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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1900
Page
3
In a city tale, famed mandolin master UDOLPH OSWALD teaches Miss Gertie Bliss while an awkward elderly woman, Mrs Keener, seeks lessons. The episode unfolds with humor and unease as the woman awkwardly negotiates fees and time, and Rudolph masks nerves with growing amusement.
Mrs Keener seeks to unlock her husband’s memory through music after years in poverty and care of an insane spouse. Rudolph Oswald rejects coaching as useless for her ear and the tale traces her struggle from a dilapidated home to a life of sewing and devotion. The piece centers on love, loss, and the quest for a single melodic link to a vanished past.
A courtroom exchange mocks testimony as a witness claims signs of insanity in a defendant. The dialogue satirizes legal rhetoric and oath compliance. The piece notes contrasting lines about truthfulness, then mentions a proverb about a crank vs foal, drawn from Harlem Life and Chicago Daily News.
James Sweeney, a cotton foreman, was lynched at 1 am Sunday in Port Arthur after being acquitted of murder in Beaumont. He had killed Charles Crumbach with a bayonet during a February saloon fight. A mob dangled him from a telephone pole, then dispersed as Sheriff Langham moved to arrest ringleader Jack Martin. Port Arthur, built beside the Kansas City Pittsburgh & Gulf railroad, draws many northern residents.
Insurgents in Albay, Laon, and nearby towns harass American posts from hill camps. Guerrilla bands burn villages, impede civilian return, and cause shortages. In southern Manila area, ambush attempts fail as American forces repel attacks, leaving several wounded including officers and a captain.
Minneapolis reports indicate Dawson decline with Nome rush drawing away merchants and workers to Alaska. Palace Grand theater moves 2000 miles by barge to Nome as other buildings follow. Also note drownings in Fond du Lac, a St Louis wine grower shot, William Green dead in Princeton, and other brief items on treaty views, indictments, Corbett training, and a Brooklyn Navy Yard fire.
In Frankfort on a Saturday a large Republican turnout from across Kentucky gathered at the capitol. Gov Taylor faced opposing views on an Louisville agreement as the assembly debated concessions while troops guarded the doors. The meeting urged Taylor not to sign and to let the courts decide the dispute amid preparations to reconvene the legislature.
Ohio Farmer describes hydraulic ram use for water systems. Details include four foot burial depth for pipes, a 900 foot pipe run to a 60 gallon pantry tank and a ten barrel barn tank with overflow. The mechanism uses a levered bucket with a leaking bottom and a plunger driven valve, illustrating a practical ram powered water delivery.
An Orange Judd Farmer note describes a lighter ditching method using a shovel turned over, with a worker on each side pulling and pushing via a wire attached to the handle base. The contractor ditcher claims two workers can match or exceed three with traditional shovels, saving effort on heavy soil.
The guide argues that starvation and neglect cause unproductiveness in orchards and urges heavy mulching under full grown peach trees. It notes grafts can salvage undesirable fruits, advises labeling and storing grafts in sawdust, and recommends thorough watering for house plants. It highlights fertilizing as orchards stay productive and endorses Ben Davis apples for size color and keeping qualities.
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