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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1881
Page
5
Partial timetable notes show various passenger, freight, and accommodation trains with times like 7:50 p.m. and 2:55 p.m. along with 10:30 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. entries. The scattered entries suggest a historical rail schedule excerpt with inconsistent minutes such as 10:80.
Notice calls Soldiers of all service branches to Monticello City Hall on Saturday evening September 17 1881 to organize transport for the reunion in MaquOKeta October 17 1881. Vendors Sonorers Wales Noyes Co adjust plans and offer bargains while crime reports and local notices follow.
Vendors from Cummings to Wales Noyes promote goods from harnesses to coffee with prices, while Oysters arrive at Gardner & Wright and Finchley prose notes at Smith's. Obituaries note Mrs. Curtis Stone’s death and posthumous life sketch to follow. civic items include Board of Supervisors meetings and county convention date change. Tryon advertises groceries and cigars as cattle shipments head to Chicago.
J. W. Coxsee is on a business trip to Cherokee county. Mrs. H. Packard of Emporia Kansas visits her brother J. R. Stillman. Miss Sarah Weir visits Anamo nt with Mrs. Frank Buffett. Will and Emma Leonard of Marion Iowa stay with Mrs. Theo Lodje for the week. Eta Smith travels to Grinnell to consider attending college. Mrs. Barden returns from Grove Creek after two months. Frank Whittemore is recovering at home after illness. Jennie Fairburn returns from Monticello. Mrs. M. M. Moulton and family depart to Minneapolis for the winter. Birdena Bush and Ruby Freeman visit from Dubuque. they return home. P. H. Nandall visits town before returning to West Union where Nandall & Nye run a hardware business. Thompson's Drug Store announces new goods lower prices and better stock. Buy your Cigaretts of Lou.
A report details the President's move from Washington to Long Branch on Tuesday and notes the journey went smoothly. An evening medical update records a pulse of 104, respiration 18, and improving overall condition despite initial restlessness.
Bargain prices on 8 ply carpets and Brussels rugs advertised by Scuanman Co Montene, Va. 1.00 yard for best 8 ply. 0.75 yard for Best Brussels. rag carpets 0.40 yard. stair and cloth carpets heavily discounted. Notice dated Sept 8 1881 announcing stock sale after sale to Wales Noyes Co and thanks to patrons.
A dated notice calls all individuals owing for services of horse Comet in 1880 to call and settle at the stables in Mon ticelto. The author, Jos COMMINE, locates the notice at Monvicurio, Sept 8th, 18st.
The Republican State Committee announces it will not open the campaign or issue announcements while the nation faces a critical condition and public interest is absorbed by current gloom. No statements will be made until the mood brightens. Secretary Wn. Cinusary Chin. D.N. Bruckuarr confirms.
The Anamosa Driving Park Association schedules a Sept 28 90 meeting with a half mile track in prime condition and an amphitheatre for 160. Stable space ample, purses generous including 200 for first day horses under 2 38 and 50 for a running race. Second day offers 400 for a free for all trotting race 200 for horses under 2 50 and 75 for county owned horses never started. Weather forecast favorable. secretary Dr J W Gawley available for inquiries.
Parties burning hard coal should call on wa before contracts this year. We have bought a large stock of Nut and Range coal of A No 1 quality and will offer close prices to all parties contracting now. Coal contracted now will be delivered Aug 15 to Oct 1. W H Proctor H G Leicmannr
A fragmentary obituary page recalls the deaths of Mrs. George of Monticello and Mrs. Hall of Madigan town with details of their families and Christian service. Mrs. Hall, born in Creif Scotland, emigrated to New Jersey and endured long illness before death at 33. The piece notes funeral rites, the sorrow of bereaved husbands and children, and contrasts visions of peace with the grief of the living.
A 1881 note from Mayville New York cites the durability and beauty of White Bronze Soldier monuments, with endorsements from T. J. Guerin Treasurer. The column includes herbal and patent remedies advertisements for California Kidney Tea and Ayers Agno Cure, plus dye and muslin products.
Palmer and Co advertise coal sold as low as the lowest price with current delivery at 40 cents. They thank the public for liberal patronage and invite future orders for the season.
Fragmentary text indicates a postal card request to Seton town with full address details for J. Sampson in Storm Lake Iowa. No clear date or event is provided.
The firm of Anaimosa offers carefully patina abstracts of all liens in Sones County with prompt furnishing of abstracts and specializes in Bowl Estate law.
A dated 1881 note from Mn. Geo. B Mhiaoe-Dran expresses high satisfaction with the No. 84 White Bronzo Monument. The writer believes others would be impressed and prefers a White Bronny tone in marble. Presentation remains enthusiastic about the piece.
LEW Qin announces the purchase of the South Cedar depot from Doxsee and Rigby. The new owner plans to sell and repair farming implements and machinery, promising better stock and access to leading national manufacturers.
The page blends railway coupon offers for routes from Boston and New York to San Francisco with tonic and salve advertisements including Parker’s Ginger Tonic, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, and Electric Bitter. Public notices name Susan M. Anthony as administratrix in Monticello Iowa with estate settlement terms dated August 25, 1851.
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