22 Jun 1893
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1893
Page
1
An old time shop advertises a new exclusive store offering bargain prices on men and boys clothing including suits from 1.00. It boasts stock from A to Z and even notes famous names in a playful bid to attract customers. The Blue Front location is cited as three hours east of Cass block.
A man near Ft Madison farms 185 acres of bearing strawberries this season. Also, the Shell Rock bridge project moves forward near Janesville with Joe Honges starting soon, while a Cedar Falls paper mill shutters awaiting stock clearance and a gopher control method using bisulphide is noted.
Dr Beyer and wife and Co Clerk O Day and wife visit relatives in Sumner. Hannah McMeans of Sumner township visits in the city last week. Peter Valentine sells 190 acre Jefferson township farm to Henry Knief at 45 per acre. J E Robinson sells 277 acre Frederika township farm to Fred Schultz Sr at 44 per acre. Rev E O Beck attends Waterloo German Evangelical camp meeting. A man loses 33 at shell game. July 4 oration planned by Hon D T Gibson in Waverly. Beck’s young daughter scalded by boiling milk. doctor says not dangerous. Prof L A Stocking and wife to World’s Fair. C C Murphy moves family into Theise building. Bang family welcomes a girl. Mrs Wm Palmer and children visit Dickey, Minn. Two-year-old Kimball to move to Waterloo. E C Bennett returns after sickness. Robinson sells 240 acres. will move to Illinois. Wynhoff goes to Chicago to see Fair. Livery business expanding under Almond Tibbitts. Upcoming old settler George Kimball leaves Bremer County. Building boom continues with several new cellars and houses under construction. Ethel and Earl Sweet move to Delphos, Kansas with parents. President salary details and total annual cost to government cited. A remarkable elm tree formation northeast of Joszta photographed for Scientific American.
A riddle from the Chicago Inter Ocean imagines a printer who may own tools yet lack wealth, set type while others run, and perform feats from setting to sleeping on the floor. He handles forms, furniture, pi and pi, and even a sheep's foot without deformity, while gunpowder and cannons remain alien to him.
Local items report events around West Union Oelwein and nearby towns. Notes include church observances, a lost mare, a church construction contract worth 3700, a lightning strike damaging a home at Eldora, a teaching renewal at Oelwein, a shell game loss in Polk Township, burglaries at Sells circus with a 400 haul, a loss by A R Taylor, circus-related legal actions, and an upcoming farm auction near Westgate with corn oats and credit terms.
Miss Alice Dodge visits frame of social week in Sumner as Egan sisters buy a Kimball piano. Souvenir items include weddings Wievesiek Lang and O lds Smith, family travel plans to the fair, a church dedication set for June 26, and local notices on lost accounts, real estate, and business moves. Community items cover fishing fines, insurance tips, and agricultural notes with attention to local figures and events.
A historical advertisement proclaims Salva as a universal salve curing cuts bruises sores ulcers and more with guaranteed satisfaction. Priced at 60 cents per box, sold by E G Tramp & Co with money refund if not satisfied.
J B Wilson of Sharpsburg Pennsylvania says he will not be without Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds as it cured his wife who was threatened with pneumonia after an attack of La Grippe. Evert Barber of Cooksport Pennsylvania claims the remedy has done him more good than anything for lung trouble. Free trial bottles at E Trump & Co Drug Store. Large bottles one dollar.
A playful verse contrasts creatures waking early with the farmer's gun and thefts. The lark greets the sun, bees hum, and an ant starts work while others raid or resist. The speaker mocks early rising as a proverb and ends with a joke about rising at 30 o'clock.
Advert says Electric Bitters are a pure medicine praised by users. It claims to cure liver and kidney diseases and remove pimples and other skin issues. The text promises malaria relief, headache, constipation, and indigestion cures with guaranteed satisfaction or refund. Sold at E G Trump & Co's Drug Store for 50c and 100 per bottle.
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