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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
2
Fragmented items describe gas stations, shoe dealers, and general merchandise in Beielly area. Mentions Peters and Collins, pensions, a church camp meeting, local deaths, floods of ads, and community notices with scattered names and places such as Wind Ridge, Pleasant Hill, and Chauncey.
The Petty township crowd gathered at Palmer's grove for their annual picnic dinner despite dry, dusty conditions. Chas H Martin of Bridgeport spoke, followed by Dr Robert C Morrie of Olney. Local youths performed speeches and music, with prizes awarded for orations, vocal and instrumental items, and essays. Farmers were urged to enrich soil nitrogen and improve land care for better crops.
Bound for Michigan, an offer to sell two lots in Sumner Illinois listed at 422150 each with a one and one half story eight room dwelling details mention fruit and a well. Additional two lots 802180 eight room house fruit and well but appears misspelled. One vacant lot 45x150. From B. VanBeroc Sumner Illinois.
Interesting prices on handy house articles including Clothes Pins per dozen Towel Rollers Chopping Bowls Butter Moulds Wash Boards Hoop Pails Fibre Pails Cedar Pails Carpet Stretchers Clothes Baskets Folding Table Climax Washer and more high value bargains for everyday use.
The listing shows market rates for wheat corn oats clover and spring poultry including ducks young ducks and turkeys. Prices for eggs butter green hides wool hogs fat cattle calves lambs and baby lambs are provided in ranges and units per bushel per dozen per pound and per hundred weight.
County Superintendent H W Hostermann announces teachers examinations for second grade science and first grade branches at Lawrenceville on June 16 and September 15 and at Sumner on August 11 plus August 10 for sciences with grade averages set. Applicants must provide character references if not personally known and pay a subscription for the paper.
A belt across New Jersey to western states marks the region where corn shock timing and subsequent wheat planting vary. South of the belt enables wheat after corn harvest, while north of it yields shorter summers for crop cycles. The passage references SR and dye, but details are unclear.
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