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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
7
County items report on local society, arrivals, and events. Highlights include marriage licenses issued in Lawrenceville, a successful reunion with Sumner band performances, and residents traveling to Chicago and St Louis for gatherings. Police action recovers wagons seized for contractor debts at the B&O dump site. community calls for McKinley Roosevelt club organization.
A long stream of local news from Mt Zion and Lyons covers visits by Lee Simms and family, Mrs Arch Moore, Roscoe Corrie, and Vern Black, plus regional travel through Sandsy and Oak town. It notes a melon shipping boom, rich soil, and roadside improvements. Social events include camp meetings, church, institute attendance, farewell sermons, and school activities with many named residents and neighbors.
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