Monticello fair conflict spurs editorials on horse trotting
A neighbor letter blasts Monticello Monticello Colt Fair and Trotting Association and the YMC A over bylaw disputes and horse racing. It argues trotting boosts fair attendance, condemns rivals, and urges debt payments and moral talks amid county-wide strife in Anamosa and Monticello.
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Monticello Colt Fair and Trotting Association
Brazelton
Chester
Anamosa
South America
Monticello
Down Ton
Anamoai
Agricultural Society
Marvin Sses
First Impressions of Monticello and Its Town Laws
A resident reflects on Monticello’s corporate status, liquor laws, sidewalk ordinances, and animal control. He notes drunkenness, slow sidewalk enforcement, and roaming animals, questioning whether the town’s corporate leadership improves or harms its appeal to future residents. ROHN
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Monticello
Rohn
Tiant
MM. W. Ilerrick
A. Ilogiles
HUNT
Herrick & Huginns
EAL
Town
Center Street
Front Street
Livery & Exchange Stable
Starks & Brother
L. W. Starks
Dunevere Writer Praises Chicago and Elgin Factory Visit
A letter from Dunevere dated September 3 1860 to the Monticello Express recounts admiration for Chicago s growth and business spirit. The author travels west by rail to Elgin on Fox River and tours the National Watch Company factory with a courteous superintendent in attendance.
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The
Monticello Express
Chicago
West
Elgin
Fox River
National Watch Company
Jewett
Thomas
jeWerts
Jewetts
Jewertt
Jewett's
Sewett
Elgin and Waltham Watch Makers Shape Superior Machinery
A correspondent extols the Elgin watch and its Elgin and Waltham factories. He notes four hundred fifty operatives and about one hundred watches daily, praising the perfected machinery and improvements that make these timepieces superior. He recalls visits to Dubuque and a Mississippi River steamboat picnic with Universalist participants.
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National Watch Company
Elgin
Wiltham
Mass
Waltham
Dubuque
Wilcox
Hatel
Aiken
Julien Mouse
Rail Road
War Eagle
Universalist
Mississippi
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Lawrence Schoonover
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D. L. Blakesler
T. C G. Willison
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United States
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Buffalo N.Y
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