22 Oct 1891
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1891
Page
1
A verse showing a model husband whose wife never questions his nights out and a couple strolling through a stormy dusk, both underscoring a timeless tale of companionship. The piece riffs on fidelity, longing, and the familiar exchange between partners as echoed from Paradise.
A Redington Nebraska notice from October 12 1841 records a merchant reading an order that asks for coffee tea a baby and various goods. The message notes a cowboy at FE F Wagner as the source of the order and lists miscellaneous items including a rat trap bees weighed Yibs and a hatchet.
Native Chinese lecturer Mr W F Foo Shun will speak at the M E Church on Monday evening November 2 showing over one hundred points of interest including the Great Wall Dragon Throne Temple Idris in native dress. An oxy hydrogen light will illustrate the lecture with admission 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children, the church receiving one third.
The high school pupils wrote on benevolence with Maggie Todd’s piece praised for its clear view that true politeness comes from acts of kindness. The school notes others did well, preferring genuine expression over drafting aids as a learning aid.
Special correspondent recounts a Sept Sunday night sailing from London to Paris via Dover Calais. travel notes include Calais and Boulogne lighthouses, a crowded Paris train through customs, tariff observations, and sights in Paris such as Notre Dame Pantheon Luxembourg Madeleine arc de Triomphe and the Luxor Obelisk with Napoleonic history and siege marks.
An advertisement promises a written guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer for dyspepsia and liver complaint, claiming it never fails to cure and that the product is sold by all druggists.
The National Government funds 3000 dollars for repairs of the Governor's palace in Santa Fe as it stands as a living historic center. The article details its long history from Spanish to American control, and cites Governor Prince's annual report with dates and events tied to the palace. A testimonial from Colm Boston endorses Chamberlain remedies, displayed as part of the clipping.
Sumner New Era lists a November 1 1891 convention schedule with morning and afternoon sessions led by Rev. Royal Paden Prof J W Wickman Rev W E McKown Prof J W Dickman Rev J R Sanford and G P Linn. An 1891 drugstore cure claim for croup coughing and bronchitis appears at the end.
A Niagara Falls Canada tale recalls a consumptive man seeking milder climate and a deadly encounter with an enraged ram in a gravel pit. A separate scene aboard a steamer shows a native startled by a potato toss, a quick shootout, and ensuing fainting. An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and coughs with local testimonials.
Owing to the extensive demand in the northwests Montana and Washington the Northern Pacific Railroad offers two folders Golden Montana and Pu ruitt Washington detailing climate topography stock raising mining lumber culture and homesteads of interest to capitalists settlers and business men.
In a Sharper's Bazar styled aside Louise’s beauty and Isabel’s fortune are contrasted as fortunes bleed into social advantage. A McKinley era gag notes prices rising due to tariffs, while Jinks and The Slasher mock the eyewear surge. The piece lampoons commerce fashion and inherited wealth in one compact vignette.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway will run a Thursday tourist car from Albert Lea Minnesota to Columbus Junction Iowa for the Phillips Pacific Coast Excursion. It connects with the GC R. 1 PL Pacific Coast Excursion train and goes through to San Francisco without change. For rates and general information consult any company agent or 49-52 J. B. Hassenay GT&P.
A fragment from the Ciliazo Tribune notes a proprietor blaming aniline dye shortage for missing blood oranges. It mentions the boy returning from the drug store and hints at a sales pitch for a health product tested by doctors.
A brief line from West Shore features Mrs Staggers and Mrs Jaysmith discussing corn remedies. Staggers, an ocer for corns, explains he uses corn juice to treat his own corn troubles.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve in the world for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and claims to cure piles or no pay required. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Sold by Wright Co in Mississippi.
A fragmentary exchange at the Portland exposition shows visitors discussing a term Verestehaginn and its meaning, reflecting the event's curious atmosphere through brief dialogue.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for liver and kidney troubles, pimples, malaria, fevers, headache, constipation, and indigestion with a money-back guarantee. Also promotes Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy for throat ailments and canker in months, sold by Wright & Co. and druggists.
Fragmentary text references an elderly physician and scattered names such as Bronehima Catia Ashita and Nery matte wary berta. It appears to depict altered phrases and garbled place names with stray mentions of names and actions, lacking coherent events or clear context.
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