04 Feb 1897
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1897
Page
1
Reports from Waverly and nearby towns show a bustling period with residents in sessions, visits, and town events. Notable items include the county supervisors meeting, Dr. Landon’s rupture cure, a Cass Opera House social invitation dance, and local moves such as Anson Hatch and family relocating west.
Des Moines hosts three branches in session with 50 senators and 100 house members paid 5.50 per day, mileage, and a cap of 6 dollars daily, plus a large unofficial lobby funded by corporations. The lobby, unelected, swells this winter as a new code is drafted to favor business interests over farmers and workers, while taxpayers bear the cost. The regular 90 day session sets pay at 30 dollars per day for current lawmakers.
Waving sells farm property by auction at his residence six miles northeast of Sumner, near Richfield Creamery. Sale starts 9:30 AM on Tuesday February 9, 1897, featuring livestock including horses and cattle, farming implements, seed corn, oats, and household furniture. Terms: cash for sums $10 and under. over $10 nine months with approved notes at 7 percent, 2 percent cash discount. Auctioneers D. R. Lretry and W. BF Reinbart.
A compilation of short notices and letters recounts cured illnesses from Chamberlain's remedy after thirty years of chronic diarrhoea, a fatal canine tuberculosis link to a human case, farm moves and dairy plans by H C Wheeler, library travel initiatives with 40 book libraries per site, and a plea for schoolchildren and teachers to stay warm to avoid illness, urging health education and weather awareness.
A rugged note from Circle City Alaska notes gold country life and costs, plus a health pitch for Dr King’s New Discovery. It includes testimonials from West Union Alico and G A Dykeman Druggist praising the remedy as best cough medicine with eight years of use. Trial bottles are offered free at O 2 Taylor's drug store with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
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