11 Dec 1890
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1890
Page
1
Last week Missouri tremors sparked brief tremors while Iowa reports include Henderson's margin in the 3d District, a pension bill pass, Dubuque to Tacoma travel, Greene waterworks, and various local events. Notes mention church dedications, burglaries, fires, editorials, and rail and canal updates with multiple named places and figures.
The widow of Henry Ward Beecher will present reminiscences in The Ladies' Home Journal in 1891. She plans to cover their marriage from the first year living on $300 for twelve months to the end of his notable career. The series aims to reveal Beecher as she knew him and his home life.
The 1891 issue of Youth Com PANION announces a stellar lineup including Coleridge Lord Uheir Justice of England Hon Seth Low Hannibal Hamlin Camille Flammarion Sir Norman Lockyer Gen O O Howard Rev Sigman Abbott Jules Verne Max O Rell Julia Ward Howe Walter Besant Benson J Lossing and Carl Lumholtz Five serials are promised by noted authors and a science series will cover stars suns moon earth ocean and Gulf Stream New subscribers who pay 1 75 now get the paper through Jan 1 791 and a full year from that date The Bremer County Teachers Association meets Dec 20 at 1 30 pm in Janesville High School The program includes paper Methods in Teaching Spelling Advanced Geography Language Contest and Symposium HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS The Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway offers one fare round trip Dec 24 25 31 1890 and Jan 1 1891 return by Jan 5 1891 Details via agents of the company
Public sale at my residence four miles south and one and a half miles west of Tripoli on Tuesday December 16 1890 at 1 o clock A M. Describes cows calves binder plows hay rack oats corn 8 tons hay 25 chickens and more. Terms cash under five dollars otherwise one year on approved notes at 6 percent interest 2 percent discount for cash over five dollars. Also includes a political jab from St Louis Globe Democrat about Blaine in 1892.
Postmaster William Timmons of Idaville nd praises Electric Bitters for kidney and liver relief. John Leslie and J W Gardner of the same town echo its benefits with new strength and vigor. Promotion at Wilson Wrights Drug Store. Also mentions Chamberlains Cough Remedy and Ciauser Lains Cough Remedy as effective cold cures. A Montana Republican note urges compulsory education. A Virginia City Madasonian blurb extols the medicine. Mr Williams plans a kite shaped racetrack improvement.
A Georgetown Iowa youth dies from an accidental gun discharge while handling a snote in a closet. A Pringhar man Jessup, in a personal crisis, took chloroform and was interrupted by a doctor. Mrs Catherine Curtain of Plainfield Illinois recovers from consumption after using Dr Kings New Discovery, with trial bottles offered at Wilson Wrights Drug Store.
A terse plea from E. M. Krzron requests immediate settlement either by cash or note. The missive urges prompt action and warns of no further delay.
Weather experts predict a harsh winter season and marketing highlights New Orleans as a premier winter home. The Mexican Gulf Coast offers hunting, fishing, oyster beds and leisure within a short rail ride from New Orleans, with pamphlets available from railway agents describing resorts and rates.
Colonists for Montana Oregon Washington and British Columbia should take no other line than the Northern Pacific Railroad. It connects Spokane Falls Portland Tacoma and Seattle and offers through sleepers dining cars and coaches. Second class ticket holders may inspect lands west of Spokane Falls for ten days at each location without extra fares. Also advertises a salve and local drug sale in the final lines.
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