Ladies' Equality Club Hosts Social and Prizes Report
A literary meeting at the Johnston home featured crokinole games and a lunch for attendees. Des Moines votes on female suffrage split the room, while Far rand and Noon won prizes. Stohr expands barn and a 240 acre farm is noted. Chamberlains Cough Remedy touted for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Equality Club
J. M. Johnston
Johnston
L. I. Carpenter
Carpenter
Des Moines
QO. L. Farrand
J. J. Noon
College of Grammarians
The Buck Creek Girl and Other Keystones of Town
A mosaic of local vignettes with playful portraits of girls from Buck Creek to Oelwein and Fayette. Humorous churchyard anecdotes, family notices, and brief ads mingle with Health Ridge tips and small town trivia referencing Folys Honey and Tar, a G A R fund in Dubuque, and community quirks from Osage News to Wilmington schoolchildren presenting a Bible to the gunboat Wilmington.
The Best Salve for All Skin Ailments Sold Here
An old advertisement offers a salve claimed to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores teller chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Price is 25 cents per box, sold by M. Robish & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Robish & Co
Desirable Sumner real estate bargains offered by Littell and Todd
Sumner Iowa real estate dealers Littell and Todd advertise a string of property bargains in town and nearby areas. Listings include four acres inside Sumner limits with a two story house and fruit trees priced at 2000, two lots for 650, several other house and lot combinations up to 2750, acreage near Randalia at 35 per acre cash, and additional forty acre parcels in Fayette County and Sec 28 Township 95 with various features. The ad touts easy terms and quick sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littell’s Add
Sumner
Rowe's Add
Randalia
Fayette Co
Sec
Thankful Words From Mrs Ada E Watt Groton SD
Thankful words recount a near fatal lung illness cured by Dr King s New Discovery. Ada E Watt recalls eight bottles freeing her from consumption and colds and invites readers to obtain free trial bottles at M Robish Co. drug store with guaranteed refund option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada E. Watt
Groton
M. Robish & Co
Sheriff Daniel Parrott Responds to Paper on Tramps
A letter from Henry Parrott, Sheriff, defends local tramps sent from the city. He asserts he supervised forty cords of wood with five tramps and questions the paper’s claim they do no work. He invites the editor to visit and see the work for themselves. He notes no compensation for guarding the men and endorses Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for stomach pains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Linn
Henry Parrott
Proposal for an Electric Railroad Linking Maynard Arlington Sumner
R Re Pempen urges local interest in practicability of an Electric Railroad connecting Maynard Arlington Sumner and nearby towns. He argues rail linkage would unite communities, provide cheaper electric lighting, and boost profits for the builder, inviting approval to propose a building plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Arlington
Sumner
R. Re. Pempen
Mech 4 1897 School Report High and Grammar
Monthly school report lists enrollment and punctuality across four grammar and two intermediate grades, with totals from elementary to South Ward. Notable names include teachers J W Dickman Nettie Dickman and Miss Dickman, and pupils such as Chas Lease Hari Robinson Ada Farnum Laura Knes and Allie Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Lease
Hari Robinson
Wm. Lease
Husband
Wuttkey
Clara Gillett
Katie McClusky
Ada Farnum
Frank Austin
Domnie Havenstrite
Mildred Thall
George Miller
Thos, Rochford
Laura Knes
Lana Keerth
Edwin Reimer Vella Parrind
Pearl Tibbitts
IST Grammar
Berneice Robinson
Carle Harsh
Wm. Haag
Richard Parmely
Thomas Parrott
Hiley Lease
Edna Guetze
Mamie Kent
Florence Barker
Icy Fortney
Charney Rowe
May D. Lanson
IST
Allie Potter
Harrison Lease
Warrison Ludwig
Maud Burrow
Fable Dawson
Clara Telmike
Anna Neff
Alma Schilbach
Vera Churchill
Myrtle Fague
Esther Goetze
Nora Wehmke
Anna Karsten
Flossie Lease
Pearl Lowe
Ethel Rowe
Lizzie Dickman
Charley Bruns
Ela Schilbach
Henry Bubr
Anna Topp
Harry Haffner
Floyd Turner
Elmer Jlang
Leo Winks
Glover Lutes
Merrill Rowe
Frank Neff
Della Green
Jay Nuss
Maude Watch
Hazel Bolin
Emil Marks
Albert Marks
Lloyd Russell
