Local residents linked by visits and health notes
Al Tibbits attended Allison on Monday while Sheriff Parrott was in town Saturday. Winnie Lyon visited Waverly for a few days. Mrs Robert Creanger returned from Omaha Sunday. Methodist ladies hosted a supper last Friday. Mrs Russell returned from Fredericksburg on Friday. Fred Jroncke from south of Tripoli was in town Saturday. Mrs Robt Lease visited relatives in Westgate Saturday. Henry Frank and Rudolph Hilmer wheeled to Hawkeye Sunday. Roy Tibbitts has been ill since last Saturday. Rev Ed Lang traveled to Calfax Springs for health on Monday. Waverly school population now 877, up 17 from last year. Mrs Buck of Dakota visiting her uncle Wm Marsh this week. Earl Cass and wife went to Fayette to visit parents. Miss Andres arrived Friday to visit sister Mrs Ballant. Ed Wilharm returned from Omaha Exposition Saturday. Horton school closed last week due to scarlet fever in one family. Warren Creager returned from Ames Agricultural College. Lee Copeland and Clarence Steadman down from Barg Saturday. Mrs Wm McMeckin and daughter Irma went to Waverly Friday. Mesdames Canon and Proctor of Fredericksburg visiting Mrs Wood. John Galazie and Julius Schieberd returned to Plymouth Friday. Rev Father Brogan went to Dubuque Sunday for priest funeral. Rev W S Blackburn went to Rawley Saturday for appointment Sunday. Mrs W H Russell went to Ionia Saturday to be with husband over Sunday.
Local Notes and Advertisements From West Union Area
Thomas Delahrey returns from Nebraska as Warren Schlaberg of Waverly visits old friends the 2 Vans. Prices and goods include Karl's Clover Root Tea for constipation and Weeks laxative tablets. Public notices mention a democratic supervisors convention at school house No. 5 Franklin Tp. and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for croup and colds. A dog show raises two collections, while a 100 Dowdan potato digger arrives. water safety warns Foley's Colic Cure.
Real estate listings in Sumner Bremer and Fayette counties
Littell Todd advertise 248 acre farm near Sumner at 40 per acre with 6 percent terms, plus multiple farm and house listings across Bremer and Fayette counties. Items include 820 acre and 80 acre tracts, houses, outbuildings, wells, windmills, orchards, and priced options from cash to several years financing. Fettkether and Cannon of Franklin township attend Omaha fair after being named on the 18th inst.
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Sumner
Bremer County
Fremont
Banks Township
Fayette County
Littell & Todd
Warlaw Township
No.d
Banks
Fayette Co
Sec
Township
Iyouse
Wm. G. Fettkether
Marie JE. Cannon
Franklin Township
Omaha Fair
Dr King’s New Discovery Charity Claim Promotes Free Trial
The advertisement notes Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and Colds has given away over ten million bottles and cured thousands of cases. It claims relief for asthma bronchitis hoarseness and all throat chest and lung diseases. Callon M Robish & Co offers a free trial bottle and sells regular sizes 50 cents and 1 with a price guarantee.
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Dr. King
Callon M. Robish & Co
Two Weeks Vacation for Post Office Clerks in Chicago
John Sager Jr and another Chicago post office clerk arrived to enjoy a two week vacation with his parents while Henry returned to Chicago. Blaine’s son James G Blaine faces court martial for drunkenness in Hawaii. Rev Bredow and Oscar Grosch visited Waterloo. Schedtlenu filled Sumner appointment. A boy injured eye from a horse tail incident. Gold found in Whitewater River bed in Iowa. Weather: sick preacher W E Ruston and union service at Presbyterian church. McDonough’s claimed color photography process noted. Advertisements for Foley's Colic Cure and rugs displayed by Reimler and Granneman.
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John Sager, Jr
Henry
Chicago
Chicago Post Office
Dem
Bredow
Oscar Grosch
Illinois
Waterloo
Mr. Bredow
That City
Schedtlenu
Buck Creek
Sumner
Foley’s Colic Cure urged for kidney risk and travel tips
The piece warns that kidney trouble causes many deaths and endorses Foley’s Colic Cure as a guaranteed remedy. It quotes Farrand Bros. & Patterson and notes travel visits by W.P. Sterling and sister-in-law Mrs Severson. It mentions Shiloh’s Cure praised by Dr. Salter and reports Winnie Davis, daughter of Jefferson Davis, has died in Narraganset Pier Rhode Island and burial plans in Hollywood Cemetery near Richmond.
