05 May 1892
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1892
Page
1
An assorted harvest of notes from Iowa and beyond reports real estate booms, insurance changes, the Grant monument ceremony, mill and telegraph offices, emigration to New York, dairy and cheese updates, and local politics. It notes tax, divorce law lag, milk and meat equivalences, and a parade of industrial and social items across towns like Oelwein Davenport and Cedar Falls with multiple named people, firms, and places.
Announce excursion tickets at one fare round trip for the Iowa Encampment G A R to be held in Ottumwa May 10 to 12 1892. Tickets on sale May 8 to 11. return allowed to May 13. Special train from Marshaltown May 10 to connect with Chicago St. Paul Kansas City RR arriving Ottumwa 10:00 am. Details from ticket agents. Also local notes from Waverly Democrat and Rural Life on Grove Gill Creamery and horse market trends.
An advertisement promotes Electric Bitters claiming they strengthen the liver kidneys and stomach aiding their functions and offer quick relief for sick headaches. It notes large bottles at 50 cents from M S Wright & Co. It also mentions cattle hides gaining value for livestock products and lists uses for Angus Shorthorn and other breeds in fur and garment items.
An almost ideal Thanksgiving Day described with a light pre snow, cold rivers, and an early journey by eight welock passenger train to grandma’s. The visit included turkey dinner, pies, and fruit then skating, games, and a late departure back across the prairie toward Summer. MILlie CorELanp.
General Rosecrans notes the saying should be goose honks high, not hangs high, as geese fly low in rain and fog over houses. Des Moines broker J P Blaize nearly contracted pneumonia in a blizzard but recovered after Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 31 cent bottles are sold by druggists. Railway line offers first class Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars to the Pacific Coast with weekly departures from Minneapolis and St Paul and through connections to San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The ad proclaims US sales of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds from March 91 to March 02 totaling 2,228,672 bottles in one year. It guarantees money back if not satisfactory and claims its success as the best remedy. Sold for 50c and 1.00 at Wright & Co.'s Drogstore.
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