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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1881
Page
4
The column features shop notes from Lon's, Wills & Deitrick, Schaeffer & Co, Wales Noyes & Co, Carey & Co, and B B Ryan. It notes potatoes high and scarce, cord wood offers from delinquent subscribers, new cloaks and dolmans, a Garfield Monument fund drive, a Garfield county proposal, and political salvos about the Democratic party in Jones county. It ends with a note on subscriptions and certificates for Garfield memorial contributors.
Local ads boast bargains on tea and coffee at Tryon and wallpaper at Ed M Thompson's. Maquoketa hosts a Soldiers Reunion drawing 20 000 at a sham battle with dignitaries present. Fresh oysters at Gardner Wright and a dramatic production of Little Brown Jug entertainments headline the page.
Local notes list C E Walesia in Dubuque and Baker Young with wife en route to Chicago for several days. Attendees Major Farwell and Gen Wandever visit the Soldiers Reunion in Maquoketa then call on Monticello. Interspersed items cover voting by C W Gurney, M R Gurney’s health, visits by Henry Ogden and J E Eaton, plus business plans of W C Will for Cedar Rapids trade.
A 1881 letter from Willie P Herrick to the New York Evening Post proposes a Garfield Home in the country for poor sick children funded by children's subscriptions. The Century Co and St Nicholas publishers offer to receive and credit donations, inviting children nationwide to participate.
Council convened October 5 1881 with all members present except Servoss and Graysmeyer. Weighmaster report shows September coal totals and fees approved. Numerous claims for janitor food and labor passed. bids for Opera House drapery awarded to Wales Noyes & Co. Petition to lay a drain referred. boiler progress noted. Orange Street opening delayed. Mayor Sam Kaun. Rec pro tem N W Actin. Wales Noyes & Co. announce their large dry goods stock in Monticello.
Palmer and Company advertise coal at 40 cents delivered, promising to maintain the low prices throughout the season. They thank customers for liberal patronage and seek ongoing orders.
The writer details a September 28 to October 4 journey from Monticello through Lanark Genoa and Forriston to Chicago and Boston. He notes rich farmland large stock farms along the C M & St Paul line, views of the Mississippi River, and the Hennepin canal project. Exposition observations praise machinery and the Buckeye mower. He mentions the Alleganys, Jersey City, Tremont Temple sermon, and a Bristol England comet discovery with prize totals.
A Grand Lodge Michigan reunion brought Rev. B. W. Blanchard and his children together at Oscar Williams residence. The meeting recalled childhood days and included a cemetery visit where a monument was erected for the late mother. The group shared a long-delayed family gathering and toast before returning to Schaetter & Co's.
The Ozwrurr Co, formerly Sonteam & Co, opens stylish new quarters at 33 E 17th St North Union Square fifth floor. Roswell Smith presides, John La Farge designed a glass featured door, Sanford White advised on decor, and a large elevator serves the offices in the elegant, plainly furnished space.
The ad notes Stallion Trumpeter Golde dust will perform this fall at 8 in Monticeta with a claim of top breeding quality. It mentions past wins in Stallion races and premium show results, and urges interested parties to contact Thompson's Drug Store for quantities and colors of Havana Cigarettes and related goods.
Attorneys Anamonn promote a service offering abstracts of titles and town estate law expertise to farmers and homeowners in Dalrymien. The notice invites postal replies and lists J Bampbon as an contact with tariff updates and lowest quotes. It also mentions through tickets from Boston and New York to San Francisco and a 7:26 departure for passengers via the new East route with ticket agent J E Winson ready to assist at the station.
A 1881 note from Anastasa mentions a No 84 White Bronze Monument and expresses satisfaction with it. The letter also references a fourth cortond season’s stand of buggies and spring wagons, offered at lower prices by the firm in town, with a motto about truth and goods.
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