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Farrand Bros. & Patterson
A Clever Trick With Electric Bitters Proclaimed
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure for weak kidneys malaria and nervous troubles. It claims to tone the system purify the blood and act as a nerve tonic curing constipation headaches fainting spells sleeplessness and melancholy. Sold for 50 cents per bottle at M Robish Co.'s Drug Store with guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Robish & Co
Chicago Great Western Ry Promotes Vacation Excursions
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers reduced rates to eastern mountain and seashore resorts, Niagara Falls, Chautauqua Lake, Canada, Michigan, Minnesota, the Northwest and Colorado. It runs homeseekers' excursions on the first and third Tuesdays of August to October at about half fare for those visiting new country. Cincinnati prepares for Grand Army of the Republic events in September with one fare round trip. Travelers praise Maple Leaf service, chair cars, Pullmans, dining cars, and smooth roadbed as the line aims to live up to “America's Most Progressive Railway.”
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Chicago Great Western Ry
Niagara Falls
Chautauqua Lake
Canada
Michigan
Minnesota
North West
Colorado
Great Western
Cincinnati
Grand Army of the Republic
Chicago Great Western Railway
Maple Leaf
America
Chicago Great Western Homeseekers Excursion Tickets Sale
The Chicago Great Western Railway announces Homeseekers Excursion tickets on September 6 20 and October 4 18 to multiple western states at one fare plus $2.00 round trip. Tickets valid 21 days from sale. For details contact Maple Leaf Route agents. Mr and Mrs Merton visit Sumner misidentify town as Charles City. Frank as a popular name noted in Sumner chatter.
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C.G. W. Ry
Paints
Colorado
Idaho
Indian Territory
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North & South Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Maple Leaf
Battle of Santiago Packers credited with miracle cure
A July 23 letter from P. E. Buker of pack-train No. 3 in Santiago de Cuba praises Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as crucial for maintaining ammunition and rations delivery during combat. Buker credits the medicine with saving lives and enabling the packers to work when diarrhoea raged. The letter was sent to Chamberlain Medicine Co. of Des Moines Iowa and notes it is available from M. Robish.
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P. E. Buker
Santiago
de Cuba
Chamberlain
Tampa
Chambérlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
M. Robish & Co
Pajamas for Soldiers Stir Curious Debate
A veteran asks what pajamas are and how they differ from a Mother Hubbard or a smoking jacket, tracing origins to Rough Riders and New York valets. A Dr Patterson anecdote follows, then note of England trade, with exports five times imports and praise for England's wartime support, ending with hopes for continued amity.
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Mother Hubbard
New York
Rough Riders
Rockford Register
No Griping or Pains in Constipation Remedy Ad
Arrowsmith Illinois January 21 1897 Dear Sirs I have been troubled with constipation for 15 years and tried many remedies since fall 1895 I began using Dr Cald wells Syrup of Pepsin and find it the best for my trouble No griping or pains after taking Yours Wa Hurt Fuar rand Bros Patterson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsmith
Dr. Caldwell
Hurt
Fuarrand Bros. & Patterson
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and School Bond Victory Report
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best for cuts and eruptions with a 25 cent price. News notes Shellrock district bonds pass by 44 votes to fund a new schoolhouse after a fire. A bake shop prank involving duck liver ends in embarrassment for a milliner. A Dr Caldwell syrup advert promises stomach relief.
