13 Jul 1899
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1899
Page
1
A miscellany of local notes and anecdotes from Waverly and surrounding areas including race results at Waterloo, scant incidents at dances, farm and machinery reports, farm income notes, public notices of salaries, and brief commercial items. Read like a birds-eye snapshot of late 19th century rural life with named towns, people, farms, and events.
Mr A Sanders writes from Coco Nut Grove Florida of an epidemic and says four doses of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured him and others call it the best medicine. M Robish Co druggists sell it. A farmer hired a city boy to salt a calf with disastrous results as colts licked the calf and the scene ended with unease for all. The Britt Tribune column quips about cyclone fears and rural wit in playful satire.
Real estate listings describe numerous farms and houses near Sumner Iowa. Properties include 160 acre farm four miles from Sumner with a large house and barn, 40 bearing fruit trees, wells and wind mill, priced at 45 per acre with half cash. Several other farms from 40 to 250 acres with improvements, water, windmills, granaries and outbuildings listed at various prices and terms. Also multiple Sumner town lots and houses for sale with terms and descriptions.
Weeks Break Up A Cold Tablets claim to cure a cold while you sleep without head effects. Contain quinine toecae and cascara in chocolate coated form. Priced at 2 50 with money back guarantee if it fails to cure. M Robish & Co sole agents 7 yl.
The Omaha World-Herald notes ancient wisdom on evaporation and cooling. It explains how wrapping a water jar or melon in wool or allowing evaporation lowers temperature, while cotton undergarments trap sweat and raise heat. Light wool and thin woolen blankets beat cotton for cooling.
A long jumble of wry anecdotes and agricultural notes. The piece weaves jokes about taxes, timing of months, and sovereigns with practical farming guidance. It endorses humane child-rearing, foresees a better fruit crop outlook, mentions a 25 percent banana price rise, and ends with an ad for DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
I am corresponding with Tlinois farmers desiring to buy land nearby. Add your farm to my list free of charge to attract buyers. Six percent farm loans with no commission. I represent local and Eastern money. Office in Reimler-Farrand Block.
The United Christian Party of America, conceived at Des Moines four weeks ago, plans a national ticket for 1900 on a four word motto What would Jesus do. Chairman W C Pidgeon says direct legislation and referendum with the imperative mandate will reform government while uniting Christians beyond nationality. The platform also touts electricity driven fertility and air power for farming.
From Sylvan Valley News in Brovrad North Carolina comes a cautious endorsement of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The editor urges keeping a bottle on hand to ease early distress before a physician is needed, noting twenty years of family use and reliability. Sold by M Robish & Co. druggists.
An exchange quotes a retired army officer who married in 1865 the daughter of a man devoted to freeing enslaved people. He recalls personal growth sparked by meeting his father in law and wife, saying he became an abolitionist after those encounters.
A dairy industry critique notes tactics in which cows in commercial districts are fed to boost milk output beyond healthy limits. The practice, aimed at maximizing records, shortens a cow’s usefulness, ending in culling for meat. Expert Trigg cautions against overfeeding and overtaxing cattle.
A Waverly stock buyer disbursed payments during the first six months of the year, covering stock and grain through SOLOS. 12.
The Public Health Journal reports that a 1-in-1500 solution of permanganate in mosquito marshes can stop larvae development, with small doses oxidizing large swamps. A pinch or scattered crystals may kill germs in water, keeping areas free of insect pests for thirty days at low cost.
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