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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1890
Page
4
A sprawling 1890s Sumner market page notes furniture, flour, millinery, and window shades for sale, along with new goods, serveral shop updates, and local notices. It reports births, deaths, and a sister of Eugene Ellsworth dying in Nebraska, plus Fourth of July plans, flood effects, and church services.
A 240 acre farm near Sumner Bremer County Iowa is offered for sale with timber well and windmill. Local market notes report hog sales and a granite monument deal. Weather mentions extreme heat and heavy rains disrupting rail service with washouts on multiple lines and a hoped for Republican state convention trip delayed. Community notices include dances and photography business changes and a Minkler’s Corners oration.
Liberal purses will be given for both first and second best in all contests. A grand celebration in Sumner features the National Salute at Sunrise, a street parade, the Sumner Corner Band, and fireworks. Milk haulers report hardships, local visits, an ice cream festival for Rev Wooley, near-drowning horse incident near C Countryman, and bridge approaches washed out. Mail routes disrupted news from Mentor to Frederica, with a lighthearted note about excessive drinking and a brief editor’s aside.
Dayton notes Rev Adix sick last Friday. A loop planned at John Primus' tonight. W P Lyon to finish census work this week. Mrs Wistner visited Cedar Falls for a few days. W P Sterling left for Sioux City as state convention delegate. Mrs A J Parsons improving after a few sick days. Miss Louise Wilharm to close Dayton Center district term next Friday. Local flood notes mention hogs washed south of Little Valley and milk transfer across creek to creamery. I C U special locals advertise small ads and items for sale at Gaz office.
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