Jackson County IA Archives News.....Cardiff Giant Exhibited in Maquoketa June 23, 1870
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Jackson Sentinel June 23, 1870
Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, June 23, 1870

CARDIFF GIANT EXHIBITED IN MAQUOKETA

The Strawberry Festival was held in Taubman’s Hall last Friday evening for the 
benefit of the Universalist Sabbath School and was one of the pleasantest 
gatherings it has been one’s good fortune to attend. The hall was very 
tastefully decorated with pictures, flowers and evergreens, and was 
universally admired. The “Cardiff Giant” which had been imported expressly for 
the occasion, attracted a great degree of attention, and was visited by crowds 
of curiosity seekers during the evening. Of course there was a big cake with a 
ring in it to be drawn by somebody, and the lucky somebody happened to be Miss 
Rhoda Stewart. The strawberries and cream were delicious, and so we 
appreciated that not one was left to tell the tale. The Masonic Hall and 
Gilruth & Madden’s law office were generously opened for the reception rooms. 
Financially the Festival was a success, netting something over fifty dollars.


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