Town Items and Notices From Fayette County
J F Cass and family spent Sunday in Waterloo. Revival meetings began at Fayette Sunday with Rev. Williams. J L Leonard of Waverly worked the insurance business. The G A R encampment to be held at Waterloo June 14 and 5. Osage secures a 780 foot well pumping 10,000 gallons an hour. The drama of Damon and Pythias played Tuesday and Wednesday. Karl’s Clover Root Tea praised for bowel regulation. Br Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin claimed to prevent rheumatism. The Gazette notes postal service mistakes but claims not all errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limburger
Postal Service
Gazette
Osage
Damon and Pythias
Bremer County
Waverly
Sumner
Institute
E. C. Bennett
L. C. Overdorf
G. E. Levison
Polk
C. P. Trescont
Douglas
Win
Lubring
Frederika
Gunsalus
Clas
Pennington
Fremont
Marlett
Dayton
Schichke
Warren
A. Mohling
Quotable Adage Opens The Letter From St James Mo 1898
A fragment includes a proverb heavy on rule or be ruled and other paired choices. The text shows a January 28 1898 letter from St James Missouri requesting a 40 oz bottle of Syrup Pepsin praised as the best laxative by Mrs W D Crandall Tron Farrand Bros. The last portion mocks a boarder living in the barn described as a consumed skunk seeking eviction guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James, Mo
W. D. Crandall
Farrand Bros
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Spotlighted By Publisher
In October 1896 B S Edwards praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy for curing a severe lung cold. The piece promotes the product through multiple testimonials and notes its availability from M Robish & Co. It also covers M W A camp delegates from Bremer county and the Head Camp meeting in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Edwards
the Review
Wyant
M. Robish & Co
Stamp exemption crackdown on creamery checks in Iowa
Deputy Collector P E Neary sent in non stamped creamery checks from western Towa. The information was returned noting the secretary drew a treasury ticket that required no stamp. A merchant treasurer owned no stock in the creamery. One concern ordering payments spared tens of thousands yearly. State dairy officers track impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Internal Revenue
P. E. Neary
Dubuque
State House
Stata Register
Real estate listings in Sumner Iowa prompt farm auctions
S.T. Todd & Co lists multiple Sumner area farms with acres ranging from 80 to 880, detailing houses, outbuildings, wells, windmills, and prices from 35 to 45 per acre. Terms include cash portions and 3 to 8 year financing at 6 percent. Also notes a Sumner institute meeting and farmer cooperative cheese-making cautions.
Protection Lodge Initiates New Members Next Wednesday Night
Protection Lodge No. 195 M B A Iest and initiated one new member a week ago yesterday and will initiate three more at its next meeting to be held next Wednesday night. It is described as one of Sumner's most prosperous organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protection Lodge
Sumner
Winter Tours On Cuba and California By Maple Leaf Route
The Chicago Great Western Railway announces low round trip winter tourist tickets to Havana via Galveston New Orleans Mobile or Tampa with optional return via Vera Cruz and Mexico City. Tickets valid until May 31 1899 cover California Florida Arizona New Mexico Cuba and more with steam heated trains sleeping cars dining cars and wide vestibules. Contact Maple Leaf Route agents or F H Lorp at 113 Adams St Chicago for rates and schedules.
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Cuba
Chicago Great Western Ry
Havana
Galveston
Texas
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Tampa
Florida
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Maple Leaf
H. Lorp
Gen. Pass
Ticket Agt
Adams St
Chicago
California
Arizona
Old
New Mexico
Louisana
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Chicago Great Western Ryte
Citheyo Great Western
Sumner
Uhroush
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Alt
S. FL Ry
Pacific Coast
Lord
Karl's Clover Root Tea testimonial from Hartford
A customer report praises Karl's Clover Root Tea for calming nerves and easing constipation kidney and bowel issues. The letter from Mrs S A Sweet of Hartford, Conn, states the product cleansed her system, restoring health and strength and notes availability from NM Robish & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl
Rs. S.A. Sweet
Hartford
Conn
NM. Robish & Co
Debating Farm Hours at Kossuth Institute
A discussion at the Kossuth county institute debated optimal daily farm hours. The consensus favored a ten hour day with modern machinery and planning to improve output. An eminent farmer cited milking 24 cows and finishing all tasks by 6 30 pm, claiming better work quality and fewer staffing issues.
