Sumner Gazette items show town life and a large excursion
The Sumner Gazette notes many local items from May 1890 including sick residents Levi Westgate and Mrs. Siglan, shop calls, millinery by Miss Faust and Miss Hickey, plus concerts, breeding and business happenings. A large excursion from Dubuque to Sumner drew about 2000 travelers on two trains, with orderly conduct and strong railroad pushback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Carroll
Mary Faust
H. Wahblman
Wis
Prof. Dickman
U.S.A
D. C. Linn
Miss Goodrich
Chicago
Faust
L. A. Munger
Westgate
Will Davis
Local notices offer various items for sale and lost items
Classified style notices advertise lost items including a white and brown bird dog and a watch, a feather bound Johnstown Flood history, a Worcester dictionary, and Stanley's African books. Also offered are eggs for setting, a residence with timber land, and a fine Rooster bred fowl from Chicago. prices given and contact names Wahlman Johnston and M Winn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Sumner
Wilson’s Grove
M. Winn
J. H. Lore
Stanley
Chicago
Wahlman & Johnston
Farm for Sale Near Sumner Bremer County Iowa
Improved 210 acre farm one mile west of Sumner Iowa in Bremer county. New building, fine well with Eclipse windmill. Inquire M Robish Sumner Iowa for terms. The Republicans of Sumner To meet in caucus at Emmons machinery office at 4 o'clock p m Saturday May 31 to choose nine delegates for county convention at Waverly June 7. By order of Com.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Cliff
Own Loan and Saving Association
Des Moines
Iowa
Sumner
Cliff
Dayton
Buck Creek
Waverly
W. P. Steinine
Bremer County
M. Robish
Emmons
Sumner drawing offers wagon and prizes for subscribers
It states next Saturday afternoon is the drawing day with distribution in subscribers hands. Missing numbers 170 215 222 227 352 353 will not be entered unless reported. 50 to 100 Sumner residents are urged to pay by Jan 1 1891 to qualify and claim prizes including a $40 wagon two harnesses worth 20 and 15 dollars five whips a sewing machine and 15 cents in trade per subscriber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Farnum Visits Parents as Hogs and Milk Flow Highlight Local Life
C C Farnum visits his parents Mr and Mrs B J Farnum for a short time while local farming taps into hog markets. Farmers sold hogs last week at three dollars and sixty cents per hundred, some hauled to Fredericksburg and others to Sumner. Milk hauling remains profitable as daily loads pass by. G H Fay suffered a wagon accident on the way to the creamery injuring his side and spilling milk. A group of locals joined Monday excursion to Dubuque and enjoyed a good day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Robinson
Estherville
Iowa
Copeland & Longmuir
Sumner
H. G. Pratt
Fredericksburg
Andrew Parrott
Westgate Creamery
Penn
H. Sullivan
Earnest H. McMeekin
Bailey’s Commercial College
Dubuque
G.H. Fay
Johnny Starr Weds Miss Sadie Fairburn in Janesville
Marriage reported for Johnny Starr to Miss Sadie Fairburn of Janesville. A. J. Curtis and family plan to occupy the Garner house opposite the opera house. Jewelry from Waverly theft traced to a La Crosse residence. Prof. W. F. Cramer re elected Sioux City principal at 1800 salary. City teachers listed for term across high school and wards with named instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Starr
Sadie Fairburn
Janesville
A. J. Curtis
Opera House
Waverly
la Crosse
W. F. Cramer
Sioux City
F. H. Munger
Alice Nowlan
Sarah Cadwallader
Birdie Holt
Lizzie Conner
M. J. Whaite
