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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1894
Page
1
Week by week a people regret price changes. Bargains offered in groceries and provisions. goat meat and shoes mentioned. Store highlights a cellar location and weekly shipments of hams and bacon from a refrigerator cart.
Our first invoice of Fall and Winter Clothies arrives with styles correct and prices lower than ever. We invite an inspection of stock whether you buy or not. Bargain No 5 includes Ladies Kid Button Leather Tip leather goods at 2.00 after regular price 50. Men’s hats and boys hats offered at deep discounts, with prices as low as 15 to 50 cents. Genuine bargains throughout the lot.
Local columns report a mix of travel plans and transport changes between Sparta and Centralia, social visits, weddings, farm accidents, and community events. Includes court docket details from Lawrenceville with cases such as larceny and thefts, jury actions, and ongoing civil matters, plus weather and festival notes and household news.
The piece blends consumer worries about grocery costs with a buried personal narrative. It mentions rising prices, grocery bills, and chicken provisions while shifting to a memorial tone about a family tragedy and a community figure addressing neighbors in sorrow. The text references Harriacn county and local figures, hinting at a broad social context amid hardship.
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