Fresh Oysters in Bulk and Local Happenings Chronicle
Fresh oysters in bulk advertised at T A Kings and at Gardner & Wiant's. A lecture for young men on Cash and Character planned at the Congregational church next Sabbath. The 1881 Board of Supervisors conducted a fuel session. proceedings to be published next week. A Quasseton water-power mill owned by Independence Mil Co and run by H J Northup burned, with $10,000 loss and $5,000 insurance. Hog market update notes large buyers Wales & Noyes paying near $800 for 86 hogs averaging 430 lbs. Ex Senator Lovell reportedly has 50 hogs for future sale at ~450 lbs. Oysters direct from Baltimore at E H Mershon's. Skating blade sharpening offered by J W M Preston. Coyle's Art Gallery offers copying and enlarging. Sweeney v Schultz case settled. Schultz claims no merit. Canned fruits and nuts sold by Gardner & Wiant. Calaboose rumor in Cascade. locals warned about Summers’ use. Stansbury oysters at Jacob's restaurant. Congregational women to host supper at BL Pierces on Jan 14 1881. six to eight o'clock service. One hundred barrels of Michigan cider offered. Possible Lideral proprietorship change to Rider and Leary D Smith discussed. Tax Express hopes for Smith’s entry. Subura Bridge ready for trains. first Iowa Packing Company train crosses with six cars of 50,000 pounds each, powered by Shay locomotive 02. Bargains in blankets at J C Burz & Co.
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Subura Bridge
Iowa Packing Company
Shay” Owens
Valencia concert at Kinsella Hall by Celeste Celeste
Local notice records Celeste the child prodigy performing piano and organ in Kinsella Hall on Monday evening January 10 with admission 85 cents and reserved seats 50 cents. The feature is praised as a major musical event for the M aicella audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celeste
Kinsella Hall
Death of John Platner Overseer of the County Poor Farm
The death of John Platner aged 48, overseer of the County Poor Farm, is reported this Thursday morning after a diabetes illness. A full life sketch is deferred to next issue. The funeral is planned for Saturday at 10 o'clock AM at the Four Zorn Church near the Poor Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Platner
Platner Haseen
Satrday
Four Zorn
A Woman's Way at the Post Office Window
A Detroit Free Press sketch recalls a stamp window scene before noon as thirteen men wait for letters while a single woman with a blue match box pays twelve cents to mail seed packets. She overall blocks the line, weighs coins, and laments slow service, then departs, remarking the stamps are crooked but the mail goes on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Preas
Postoffice
Cleveland
Personal Mentions From Rochester to Monticello Community Notes
Local readers note visits and travels of G W Garlock in Rochester New York Jr BE A Cammack of Mar no Cammack returns from Chicago after two weeks. M W Herrick leaves for Lincoln Nebraska to pursue an important lawsuit for about two weeks. Ianac White of Cerro Gordo Co visits his brother G H White, a former county resident. Little of Freeport NC of Little Bidwell visits Monticello and praises local business. Capt M L Carpenter travels to Chicago with his daughter seeking medical care. Dr F C Shaeffer of Chicago spends time in Monticello, praised as a rising physician with a bright future. N B True, long-time Dav and St Paul R conductor, visits Monticello. now cattle rancher in Montana with 3,000 head, 100 miles of range. True’s ranch lies 300 miles from Cheyenne, facilitating eastern shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Little
Freeport
Little & Bidwell
Crockery
Mr. Bidwell
M. L. Carpenter
Chicago
F. C. Shaeffer
Monticello
Haeffer
Shaeffer
True
Dav
St. Paul R
Montana
C. E. Wales
Montana Hill
Mr.rue
Cheyenne
New Year's Greeting From Brown & Boman
The note extends a hearty New Year greeting to friends and patrons asking for continued support. It thanks readers for their liberal patronage over the past year and wishes health happiness and prosperity. It ends with a prompt to take butter and eggs to Calkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown & Boman
Closing Out Stock At Unbelievable Prices At Our Store
I am closing out all remaining goods in our inventory with drastically reduced prices. Dresses, fabrics, and cheviots cut to 10 cents. sewing machines offered at very low figures. jewelry and vests marked down. peaches and tobacco sold cheaply. Limited time to see for yourself before stock is gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orar
Jew’ Vesta
Lorrilard's
Sciuppe
Silver Wedding Celebration in Jones County
A Christmas night silver wedding in the home of H. A. Rowley drew a modest party from Jones County and beyond. The Gazette from Colorado Springs notes gifts totaling about $70 including candlesticks, a cake basket, napkin rings, a silver cup, and other silverware from many Wisconsin and Chicago connections.
