10 Jul 1884
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1884
Page
1
A perfect cyclone struck several importers and jobbers of dry goods, forcing sales of their bankrupt stock at any price. The seller has secured portions of these goods for patrons seeking closing out sales including dress goods cloaks dolmans shawls parasols fans white goods hosiery gloves and summer items.
A note emphasizes the grocery department with teas coffees salt fish flour and salt as points of interest for shoppers. It signals ongoing selection in these staple categories and invites attention from all readers.
The Fourth of July in Anamosa drew crowds near 5000 with a parade to the city park led by the Sabula Band. Peter C. Dingle Dipper addressed about 3000. fireworks and water works followed despite rain. The night sign over John Yount’s saloon read Empty is the Beer Keg John has gone, signaling saloon closure.
Prohibition grips Cascade as revelers mourn beer kegs and closed balloons on Fourth morning. Chew's grove celebration goes smoothly. Joe Fagan and Spellman lease a new skating rink with grand opening Friday. Cascade Cornet Band performs, crowds enjoy. Dr Ed G Lefiter and his partner attend services and anticipate many calls if he opens a Cascade practice. Willard Dodd, a fashionable young man, appears in town.
Mrs. Shelton Hickman returned from visit to her daughter Mrs. Greer on July 2. A planned July 4 dance at M. Kelly's was spoiled by rain but local youths enjoyed a pleasant social gathering. Firth & Cowen abandoned their drill as lost after two months trying to extract it from the well drilled for the Oneida creamery. Frigine DutciH Man.
Farmers are haying as Onslow residents report on Sunday school concerts and Fourth of July gatherings at Ana casa with crowds noting seating shortages. The letter also questions jail funding and reports on Drs. Phillips Cummings Byam and others in a Hopkinton accident account. Wood's Sarsaparilla praised by Lowell Daily Courier for scrofula biliousness and debility treatments.
Mrs H E Marshall of Wyoming heads to Agency City on Monday to attend as a delegate a meeting for organizing a state department of the Women's Relief Corps of Iowa. Other items note guests, visits, and local movements including John Wasson and family heading to Onega Kansas and Bertha Paul visiting Anamosa.
An ad touts Electric Bitters as the best blood purifier and system regulator for liver inactivity biliousness jaundice constipation weak kidneys and urinary diseases. Each bottle is guaranteed to satisfy or money refunded and sold for 50 cents by J I Bacher & Co.
Advertisement offers for sale a house and lot on First street and a blacksmith and machine shop in Monticello Iowa. The seller will move property together or separately and can sell the shop with or without tools. Includes cistern barn water supply and city water. Inquiries directed to W M Pumston Monticello Iowa.
The West Virginia Supreme Court imposed fines on the editor and publisher of the Intelligencer in Wheeling for editorial strictures.
Joseph Carter of Savannah Missouri reports his mother recovered well after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy bought at the local drug store. The remedy sells at 25 and 50 cents per bottle and is claimed to outperform all other medicines.
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