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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1901
Page
4
Various brief items report Carl Kysst and Bech Jeyad visiting Vincennes and Sumner respectively, clerking for R L Finl, farm purchases, and a moved overseer on Boyar street. The community social scene includes meetings, repairs, and a church procession with attendees noted. no major events confirmed.
Fragmented OCR text shows a chaotic local notice with references to families in Krehamland County Ohio and Franklin. Mentions include Mr and Mrs Cleattason and Crayenia adding to a stormly barn erection, Charlie and Levitt Price transporting milk, and several names like McCaw Grace Maere Down Garren. A visit to see a home, a holiday writings sequence, and a note about a harsh poisoning incident with a briar penetrating finger appear among scattered lines.
A collection of small town items mentions Mrs Bell Palmer and Lite Ann Charlie arriving in Sumuel, a birthday celebration for Marshal Silver, a winter day with visitors and meals, and newly completed bard work. Several residents travel to Oklahoma and Sullivan Ind. Individuals like Charly Baker and JF Decker are noted, along with a spelling bee, pie supper planned, church activities delayed by construction, and a Christmas program.
Beulah reports the new church at Wesley Chapel remains incomplete. Local residents Mro Nelson Yetanan and Vrs Nelson Yetanan moved to Sumner. Brian made a business trip to St Louis while Chrence Jones visited Vincennes last week. Missea Stella and May Stanty socialized in Olney recently. Sunday services were poorly attended due to cold weather. A school trouble incident involved a boy and the teacher. Harry Heard plans to move to the Ed Gould farm he bought. Henry Atkins, a local farmer, is moving away after selling out. Will Fisens and Jim Tucker returned from the north after two months.
St Francisville reports a birth in the Goodare family, visits by Jim Denson and Mia Curtis Martin, and attendance by Clara Perking and Anna Mc Neal in Vincennes. Mrs Joe Lyons attended a funeral in Allendale. Public schools dismiss Friday for vacation until December 3, teachers attending the Mid Winter Institute in Lawrenceville. AJ Spell feared stomach pain but learned of Chamberlains remedy from a friend.
A serialized piece by Charles Warren from the Illinois Asylum for Insane Criminals at Menard recounts prison life. It describes intake procedures, Bertillon measurements, doctor exams, and prison labor at Chester with knitting, laundry, brickwork, and meat, bread, and tobacco provisions. The author lauds improved conduct and humane treatment, urging continued kindness to convicts as a path to reform.
A collage of personal recollections and local notes recounts party scenes pleasures and duties as a Summer Hill resident shares letter extracts from California relatives. The text mentions schools gardens fruit trees oranges figs and seaside scenes alongside social details and travel reflections.
A fragmentary excerpt shows dialogue about a spanking and a father’s harsh manner, with a Cleveland Plain Dealer reference. The text includes garbled phrases and a question about what was seen that was worse than the lagie, illustrating a clipped newspaper snippet and a quoted line.
Extensive offer described from the Weekly Inter Ocean of Chicago. The advertisement promises generous paper distribution and urges careful reading of the proposition. Details limited by space, but explanatory papers are available via Inter Verano in Chicago.
An advertisement extols a newspaper as inexpensive yet high quality. It claims to print all worthwhile news, keep readers fully informed year round, and offers a one dollar annual subscription via dealers or mail.
From the Gazette Toowoomba Australia a reader praised Charberlain's Cough Remedy as an excellent medicine after suffering a severe cough for two months The letter notes the endorsement by a veteran and reputable local person and states the remedy is sold by Dar & Sheridan druggists.
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