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Jones County
Colorado Springs
Col
the Gazette
Gueette
H. A. Rowley
G. C. Howard
M. M. Howard
Chicago
J. G. Rowley
Wisconsin
D.C. Rowley
E. B. Hubbard
W. E. Bullard
M. A. Hubbard
H. M. Rowley
FL Bullard
City Council Minutess January 1881
Monday Evening January 1881 council convened with most members present except Austin and Holston F J Tryon elected Mayor pro tem and a committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of a fate. Mayor John O Duer reported and it was adopted. Weighminster T J Peak presented the December report noting 258 tun drafts and total coal tonnage 662680. Bills were read and allowed by unanimous vote including Page Young Towsley Tryon Herrick Cox J Peak Provter Moulton Dunham Leichhardt Grassmeyer White Hunt Cassady and others with total payments listed and adjournment by Recorder G W Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Tryon
Jobn O. Duer
T. J. Peak
Weightuster
Ccaseres
Weighminster
D. Page
D. E. Young
Towsley
Tryon
Herrick & Coxsee
J. Peak
W.H. Provter
Wood
Eseenees
M. Moulton
Galary
Dunham & Leichhardt
F. Grassmeyer
B. H. White
G. W. Hunt
J. P. Cassady
Recorder
New Romola edition from American Book Exchange
A tonely detailed note on the new edition of Romola issued by the American Book Exchange New York praising its clarity and historical scope. It highlights the price at 85 cents and places the work within a library series of classic fiction. Also lists other titles in print or near ready including Ivanhoe Pompeii Knickerbocker Mohicana Don Quixote and Arada a Romance of Ancient Egypt.
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Romola
American Book Exchange
New York
Italy
Scow
Knickerbocker
Cooper
Fom Brown
Rugby
Don Quixote
Arada
Egypt
Tribune Building
Milkcows and stock for sale near Monticello on farm
I offer six good milch cows three heifers and one pony over eight hundred pounds for sale at reasonable cash prices as I move to California Also three thoroughbred Berkshire sows and a large quantity of fowls hybrid and thoroughbred. The sale aims to move stock before January when I relocate to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead Farm
Eaat
Monticello
California
J. B. Mun Ua
Adams- Kailey marriage notice and Aldrich- Topping wedding
A fragmented passage reports two marriage notices. One lists a January 34 1081 date and Rev D Jenkins performing a marriage for Leanty Kailey. The other mentions Aldrich and Topping with a ceremony at the residence of the city marshal on January 34 1861 in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich—Topping
Oty Marshal
J.1. Daweon
Lrowany Alvaon
Mae Auna Prima
Monticello
Pioneers and families mourn in Castle Grove and Monticello
Obituaries from Castle Grove and Monticello detail the deaths of Joshua R. Clark age 73 of lung fever a former county pioneer and Lillian Buchester age 18 from lung fever both noted for character and community contribution. Also remembered is Patrick Boyle aged 68 born in Limerick Ireland who lived with his daughter Mrs. Mary McMahon and died after years of care with Catholic church services planned.
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Clark—Tweeday
Castle Grove
Joshua Rk, Clark
Clark
Licking County
Ohio
Baptist Church
Bacuelder
Monticello Township
Montcello
Lilian
EB. N. Buchester
Mr. Boyle
Limerick
Ireland
Iowa
Mia. McMahon
Catholic Church
P. Dg. O'Connor
Timber Offer for Shearer Karate Property in Ten Acre Lots
An offer is made for timber forty on the Shearer property identified as 21-w3 Jas. Davidson. The notice appears in an old local listing describing sale of a timber tract divided into ten acre lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anle
Shearer Karate
Jas. Davidson
Auction notice and debt settlement urged by firms
J O Duer and Co calls all debtors to settle accounts at once. A 65 acre tract north of Monticello known as the Pleinie Grounds is offered for sale with owner to provide particulars. Watt Crank advertises grove chopping. A lease option for a well located Monticello store is offered by J B Danny in Moody's Building auction store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Watt
William Crank
Ain
J.B. Danny
Moody's
Attorneys in Anamosa Publish Abstract Books of Jones County
Attorneys in Anamosa have prepared a set of Abstract Books covering all lands in Jones County. Abstracts of title are promptly furnished and the practice in Real Estate law is a specialty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
For Sale 40 Acres Farm Near Monticello
A 40 Acres Farm located 3 miles northwest of Monticello offers a good house barn grainery crib hen house cistern two wells and 4 acres of bearing fruit trees plus 34 acres of grapes. Everything a first class farm. terms to suit the purchaser. Inquire of BE P Kimpan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
BE. P. Kimpan
Notice to creditors of Palmer and Paine firm
All persons indebted to the late firm of Palmer and Paine must settle accounts by January next. Unsettled accounts after that date will be turned over to an attorney for collection. I. Pau, B. D. Pavia. Monticello Iowa. Nov. 10 13880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer & Paine
I. Pau
B.D. Pavia
Monticello
Iowa
Poultry Wanted and Tax List Notice for Monticello Township
Farmers are urged to sell poultry directly to Gravy & Son at 10-16 Wyoming, Town, with choosing no competition due to their superior handling. Also, the Tax List for Monticello Township, Jones County, 1880 has been received and payment of taxes will be collected at Monticello Bank on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9 AM to 4 PM until May 1st, 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravy & Son
Monticello Township
Jones County
Monticello Bank
K.P. Ssuru
Good Literature Weekly Puts Value in Reading
A weekly newspaper described as a premier literary product offering condensed news on books and authors, critical opinions, and serial fiction. It touts Varda a Romance of Ancient Egypt and essays by Chua F Richardson, with trial offers and affordable subscriptions.
