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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1880
Page
1
A 1880 Express column surveys Blaine support in Iowa and Maine politics, calls for Seymour as a Democratic savior, notes Canadian annexation sentiment, and reports on Vermont Democratic quirks. It cites Gov Gear on Iowa school fund losses and proposes replacing district treasurers with county ones to curb deficits.
Prairie states bogged by winter mud face transport paralysis. Chicago Tribune reports farmer advocates tile drains in road centers to channel water, citing six inch tiles discharging thousands of gallons daily and turning muddy lanes dry. Illinois farmers Prime Dwight and Aldrich debate public finances and demand transparent accounting.
A speech and finance excerpts critique O. L. Aldrich’s normal institute finances from 1876 to 1880. It questions missing exam and certificate fees, highlights alleged fund balances, and denounces the administrator's handling with sharp editorial comments.
State v. J. and W. Welcil and State v. James Giranes appear in the January 1880 Board of Supervisors claims. Names include A J Mouroe as justice, A S Cummings constable, and entries for witnesses, goods, medical aids, juror fees, and various county payments to individuals and vendors.
Volumé LV from American Book Excitance reports January 16 release and Volume V about ten days later after shifting to Zindune Building at 26 Beekman and 18 Spruce streets. Production capacity planned at 6,000 to 3,000 volumes daily. aim to complete work within the year. The volumes are reprints of the Cham ber's Encyclopaedia. praised for binding and lower cost, with publishers offering descriptive catalogues on request.
The Tribune Almanac for 1890 is advertised as a digestible, non encyclopedic manual of American politics with a national reputation. It includes calendar pages, astronomical observations, summaries of public laws, party platforms of 1879, constitutional amendments, elections of United States Senators, and a table of electoral votes from 1864. It also lists government and economic statistics such as railroad mileage, immigration, and coinage in 1879.
The piece outlines an 1880 edition by Edward McPherson, a renowned statistician, full of election returns from all states. It lists price twenty five cents per copy with trade discounts and immediate post paid delivery to any United States address.
The article describes dairy equipment including the Ferguson Bureau Creamery with six inch deep milk closets and an ice chamber, claiming deep pans yield more cream though not pure fat. It also notes a portable hearse sale and a Jones County Iowa court notices regarding divorce and a will probate date set for February 1880.
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