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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1890
Page
4
Local notices, subscriptions, and shopper briefs from Sumner Iowa cover prices, ads, and upcoming events. Mentions a Board of Supervisors visit, school in Waverly, tailor goods, dressmaking, coal, millinery, pianos, fairs, circuses, and community happenings with multiple residents and businesses named.
The item notes Wynhoff Bros. hold the largest invested stock in boots and shoes in Sumner, claiming they lead in variety fashion and low prices. It mentions local figures and events, including a Fayette student query about a defunct Triad, a death of Clyde Carroll, and multiple local business and social updates.
A long string of brief notes covers diverse topics: Clarkson resigns as First Assistant Postmaster on Sept. 1. a Moville girl swallowed a pen and recovered after a coughing fit. Iowa’s population decline and census growth. a Buchanan county man jaw incident. chicory crop near Mason City ready by Sept. 1 with 22 acres yielding about 240 tons and the sole U.S. chicory factory. Wichita housing under Loom plan prompts dense vacancies and cheap rents. Smith Fortner Whitmire drug store to open, with extensive Peoria furniture and a lavish store setup. looming worry over potato prices with a Lincoln Journal note that potatoes are mainly water and a luxury, rice and other foods substituting in scarcity.
Hon. F. J. Taylor, a trusted Creston leader and successful businessman, headlines a popular traveling show that drew a large crowd. The event, praised for consistency and improvement each year, will next perform in Sumner on Saturday Sept 13 with hay-strewn seating and full houses.
Iowa boasts 8 364 miles of iron rails, more than the six New England states combined. An offer proclaims a cabinet picture free to anyone over sixty by visiting a gallery run by P. Schneider. The item lists local names and notices about sales, real estate, and neighborhood happenings including Clarance Thorn in Illinois, Gus Mattke's accident, and Peter Case selling farmland.
Mrs J J McCunkey's parents Mrs and Mrs Lamphere of Floyd County visit. Mrs Addie Hutcard begins fall term. H O'Day to Waverly for school. Susie Day visits brother Robert in Waverly. Miss Leila Wiser and Frank Lyon marry at bride's home. Matrimony strong in county. several weddings whispered. A basket festival aids poor children. farmers busy with plowing and threshing. corn ripening well. German Lutheran school opened. road dispute settled by trustees. Chris Neiman loses hay and oats to fire near county line. fire origin unknown. insurance partly covering. Potatoes and news scarce due to dry weather. Sept. 2, 0 Lau.
All Notices under this head five cents per line for first insertion and three cents per line for each subsequent insertion. If you have anything to sell rent trade or exchange you will find this a cheap advertising medium. A leather bound history of the Johnstown Flood for sale at this office. Envelopes with a return card at the same price as without at the Gaz office. Two miles south of Sumner in Dayton Twp 1953 acres being the N bi z of sec 1 known for the last 30 yrs as the Black farm. For further particulars inquire of Joan Huspaxn.
Copeland and Longmuir defend business practices claiming laws apply to all and warn against selling below cost. They advertise a week featuring ACORN Cook and Heating Stoves, promise cash payments and good discounts to customers and urge readers to read their weekly space.
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