Local Notes Brighten Friday Show and Town Happenings
A crowd of Fred erika youths attended the Friday show. Several residents including B. A. Gardner and wife, N. BE. Banks, J. H. Kerwin, Mrs. Artman, HF Stoughton, John Mors, and others are noted for various visits, business trips, or home improvements. The key post office will discontinue after December 15 with mail redirected to Wupsie. The Lyceum Theater Co performed in Sumner last week, and local remedies from Farrand Bros. are advertised amid election changes for Fayette postmaster.
Local notes and real estate trades cross Sumner Iowa
Don Jackson leaves Burg News in charge during jury duty in Dubuque. Frederika residents Chas Golding and J W Swanziger attend theatre with wives. Local travel, livery business, and family updates follow. Public notices record 1954 acres sold in Washington township and multiple farm transfers in Le Roy Leroy and Sumner with prices from $150 to $19,486.12. Delayed deed stamps noted. local names include Lovell Fay Dean and Bolte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Jackson
Burg News
United States Court
Dubuque
Gen. W. Lovell
Washington Township
Waverly
Gen. L. Lovell
E. E. Fay
LeRoy
F. J. Fay
E.S
Doc” Dean
Short Line
Mr. Dean
West Water St
A. A. Dilley
Fred Dilley
Anna Wilkening
Sumner
S. F. Cass
John B. Pitts
Jackson
Harriett Pitts
Farnsworth & Gunther
Jefferson City
Henry Fasse
H.C. Bolte
Dorothy Bolte
Derrick Bolte
Sarah A. Martin
Polk
Emma Oberdier
Theo. Valentiny
Fred W. Eggabroad
Wayv
Ind
Moving to Minnesota Auction of Farm Stock and Furniture
Theo Valentiny offers a sale at his residence 34 miles north of Sumner on Wednesday December 28 1898 starting at 10 am. cattle dairy cows and a Durham bull horses a variety of farming tools lumber and household items plus free lunch. Terms 12 months on notes at 7 percent interest with 2 cash discount on sums over 10 dollars and cash under 10. auctioneers D R Librery CG A Moopy clerk.
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Minnesota
Sumner
Poland
Theo
Valentiny
Sumner area real estate listings and auctions
A long, detailed set of Bremer county farm and property listings prefaced by office notes. Properties include 243 acres near Sumner with dwelling and outbuildings at 9 per acre, multiple farms with water, windmills, and stock features at 35, 42, and 45 per acre, city lots in Sumner and Fredericksburg, farm improvements, and terms offered by Littell & Todd Co. The notice covers mortgages, partitions, lawsuits, and probate actions alongside local court adjournments and a Sumner creamery earnings note.
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Sumner
Bremer County
Fremont
Banks
Fayette Co
Wayette Co
Price
Littell & Todd
Fredericksburg
Business
Main St
S. T. Todd & Co
Rowe Add
Littell’s Add
Cough remedy promoted by Farrand Bros
The notice warns that many friends suffered from consumption pneumonia and other fatal diseases due to neglecting a cold or cough. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe effective remedy guaranteed to help.
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Foley
Farrand Bros
Burrago, N
M. Robish & Co
Excursion Tickets Offered by Chicago Great Western Ry
On November 1 and 15 and December 6 and 20 the Chicago Great Western Railway will sell Home seekers Excursion tickets to Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North and South Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Utah and Wyoming at one fare plus 82.00 round trip. Tickets limited for return 21 days from date of sale. For further information call on Agents Maple Leaf Route.
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Chicago Great Western Ry
Homeseekers
Colorado
Idaho
Indian Territory
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Maple Leaf
Chicago Great Western offers Christmas Baby rhyme books
The Chicago Great Western Railway releases a holiday booklet series for patrons. General Passenger Agent F H Lord presents Baby Rhymes Baby's Bouquet and Baby's Opera illustrated by Walter Crane. Send ten cents per book or twenty five cents for all three to cover mailing costs.
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Chicago Great Western Ry
F. H. Lord
My Lady’s Garden
Walter Crane
Lord
Adams St
Havana Trip Offers Low Round-Trip Fares Via Several Routes
Cuba attracts many American tourists this winter and the Chicago Great Western Ry offers discounted round-trip tickets to Havana. Passengers may travel via Galveston New Orleans Mobile or Tampa with a small extra to return via Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico. The voyage promises an enjoyable Western Hemisphere itinerary. Call any agent or write E. H. Lorp for details at 113 Adams St Chicago.
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Cuba
Chicago Great Western Ry
Havana
Galveston
Texas
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Tampa
Florida
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Maple Leaf
Tourist Sleeping Car Rate to Pacific via Maple Leaf Route
Through Tourist Car leaves Sumner Tuesdays at 1 25 pm to Los Angeles via Kansas City and A T and S F Ry. True winter route with no snow blockades. Cars are finest of their kind, porter attended, berths equal to Pullman, two persons, price under half. First and Second Class tickets honored. Apply to agent Maple Leaf Route or F H Lord 113 Adams St Chicago.
