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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1890
Page
4
Editor and Proprietor. Advertisements list prices for butter eggs oats car flax in sums, with local mentions of residents, visits, sales, and events. Mentions include Fague new goods, Prof Hanson at M E church, latimer pension, and social gatherings, plus stray notes on weather frost and construction.
May 15 Des Moines Supreme Court session frees 23 lawyers. Wynkoff Bros hold the largest investment in boots and shoes in Sumner. I C Rimrodt sells three acres near Dayton to his son and plans to move to Sumner. Various notices include lost purse, ad shifts, a Methodist meeting in Fremont Two, a Cumberland creamery startup, a windy day causing damage, and a local theater report on the Wilson troupe performing The Two Orphans and Passion's Slave with good attendance.
Local notices and advertisements list items for sale and services, including a leather bound history, a property for sale in Sumner Wyoming, a dictionary offer, book sales, eggs for setting, and farm notes. Several short notes mention measles at Sterling school, rheumatism, and local farm activities. May 20, 1890.
An obituary notes P. L. Champlain a respected Oelwein resident died at his home on the 14th from paralysis. He was 62 years, 5 months, and 7 days old. The notice mentions employment opportunities with no prior experience required and refers readers to an advertisement on the first page titled A Chance to Make Money.
Members of O'Brien Post G A R Department of Town to meet Saturday May 24 at 2 pm at the Post hall in Tripoli Iowa to arrange Decoration Day details by order of the Commander. Local creameries report varied payments per cwt for April and May with improvements and expenses noted including a new brick smoke stack and engine costs. Fredericksburg reports butter price for April at 44 cents per pound.
On Decoration Day May 3 a public demonstration will be held at Grove Hill school house and cemetery about 1 mile southwest of here with Rev T A Miller delivering the address. Sumner residents are invited. Decoration services in Sumner on Sunday June 1 at 10 AM in the opera house. A procession forms at 1 30 PM to move to the cemetery to decorate graves of deceased soldiers. Committee on program A H Wemple A G Spears S J Davis. Dr Bryant music A H Wemple L A Manger ushers C G Spears president of the day Peter Adrian J G Fister committee on flowers. Sons and daughters of veterans urged to assist. Opera house to be union of local churches. Veterans meeting last Saturday provided items from secretary A H Wemple. The address will be delivered by Rev J M Johnston.
Proprietor Charles Dickey of Reinbeck takes over the barber shop on June 1. The Tripoli K of P pledge group contributes $10 to Brother Fleming now at New Hartford Iowa formerly of Sumner. The Elder reports his horse suffered a broken leg and funds are raised to replace it. Republican.
Odebolt Chronicle notes Maj. D. W. Reed appoints Fayette enumerators, all Republicans and old soldiers. The list includes districts Two through Union with names and assigned numbers for towns like Auburn Banks Bethel Center Clermont Dover Eden Fairfield Fayette Fremont Harlan Hyllria Jefferson Oran Pleasant Valley Putman Scott Smithfield Westfield West Union Windsor and Union.
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