color from Wells Richardson Co, plus Tuomas Electric remedies for piles and liver issues, with claims of health benefits and product superiority.
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