These ads were in columns 1, 2, 7, and 8 of the only issue of The Sutton Times posted at newspapers.com, Sep. 13, 1876. Frank E. Wellman is listed as the publisher. He was the brother of Walter Wellman, Sutton's balloon experimenter, Arctic explorer, and major celebrity of the day.
The Ong Methodist Church celebrated its centennial 50 years ago.
The article about the occasion included a brief history of the church.
This article appeared in The Clay County News on November 2, 1972, page 2.
The Sutton News carried this pioneer story of August Anderson's family of Saronville.
The Sutton News carried this story of Dr. Martin Clark in their March 31, 1922 issue. Dr. Clark and his brother Isaac Clark came to Sutton in 1871 in the first months of the settlement. They were on the short list of early movers & shakers in the founding and development of our town.
Newspapers.com has a few issues of the Clay County Globe newspaper but enough for a decent snapshot of the scope of business enterprises in Sutton in 1877 and 1879.