Nettie Dickman
Quack Remedies and Frugal Living Echo in 1900s Paper
The page advertises One Minute Cough Cure and DeWitt's Little Marly Risers as trusted remedies for coughs, colds, asthma, and stomach issues. It notes a dairy boom with 801 creameries and praises Iowa factories turning raw soil into finished products. A humorous marriage catechism, free speech critique of the French exposition, and a Waterloo resident's tale on frugal living and saving are also featured, illustrating period health, economy, and social humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robish & Co
Iowa
March Ladies’ Home Journal
Waterloo
Weeks Laxative Quinine Tablets Cure a Cold
An old advertisement touts Weeks Laxative Quinine Tablets as the best remedy for colds and La Grippe. It claims to remove the cause by using Ipecac to open secretions Quinine to destroy poison and Cascara to regulate the bowels. It promises no cure no pay and lists M Robish & Co as sole agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Robish & Co
Sole Agts
William Bethka Heads to Minnesota for Carpenter Work
William Bethka plans spring work in Minnesota as a carpenter. Waverly faces bids for the Germin Lutheran Orphans’ Home at its current site in Muscatine and Mt. Horeb Wisconsin, with Andrew as a point of reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bethka
Minnesota
Waverly
Germin Lutherean Orphans’ Home
Andrew
Muscatine
Mt. Ioreh
Wis
Foley’s Honey and Tar Aids Chicago Man’s Cough
S. F. Frit of 677 Sedewick St Chicago reports severe lung cough resistant to many remedies and doctors. After using Foley's Honey and Tar, he improved quickly, slept better, stopped coughing up blood, and felt fully well after a second bottle. Farrand Bros. & Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Farrand Bros. & Patterson
S. F. Frit
Sedewick St
Chicago
Electric Bitters Promised To Cure Various Ailments
A vintage ad touts Electric Bitters as the cure for liver issues lack of appetite and general weakness. It claims prompt relief, toned stomach and liver, and a full system boost. Sold by M. Robish & Co. for 50 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Robish & Co
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Bank OF Sumner
CASE
J.F. Cans
P. A. Surin
E. L. Cass
Chase Actal Bank
N.Y Drovers
Natl Bank
Nat'l Bk
Minneapoli
Dubuque
East
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Nourhwest
Bes Molnes
ST. Fioseph
Kansas City
North
Time Limited
South A.m
J.T. Nerr
Lowa
Geo H. Haffner
Tonsoria Parlor
Tibbitts
Wismer & Sitz
Sumer
Jowa
Frank
Reimler & Farrand
Dunham & Wells
A. E. Osborn
Entist
Gazette
George Kohlman
South Side
Main Street
Yonrad Haag
Bageage
Postoffice
Tibbitts Gtel
Wm. R. McClure
M. Robish Block
D. R. Littell
Justice of Peace
Potratz Building
H. J. Karsten
Farx and Bros. & Patterson
Pick Bros
Eaters
Henry W
Chase
George Aldrich
J. W. Stohr
George
Wwe Granger
Packard
Richmond
Ladd
Chickering
Gabler
Star
Russell, Bush &Iuerts
Sherwood & Sons
H. Wahiman
City
Davis & Churchill
Tre
Old PostoMee
W. L. Whitmire
Pis
Sumner, Iowa
Farrand Block
Patterson & Buchanan, Physicians & Surgeons
C. E. Patterson, M. D
Tito
W.D. Buchanan
M.D
Los Angeles
California
Chicago Great Western Ry
Santa Fe
Dodge Center
Stayfield
McIntire
New Hampton
Oelwein
Cedar Falls
Reinbeck
Marshalltown
F. H. Hunter
C. J. Brooks
F. H. Lord
General Pasenger
Sumner Gazette
Buck Creek
Tripoli
Fayette
Fredericksburg
Westgate
Croup
DeWitt
Dyersville
Chamberlain’s
Ann Dermody
R. C G. Lubiens
Michael Kirk
Osage News
B. W. Pursell
Knntersville
Episcopal Church
Indepenence
Chamberlain
Wilmington
Del
United States
Thomas F. Bayara
Bucklen
Littell & Todd
School House
Wescott’s
Butler County
Farmers’ Institute
Clarksville
Waverly, Ta
J. W. Dickman, Prin
Queen Cass
Elizabeth Long
Lorena Boehm
Paul Rathbone
Harold Turner
Bernard Bolin
Inez Bergman
Clare Carroll
Frances Wells
Bertha Geiesman
Winnie Haag
True West
Edward Parrott
Luella Hodge
Claude Nuss
Vaughn Fortney
Ezra Noon
South Ward
Martha Clifford
Join Beeck
Martha Schult
George Wescott
Mattie Roberts
Frank Hatch
Ollie Wescott
Herman Kluge
Lydia Leavenworth
Carlie Warnecke
Anna Schuldt
George Warneke
Rose Kluge
Louie Tietje
Elsie Kluge
Rose M. Voorgess
Robish Meru
J.B. Bowser
Mr. Bowser
Thos
Robish & Co. 3
Kansas
Jemima
John
Wilharm
Sen’s
John Mueller
Vicinity
John [Luller
Yao
Ed. Knott
Towa
Frank Bean
Busi
Ness
Jas. A. Smith & Co
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