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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR from a county page reports on bids, land transfers, and local social events. It mentions estate transactions, property deeds, and names such as Mary Jackson and Jas. King, with scattered references to residents and gatherings. The text preserves scattered names, dates, and places like Birds, Proketail, and Birds, Indiana, amid rough transcription.
Lawrenceville reports Mrs Lizae Westall and Elia and Eliza Gillespie ill with typhoid fever. Editorial note on new electric signals improving crossing times. C S W power house project underway. rail line upgrades noted. New storage licenses issued for residents including William Matthews Chicago and Lizzie Thompson Lawrenceville. names of several others listed.
ST FRANCISVILLE fragments report Mrs Joe Lyann visiting Vincennes friends last week. Miss Vera Gee and Mya Swat Abernathy are on the sick list. Miss Emma Parkingon visiting relatives in Mt Carmel. Mr Gideon and family moved into the Joe Buchanan residence this week. Mrs Dr Abell and Runsel visit sister Mrs Worth Coffman of St Louis last week. Mr and Mrs Doe Buchanan left Tenn. for California to make their future home. Armor Jett and Nellie Abernathy wed Sunday at 7 pm. Mrs Clem Schider and children of Sumner visited Mrs Barnes. Ella Richardson of Ohio returned home after extended visit.
AJ Snell feared pains in a large stomach would worsen and stop him from going to a party. A lady friend recommended Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After two doses he was cured and enjoyed the party. Mr Spell of Summer Hill, New York, endorses the remedy sold by Dale & Shenan, druggists.
A long biographical sketch traces a pampered heir from wealth and privilege through repeated departures from virtue. His youth amid luxury ends in theft and heavy delinquency, followed by foreign schooling and wandering careers. He travels the world, consumes wealth, and embroils himself in crime across the United States. Eventually confined to prison and an asylum, the narrative argues that education failed to redeem him without moral guidance from his mother and proper discipline.
A well known Chicago physician reviews Chamberlain’s cough remedy for obstinate coughs in children and praises its effectiveness with non narcotic safety. The message urges its use for all ages, noting strong results and general endorsement.
An elderly Toowoomba resident praised Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for curing a severe two year cough. The endorsement, given in good faith, urges others to try the medicine. Dale & Sheridan druggists stock the remedy.
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