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Chicago Great Western
Sumner
Los Angeles
Kansas City
A. T
F. Ry
Pacific Coast
Maple Leaf
F. H. Lord
General Pass
Adams St
Chicago
Winter Tourist Tickets Sell At Low Rates By Chicago Great Western
The Chicago Great Western Railway advertised round trip Winter Tourist tickets to major resorts across the South and West with return validity to May 31, 1899. Trains are steam heated and equipped with sleeping, buffet, and dining cars. inquire at agents Maple Leaf Route or 13 Adams St., Chicago. Also notes a drizzling rain and a Fayette county forgery case involving Robert W. Watson, charged with uttering a forged 834 note to Henry Keding to pay for a cow. Watson faces grand jury action after a preliminary hearing at Sumner, with prior jail time for a separate theft charge linked to Mrs. Wilkinson.
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Chicago Great Western Ry
California
Florida
Arizona
Old
New Mexico
Cuba
Louisana
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Robert W. Watson
Fayette County
Bremer County
John J. Wilkinson
Henry ©. Keding
Sumner
Keding
Watson
Wilkinson
Mr. Wilkinson
West Union
Waverly
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Bank OF Sumner
F.cass
F. Cans
P. A. Suira
E. L. Cass
Kioney
Chase National Bank
N. Y Drovers
Nat'l Bank
Nat'l Bk
Minneapolis _Firet
St. Paul
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Way Freight
Waverly Brancs
Clarksville
Hampton
Escae
Wsrar Bel
I. Shields
Legal
WM. R. McClure
M. Robish Block
W. H. Wehrmacher
Bcan
Reimler Farrand Lock
Patterson
Carpenter's
W. L. Whitmire, M. D
Farrand Block
J.T. Phillips
F. H. Frank
John Mueller
Cor. 4Th and
Carpenter Streets
F. A. Burrows
Farrand, Hausner, & Cass Bros
Wost
G. W. Darnell
JL Sumner
Farrand Bros. & Patterson's
H. M. Karsten
Gazette Building
J. M. Gross
George Kohlmnan
Main Street
Sumner Meat Market
Fred H. Frank
D. R. Littell
Justice of Peace
City
Churchill & Stephens
Old Postofice
Sumner Steam Laundry and Dye Works
Power House
Geo .H. Haffner
Conrad Haag
Tibbitts
Wit Granger
W. J. Wells
USAGE
Jas. Hullman
E. M. Kieron
Westgate
W. Milney
Jack Shultz
Ernie Swanger
Burg
John Goodenbuhr
Tripoli
A. B. Reif
Bud Fay
Louis Beech
John Sack
New Hampton
Josh Copeland
John Stoddard
Scott Center
John Goodrich
L. H. Carpenter
Kit Ray
Oelwein
L. Padden
O'Connor
O'Grady
Jim Brodie
Gay
Kate Stone
Carrie Brock
Lester Congdon
McIntire
Crazy
Frederika
B. A. Gardner
N. BE. Banks
J. H. Kerwin
Mrs. Artman
Waterloo
C. M. Reed
Stoughton
Charles City
John Mors
O. L. Farrand
Herald Wood
Jake Sours
Illinois
Miss Stevens
Wupsie
The
Lyceum Theater Co
Fayette
Updegraf
Young Comstock
Karl
A. J. Parsons
H. Shroger
Chas. Schrader
Chas, Dawson
Wife
Lizzie Carpenter
U.S
Ed. Knott
Frank Bean
Wayverly
Lord M. Robish & Co. c
Lafe Young
Shiloh
Chas. Golding
J. W. Swanziger
W. R. McFall
Adler
N. D
Dr. A. E Salter
D. R. Librery
CG. A. Moopy
S.T. Todd & CO
Sumner Creamery
Clyde
Osage
Frank D. Eddy
Illinois Central
Chas. Lawrentz
Minnie Clingworth
Randolph G. Moore
Guy M. Moore
E. N. Laird
Wilber Shaw
A.S. Mores
G. E. Jones
Louise M. Meier
Carl Loebsack
M. Robish
Fred Nuss
E. A. Stifring
Janesville
Land Commission
John Sager
Julio Parr
E. H. Bartels
Elizabeth Ellis
Jeremiah Coffey
Catherine Lees
Wm. M. Sailor
Sarah M. Taylor
Joseph Smith
Chase
W. R. Chase
Charlotte Miller
Orrin W. Barrett
C. B. Chase
Adia Terry
Mary A. Challender
David B. Dougherty
Mary J. Diamond
Alma R Cunningham
M. B. Dougherty
A. J. Wise
John Cunningham
PIANO
Ivers & Pond
Ivers & Pond Piano CO
Boylston Street
Boston
Mass
John [Ueller
John
West
Inter Ocean
Wee Inter Ocean
SR Sat
Inter Sccan
W. F. Reinhart
F. F. Casseday
Northwestern Land Agt
Wis
Gen. R
Manhattan Building
Gorth and Hobert
Minn
Hazleton
M. E
Paul Gardner
W. C. Tibbitts
Beaver Dam
J. M. Bamey
Farrand
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