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Kossuth
Trigg
Farmhouse Auction Offers Horses Cattle Tools and Crops
Having sold my farm I will sell at my residence two miles west and forty four miles south of Sumner beginning at 10 o'clock on Tuesday February 28 1899. The sale lists 3 head of horses 10 good milk cows 32 year old heifers 1 yearling bull 5 good calves 18 broad sows 2 burrows and 1 boar 600 bushels oats 800 bu corn 15 tons bay 5 loads unhusked corn 5 bushels seed corn 75 chickens 3 turkeys 3 geese 1 Stood Gorham seeder nearly new 1 Climax riding corn plow nearly new 1 Bradley hay rake nearly new 1 lumber wagon 1 jump seat buggy 1 cutter 1 pair bobs 1 dray 1 hay rack 1 stone boat 6 milk cows 75 posts 1 40 gallon feed kettle 2 sets double harness and numerous other articles Free lunch at noon. Terms 10 months time on approved notes at 6 percent interest. Ten dollars and under cash. No property removed until terms complied with. Fred Rim Representative D R Livert Joan Schwake Auctioneer Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Sumner
Fred Rim
D.R. Livrert
Joan Schwake
Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets Ad
A box of Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold tablets containing quinine ipecac and cascara is advertised as chocolate coated to taste pleasant. Claimed to cure a cold while you sleep with no heady aftereffect and offered at 25 cents with a money back guarantee if it fails. M Robish & Co Sule Avts. 7 y
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Robish & Co
Sule
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bank OF Sumner
S.f.cass
F.cass
A. Surra
E. L. Cass, Asst
Cashier
Rovers Nat'l Bank
Nat'l Bk
T. Paul and
Minneapolis
Twin City
Reese Ead
St. Paul
Way Freight
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Kansas
City Limited
Clarksville
Hampton
I. Shields
Iowa
J. F. Cass
Waterloo
Geo. Jeanin
E. L. Cass
Lester WeLain
Fred Baker
Fayette
Wawkerye
RLPL
Vertises
Jesse
J.L. Leonard
Clarksville Star
Charley Stone
Vida
Billy Sunday & Co
New Hampton
Charlie Schoephoerster
Canby
Minn
Fayette Sunday
Rev. Williams
Elizabeth Long
Ed. Scoby
Northwood
Farmers’ Institute
Vernon “Eggleston
Jesup
G. W. van Atten
Fayette County Union
Dora Wade
Farmer Wells
Mrs. Bollinger
Robish & Co
Lamont
M. Rabish & Con
Br. Caldwell
Sumner Gazette
Svorn
Mueller
Suainer Harness Maker
John Mueller
VICE
Vick
America
James Vicks Sons
Rochester
N. Y
Bennett
W. B. Ingham
Chas
Folks
Marshalltown
Mr. Ingham
United States
Ed. B. French
Spend
Stenn
Lanpher
Finch
Jas. A. Smith & Co
S.T. Todd & CO
Fremont Township
Banks
Fayette Co
Welland
Littell
Frederickshore
Ina Sunaner
8.T. Loud & Co
Orchurd
Main St
Todd & Co
Roweadd
S. TL
Littell’s
Add
the Farmers’ Institute
New York
Foley’s Honey
Foley
Ed. Wilharm
General Merchant
Farrands
W.H. Clark
Ass’t
W.D. Milne
Mgr
Conrad Haag
Geo H. Haffner
Parket
Fred H. Frank
A. B. Reif
the Music Dealer
Algona Institute
Curtis
Ames
Legal
WM. R. 7Icclure
M. Robish Block
W. H. Wehrmacher
Ioan
Ohleean Reimler- Farrand Block
E. Patterson
F. A. Burrows
Bank Block
Farrand, Hausner, & Cass Bros
Postantice
Otlive
Farrand Block
G. W. Darnell
Bisera
J. M. Karsten
Densal Worts
D. R. Littell
Aron
Justice of Peace
Summer
George Kohlman
South Side
Main Street
Sumner, Towa
City
Churchill & Stephens
Sumner Steam Laundry and Dye Works
Power House
PIANO
Ivers & Pond
Teris
Ivers & Pond Piano CO
Boylston Street
Boston
Masa
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