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M. Robish& Co
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Bank OF Sumner
F. Cat
F. Cans
P. A.surry
E. L. Cass
Chase National Bank
Drovers Nat. Bank
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Bei Cro
St. Paul
Minneapolis Limited
Twin City
Sac
Way Freight
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Waverly
Clarksville
Hampton
H. Nerr
Summer
Legal
WM. R. Ticclure
M. Robish Block
W. H. Wehrmacher
Sunser
Reimier Furrand
E. Patterson
Ofice
Carpenter’s
W. L. Whitmire, M. D
Farrand Block
J. T. Phillips
Sumner - Iowa
Olce
F. H. Frank
John Mueller
Cor
4Th
Carpenter Streets
Eon Sumner
G. W. Darnell
Farrand Bros. & Patterson's
H. M. Karsten
Gazette Building
J. M. Gross
Tibbitts’ Hotel
Wismer & Sitz
George Kohliman
South Side
Main Street
Towa
Sumner Steam Laundry and Dye Works
Power House
Leys
Sumner Meat Tiarket
Fred H. Frank
D. R. Littell
Justice of Peace
Churchill & Stephens
Geo H. Haffner
Conrad Haag
Witt Granger
Ani
Mrs. Wm. Russ
al. Tibbitts
Allison
Sheriff Parrott
John Hoebertz
J. G. Sterling
Tripoli
R. H. Stafford
Wm. McMeekin
Josiah Carpenter
Bert Farrand
Fredericksburg
Martin Ambrose
Westgate
John Lease
Henry Koch
Elford Preston
E. Murphy and
H. W. Marks
Elma
Gazette
J. H. Muffly and
Henry Marks
Beesen
McClure
Greene
Dr. Philipps
West Union
R. A. Miller
Winnie Lyon
Robert Creager
Omaha
Mrs. Russell
Fred Jroncke
Mrs. Robt. Lease
Henry Frank
Rudolph Hilmer
Roy Tibbitts
Lang
Calfax Springs
Mrs. Buck
Dakota
Wm. Marsh
Earl Cass
Fayette
Miss. Andres
Mrs. Ballant
Wilharm
Omaha Exposition
Horton School
Warren Creager
Agricultural College
Ames
Lee Copeland
Clarence Steadman
Mesdames Canon and Proctor
Mrs
John Galazie
Julius Schieberd
Plymouth
Father Brogan
W. H. Russell
Ionia
Amos Ladwig
Mrs. Martin
Carl
Frank White
Daisy
Sioux City
Ida Ladwig
Albert Ladwig
Farrand, Hausner & Cass Bros
Maude Schanek
Myrna Douglas
Matilda Fox Parkhurst
Oskaloosa
Cecil Farrand
Nellie Wood
Gust. Lauterbach
Emma Wehrmacher
Jesup
GazeTte Book
Thomas Delahrey
Warren Schlaberg
Maine
Spain
D. P. Redmann
Karsten
Mesdames
J. B. Greene
Jas. Wellman
Indepenendence
Wellman
R. S. Pease & Son
Dumont
St. Charles
Karl
Democratic Supervisors Convention
School House No
Franklin Tp
Louis Mobbs
West Union Fair
Out Tire Company
The
Fair Association
Phelps Magniscope Co
Cass Opera House
Story & Clark
J. W. Zwanziger
Treas. Hazlet
Wapsie
Frederika
Farewell
Slageman
Lord M. Robish & Co
E. W. Farrand
California
Shiloh
W.H. Creager
Littell
Littell’s Add
Ooker
Nora Springs
Jessie Davis
Marvins
James G. Blaine
Hawaii
Phil. Wheaton
Whitewater
Filmore
Dubuque County
W. E. Ruston
Presbyterian Church
Wartsough
U. B. Church
Jas. W. McDonough
McDonnough
Reimler and Granneman
W.P. Sterling
Fairbank
Mrs. Severson
Mr. Sterling
Oelwein
Illinois Central Ry
Dr. A. E. Salter
Burrao, N
Winnie Davis
Narragenset Peer, R. I
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Miss Davis
Hollywood
Richmond
James River
Apie
Homeseekers
Via
Merton
Charles City
Geo. Kollman
Kuhlman
Geo
Taylor
Frank
Sampson
Phillistines
Battle of
Packers
Fague & Love
the Furniture Men
Jas. A
Smith & Co
Bed Rock
Inter Ocean
Gert
Ill
Dr. Patterson
Hansel
Doc
Ira
England
United Kingdom
Neally
Bucklen’s
Arnica
Shellrock
Ambrose & Parrott’s
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