24 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1899
Page
1
Town residents report visitors from the Burg Schuy ter Neb Oelwein Waterloo Buck Creek and Chauncey Ga. People travel for visits to relatives attend meetings and seek medical remedies De Witt's products and Kodol are advertised by local druggists Robish Co and M Robish Co in Sumner IA during the week ending with Wochenend events and a threshing machine engine stoppage near two bridges.
A reader tour describes Portland as a cosmopolitan hub on the Willamette with mountain views, abundant water, and booming trade. The piece covers a regional convention held at the Marquan theater, noting officers from Jackson Miss. to Portland Ore. and New Orleans chosen as next site. Vancouver Wash. is described as Portland’s suburb with military and prune orchards, while the narrative hints at broader Willamette Valley prospects.
Miss Minnie Wuttke, Sumner Iowa, shares Epwin EB Worrin’s wartime letter from Manila dated mid June. He recounts marching through mud, swimming the Jopot river, and fighting on the island with 200 rounds of ammo, scarce mail, and distant news. He writes of recent battles near Las Pinas and Bacoor, the Spanish Judicial Building as quarters, a local mayor in charge, and a native band supplying music amid hardship.
S. T. Todd & Co offer extensive Sumner and nearby Bremer county tracts with farm houses, barns, wells, windmills, and fruit trees. Listings include No 1 183 acres in Banks Two. No 2 120 acres in Fremont Township. multiple town lots. and 320 acre farm in Fremont township with house, barn, wells, wind mill, and earth. Prices range from 38 to 45 dollars per acre, with cash or time terms. Additional entries list smaller parcels in Littell's Add and Todd's Add and various residence lots near Main Street.
Public notices advertise Chicago Great Western Railway excursion tickets to picnic at Waterloo and Des Moines encampment, plus race meetings at Nutwood Driving Park, Dubuque. Offers include round trip rates, sale dates, and agent contact details, reflecting travel promotions and marketing for the Maple Leaf Route and Homeseekers tickets. Entities include Chicago Great Western Ry, Waterloo, Des Moines, Dubuque, Allison, Iowa, and F. H. Lord.
The Great Western Railway will sell round trip tickets to Des Moines Iowa for the Iowa State Fair from Aug 24 to Sept 4 1899. The round trip rate is 3 dollars 90 cents. Inquiries: any Great Western agent or F H Lorp General Passenger and Ticket Agent 113 Adams St Chicago.
A special Chicago Great Western train departs Sumner at 8 00 a m on Aug 20 to Dubuque, returning at midnight on Tuesday Aug 29, fare 1 25. The Worse Review Futurity purse 20 000 will be run Aug 20 with Jack Root vs Geo Rovers for the West middleweight title. Local notices include various town updates and ads for health remedies and business items.
Iva Tibbitts visited Waterloo to see her brother Fred over Sunday then went to Des Moines Monday to work in two laundries. J A Noon’s name is floated for Democratic representative, though he says he is not seeking it. Gen Jacobs of Thompson praises DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for constipation and liver health. Martha Hodge traveled to Montour to assist with her brother George’s wife, who is seriously ill. Funeral attended by Ar and A Viedie and wives. more details unclear.
A mother of eight recalls how her ill daughter survived a severe dysentery after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She credits it with saving the child's life and urges other mothers to know of its benefits. Sold by Mo Robish & Co, druggists.
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