Lou Adams
Clara Barker
Vella Healey
Emma Tyrrell
Grace Morse
F. van Vlack
Hattie Pratt
Tripoli News Briefs Include Local Events and Moves
Tripoli residents report various happenings as winter nears. Fred Ziesines sports a new awning while Doc Guthrie builds an office beside his drugstore. E A Kelser plans a Frederica census and Wm Palmer attended a Grand Lodge session in Sioux City as Tripoli’s delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ziesines
Mathies
The
Baptists
Chase
Henry Koch
Dickey Barber
Aiden
Waverly
A. W. Bean
Doc. Guthrie
E. A. Kelser
Frederica
Ed. Martin
Wm. Palmer
Grand Lodge
Sioux City
Tripoli Lodge
J. H. Martin
John Mueller
Doc. Schneller
C. H. Moebling
Tripoli
Henry Moehling
Fred Bruns
Denver
Nebraska
Wall Circus Here June 10 and Local News Bits
The issue notes an OF WALL Wintermute circus set for June 10. It reports H. H. Hopkins as recommended postmaster at Nashua, and a bank robbery suspect caught with $18,000 left. Pan-Americans order a $500 solid silver cup for James G. Blaine. The Manchester woolen mill renews convict suit cloth contracts for Anamosa. Supreme Court rules against Kem toler on death by electricity. Guthrie Center prices from eleven years prior are listed. Nashua reports diphtheria in a family with quarantined house. School book trust reorganization adds Merrill & Co. and Standard Pub Co. Harper & Bros. exits. La Porte City Review front shows editor Fton’s portrait. Cedar Rapids expo rail fare details and train inquiries given. Oelwein baseball win over Fairbank amid disputes over Sunday play. Bremer County enumerators listed and schedules set to finish by June.
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Town
Gazette
Levi Westgate
Fague
Seth Richards
Cy. Beck
John Siglan
Richfield
L. H. Carpenter
Inlinois
Snyder
John Dickman
Eli Parshall
Callahan
Henry
Fred Zell
Illinois
Henry Fague
Bristow
John Fox
Board of Trade
D. R B. Littell
Grand Lodge of
D. Palmer
Albert Dykins
Frank Palmer
Rev. Bredow
P. Winnegar
O. Q. Tibbitts
McKown
Castalia
Rev. Cunningham
U. B
M. E
Prof
Hanson
M. FE
Henry Facue & Co
Bissell
West Union
H. D. Head
Hampton
J. B. Hathaway
L. J. Moore
the Express Messenger
Parkersburg
Figue
Evangelical Quarterly Meeting
Miller
Schilbach
Jno
Towa
Miss Hickey
H. Fague
Copeland & Longmuir’s
Mike McCluskey
New York
Thos. Mooney
McCluskey
Chas. Golding
Wynhoff Bros
S.J. Lowe
Alta Vista
Nellie Thornton
Illinois Central
August Kluge
Harmon, Arapahoe Co
Colorado
Henry Wilson Zimmerman
Milesburg
Ames
Fremont Tp
Fayette County
Zimmerman
Premont Center
M. E. Church
H. S. Brunson
Fayette
Shear
Bailey
Maynard
Sunner
Father Zimmerman
Elma
Gaz
Worcester
Morocco
C. C. Farnum
Jack
Mrs
B. J. Farnum
Wintermute Circus
H. H. Hopkins
Col. Sweeney
Nashua
Mr. Hopkins
Tiffany
James G. Blaine
Manchester Woolen Mill
Anamosa Penitentiary
Supreme Court of the United States
Kemtoler
Burlington
Guthrie Center
S. M. Barnes
Oak Hill Cemetery
Nashua Post
School Book Trust
New Deal Merrill & Co
St. Paul
Standard Pub. Co
St. Louis
Harper & Bros
Bro. Fton
la Porte City Review
Colums
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Hannegan
G.tl& Plal
Oelwein Baseball
Foud
Fairbank Nine
Fairbank
Oelwein
Bremer Co
W.T. Lyon
Douglas
Fee Franklin
Geo Vanderwalker
Frederika
Kelsey Fremont
W Bean Jackson
AM Crail Jefferson
Philips LaFayette
EB White LeRoy
E. Wattenpaugh Mayfield
Nehring & Potratz
Roots & Shoes
Flour and Nations
Fagube’s
Heath
Milligan
M. Robish & Co
Astin
Weacon
M. S. Wright & CO
Sherwin & Williams Paints
M. S. Wright& CO
Fornitore Store
Ls.cass
Miay 31, Co
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