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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1882
Page
4
A flood of shop notices tout flannels, sheets, prints, fresh oysters, cigars, breech loading guns, and labor saving goop. Sellers promote harness, saddles, boots, hosiery, millinery, blankets, lap robes, and farm equipment with promises of low prices and large assortments.
Card notices report near miss by fire at Hon Jno Russell's Clay township home with organ and items burned slightly. The Heasperton Nurseries land sold to Mr Proctor and W Gurney to sell the entire fruit stock next spring. Community notes cover hotel name change to Commercial House, a grand banquet, Monticello juvenile baseball plans with Hopkinton, and local notices on rail fares, marriages, obituaries, caucus details, and local gossip.
The Davenport Gasette editorial page celebrates the Golden Wedding of A. H. Marvin and Annie M. Rogers in Monticello Iowa with a commemorative address by Major Farwell and heartfelt letters from friends. The event honors fifty years of married life, public service, and a strong community influence.
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