30 Oct 1884
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1884
Page
1
The item lists weekly publication schedule and editor proprietors names WMERRICE and DOXSEHEH. It states annual subscription price and an extra postage charge for out of county readers, indicating a small regional newspaper notice.
D E Ponds issues a complete denial of Joseph Price’s accusation of dishonesty in the Mundy farm transaction. He presents a detailed account of receipts and expenditures, foreclosure orders, and payments. He argues the Mundys lost their land and offers to waive the statute of limitations with bond to abide any judgment.
The Jones County Times reprints a detailed account of Col Shaw and the Tice Atkinson wagon firm bailout. It states Shaw built a $5,000 structure, leased it for $500 yearly and loaned $5,000, then took control when the business faltered. After foreclosing, Shaw employed the pair to run and liquidate assets, paying them while selling remaining stock.
The Anamosa Journal reprints a Democratic letter denouncing Col Shaw as a Republican candidate while praising his war service and warning that accusations about his discharge are false. The piece argues such attacks harm the party and cites a local rebuttal from Monticello as a boomerang that could hurt Democrats in the county.
A historic Monticello Iowa postal list from October 18, 1884, records remaining names and initials of local residents and mail recipients including Slocum, Northrop, Carlton, Campbell, Stuppette, Dittruer Edmunds, Flemming, Snyder, McDonald, and Bancoce with postmaster notes.
A promotional notice asserts that neglect harms constitution and that Ayer's Pills cure constipation restoring natural action and health. claims no equal remedy.
The column lists official election returns for Secretary of State and Supreme Court judges with vote totals for each party, then details burial permit procedures and death registrations across Iowa cities. It includes notices on physicians filing returns and the state secretary guidance, followed by medical product pitches for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pearl's glycerine skin remedy.
Mr Geo W Willings of Manchester Michigan testifies his wife, nearly helpless for five years, regained ability to turn and do her own work after taking two bottles of Electric Bitters. The drug is claimed to cure many ailments, with hundreds of testimonials. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by J H Bacher & Co.
A well improved 160 acre farm two miles from Monticello on the Scotch Grove road. Price 37.50 per acre with half cash and the balance on reasonable time at 8 percent. Inquiries invited to Herrick and Coxsee or the undersigned.
The advertisement touts Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic as a universal remedy for blood diseases, stomach and liver troubles, indigestion, headaches and more. It claims 50 000 boxes sold yearly, sugar coated pills, gentle cathartic effect and liver support, priced 50 cents or 25 cents per box with 5 for $1.00, available from J H Bacher and all druggists.
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