Scribners Monthly achieves record American readership
Scribner's Monthly notes unprecedented circulation of 128000 by November 1881, credited to a distinctly American focus, home talent, and collaborations with notable writers like Mrs Burnett Cable Eggleston and Bret Harte. It highlights wood engraving advances, thoughtful essays, and plans to reach 150000 circulation, with ads for subscriptions and serials including Peter the Great.
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Mrs. Burnett
George W. Cable
Edward Eggleston
Bret Harte
Othare
Me. Cable
Neged Faw
America
Ldina
Hatta
Fort
Amelia Wood
Sontaner
Hite
Eugene Scluyler
Semmaire's
Mowrniny
Peter the Great
Teventy
Naumbera
Sorthnar'a
Mothers Be Comforted by Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
Distinctive wartime ad copy promises relief for teething pain and unsettled infants. Claims the syrup regulates bowels, soothes mothers, and provides health to the child. Describes safety, pleasant taste, and widespread availability for a quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The Christian Union Special Features 1881 Contributors
The Christian Union lists special features for 1881 including works by Rev. Newman Smyth D D Rev George Frederick Wright and other noted authors. It notes ongoing sections such as Mal Ports House by Horace Scudder Cookery for the Million and What Shall We Do with the Mothers by Marion Harland. It also acknowledges the following contributors to the columns during the last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paith
Solid Gold Watch Cases By James Boss Patents
The text explains a nickel composition plate used to produce solid gold watch cases reducing gold usage. It describes two outer plates soldered to a core and rolled to form thick, durable cases capable of heavy engraving. It promotes Parker's Ginger Tonic for mental clarity and energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Boss
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Independence Mil Company
H. J. Northup
H. M. Downer
Wales & Noyes
Lovell
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Beatin
E. H. Mershon
J. W. M. Preston
Coyle
Jerry Sweeney
Elizabeth Schultz
Express
Plaintil
Schultz
Sweeney
Missouri
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Cascade
Drath
Castade
E. Stansbury
Jacob's Restaurant
Congregational Olweh
Pierce
Mary Marvin
Sec
Tlangs
Lideral
C.J. Rider
Leary D. Smith
Tax Express
J. O. Dun & Co
Starks
J. C. Burz & Co
Valencia
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C. T. Sutherland
Scote Grove
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Institute
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Iis
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John O. Duer
45Th
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Black River
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Tenn
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Council Proceedings
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Toy Express
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Lillian
Choice Timber Landa
J.O. Dunn & Co
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Ivanhoe
Tribune
Podlaski
Scribner's Monthly
Scripnen & Co
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Bronciestar
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Phillips Brooka
Joby Whittiar
O A Peabody
Roe Frank I Converse
Huson Coolidge
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John Janet Piatt
Constance F. Woolson
Pratt
KP Parkour
D D
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Hay Palmer
Foul Benton
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Sweeteer
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Joseph Cook
Fred Hi Perkuiua
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Howard Groaby
KW Date
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Lucretig Plata
Junes M Ludhow
Stephen H Tyng
Horace E Bondder
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Edgar Fawcett
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Elizabeth Stuart
Phelp Herbs Stretton
Mabel 8
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Juliet O Marsh
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Houghton
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Hija Farman
JH Vincent
Emily Huntington Miller
Thon M Clark
Ahas Dudley Werner
Alice Wellington Hollins
Leonard Bacon
Dutfeld
Wyland Hteyt
Mo Dik Soodalo Iklainw Guodule
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Gail Hamilton
Laonard Woolsey Bacon
Maca Ainge DuVero
John Cottensmith
Alexander McLeod
John Habberton
Henry Green
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N.Y
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Pres
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Rixon
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John Dodge
Greenville, Clay Co
Lowa
Thory
Ulla
Amvin
Boy
Tite
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Federal Court
Washburn & Moon Manufacturing Company
I. C. Ellwood
DeKalb
Jacob Iaish
Ilinois Fence Company
Sandwich Enterprise Company
Lyman Manufracturing Company
Stone City Barbed Fence Company
Chicago Galvanized Wire Fence Company
Edwin Beers
Palmer & Co
Cooley & Clark
Fairbanks
Howe
Kahn’s Clothing
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