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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1893
Page
3
A collage of humorous vignettes and anecdotes from newspapers and magazines. Jokes about strawberr patterns, travelers on trains, station gossip, and witty exchanges reveal the era’s lighthearted social snapshots and playful banter. Includes brief dialogues and punchy one liners.
A fragment from a Cape Cod item notes a woman marrying a distant man after seeing his portrait in a medical ad. The Life column mocks fashion in neighbors with a poodle and references a cholera loss in Hamburg totaling 10,000 marks, while an Exchange quip wonders about smallpox profits.
A collage of light dialogue and jokes from exchanges and columns. Gloomy liversad jokes about the human stomach as the only instrument harder to tune than a harp. A South Chicago accent note appears with a general manager, a promising engagement, and a boy questioned about football, all in compact humor.
A collage of quips, queries, and observations mocks rustic life, theatre banter, and gender roles. Jokes thread through a mix of anecdotes about cattle, marriage, and social norms, ending with a critique of women in business and the demand for civility and steadiness.
A Scotch pastor’s parting sermon argues that true peace comes from faith not works, and belief in Jesus Christ leads to joy and sanctification. Notable testimonies include a Baron Cuvier daughter praising Bible reading, contrasted with worldly allure. Also reflects on table talk, digestion, and conversation’s health benefits, plus brief notes on religious activity in Jerusalem and beyond.
A long compendium of household tips on cooking and preserving foods, plus curious notes on frogs trained by a Horton resident and a whimsical tale about Queen Victoria’s wild boar herd at Windsor. It also recounts a humorous exchange with a temperance preacher and a quip about brambles and perseverance.
A mixed digest of colonial notes describes Bouka Bougainville on the Solomon Islands, their stone-age customs, crafts, and cannibalism claims, plus travel health tips touting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for sea voyages and general maladies, an exchange about ship launching reporting, and a Beecham's Pills health note.
A veteran angler claims moon phases drive fishing appetites and writes that ashes bite most during the first quarter era while fishing is poor from the last quarter to the new moon. The Atlantic waters are likened to a giant swirl centered near Azoraog. A varied miscellany of notices and advertisements follows.
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