02 Oct 1884
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1884
Page
1
The notice outlines rates for professional cards at 310.00 and special notices at 5.00 per line under Specials. Mixed locals incur 10 cents per line. Yearly ads payable yearly, transient ads require advance payment, and legal ads charged at legal rates.
Directory item lists county officers including Clerk of Courts C H Cooper Waverly Treasurer 8 F Baker Waverly Auditor C W Tyrrell Recorder Henry Kasemeier Sheriff James Adair Superintendent G P Linn Sumner Carner W B E Whitney Tripoli Iowa Surveyor Dexter Beal Grove Hill Iowa Jus Conner Supervisors John Hominghaus Julius Dorn.
Passenger trains leave the Dubuque & Dakota stations at 4:01 PM from Sumner for Sumner and 3:31 PM to Tripoli with connections at Hampton Clarksville Waverly and Sumner. Daily trains with Sunday service include a supper at Allison. Officials: C H Boots, treasurer. A C Gooprici, superintendent, Waverly.
Waverly Station timetable shows 12 55 p m and 2 08 p m times with notes except Sunday and Saturday routes. Passenger and freight mixed service listed, with connections at Waterloo and Dubuque for points east and south. Agent J O Hoven invites through tickets.
County superintendent G P Linn from Waverly Iowa edited the school department items in this periodical.
Four applicants attended the public examination last week as Bremer county lists twelve congressional and fourteen civil townships. The State Superintendent calls for an exhibit in New Orleans next winter and teachers are urged to study school law. The piece questions map drawing methods, letter writing practice, and spelling under different methods, urging better teacher qualifications and addressing gaps in employment and certificates.
A jumble of satire and news items from Wisconsin including a Burdette verse fragment, reflections on honesty and taxes, and editor remarks. The column mentions judge Tourgee, Blaine, Logan and Miller, a Panama Canal contract, county nominations, and local events in Ottumwa and Waverly with notes on a circus excursion. It also records a disturbing Iowa incident of two girls killing their brother, and a tall pole erected for political banners with Belva Lockwood later mentioned.
The Bismark Tribune quotes Henry Ward Beecher reflecting that in heaven there may be surprises for many, and questions how people achieve victory there, inviting reader curiosity about fate and faith.
In the Philadelphia Press a playful recall quotes Artemus Ward about moral principles. When asked if he had any, Ward reputedly replied in jest that he has none, as he is "in the show biznis," reflecting showman humor in a canvassing scene involving Benjy Butler.
The text asserts Shoo Fly and Andrew Johnson, born in Walla Walla, are native citizens eligible to vote in Washington Territory. It quotes Hendricks praising truth about Indiana votes and jokes about a candidate who would not bring his family to the White House, ending with a garbled line.
Dr Z Bryant physician and surgeon based in Sumner Iowa maintains practice at his residence offering medical and surgical consultations and care to local residents.
D H Robinson of Sumner Iowa will attend to all service with promptness and care. Prices reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed. Give him your work.
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