Local shop advertisements and notices mix in December market items
A broad page of classifieds and notices from a Sumner area paper covers sales at Weentall’s and Weatall’s Provisionhouse, building materials from Hl. F Comba and G. W. McNece, Second-hand wagon sales, farm goods, and various services. It notes church services, marriages, obituaries, loan ads, and local business promotions, including W. Brian’s general store offerings and Millinery rooms, with multiple names and locations across the town.
Piper Couple Charivari Welcomed With Cider and Apple Thrown
A crowd gathered at Kaward Piper’s home west of town to charivari the couple Mr and Mrs Piper. The groom and bride initially absent surprised attendees when Piper Jr offered to treat and guided them to the cellar for cider and apples. The group returned to celebrate, with well wishes for a happy future.
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Kaward Piper
Mere
Piper, Jr
Piper
Christmas Shopping List From Hoopes Store
Holiday prices on fur scarves muff slippers sweaters quilts and fabrics. Wide selection includes gloves handkerchiefs shirts neckwear felt lined shoes and silk goods. Gift items span lace curtains glassware purses and towels with special holiday pricing from T F Hoopes.
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T. F. Hoopes
Christmas Eve Post Office Scene in a Snowy Town
A crowded post office on Christmas Eve shows anxious shoppers and a shy girl with a red sweater boy as a small boy waits behind a coat. A postmaster and staff overlook the crowd while a child asks to send a letter to Santa Claus free of charge amid festive holly. The scene closes with a note on a Chicago doctor’s cough remedy accompanying the page.
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Rtv
Sante Cline
Oes
Garth
Sumner School December Session Highlights and Elections
Report covers December start with fifteen days of school in session and a December 20 break before resuming January 8. Mexican program in No 7, students wore Mexican costumes, and a teacher received a holiday treat. Rough Riders Literary Society held final program under old administration. Elections: Eva Saxton president, John Grifith vice, Willie Heath recording secretary, Fern Saxton corresponding secretary. Excelsior Society: Ina Piper president, Jesse Sepple vice, Bertha Judy recording secretary, Warren Hoopes corresponding secretary. Board visitors included Couchman Dale Culbertson Abernathy H Keyster.
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Dee
Will Opeth
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for support during illness and death
Through the press we thank friends and neighbors for help during the sickness and death of our wife and mother. May God in his tender mercies never forsake you.
Farewell to Henry Tanquary a life of generous heart
A local obituary recalls Henry Tanquary who died suddenly at his shack after a brief illness. Friends who grew up together in Lawrenceville recount his generous nature and fond memories, noting he passed away at age twenty nine after a day of good health.
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W. H. Tan'quars
Lawrenceville
Henry
Loys
Henry Tanquary
Huy-aevon
The Twick-4-Werk Rerreni Subscribing Pitch Declares Value
An early promotional note extols the Twick-4-Werk Rerreni as affordable yet high quality. It claims to publish all worthwhile news, keeping readers informed on world events year round and appealing to family audiences, with subscription options mailed to Tar Arrenite in St Louis, Md.
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Avie
Beat
Nevatealer
Tar Arrenite
St. Louis
Aanting Nothea Farm Notice Urges No Hunting Trespassing
Aanting Nothea posts a clear warning on his farm forbidding hunting and trespassing. Dr. dU. McDowsnt and Jons Leeas are referenced in the notice as the likely recipients of the warning.
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Dr. du. McDowsnt
Jons Leeas
Food Changed to Poison Prompts Health Claims
Food changed to poison and putrefying content claimed to cause bowel issues. Dr King's New Life Pills advertised as easing biliousness, headaches, fevers, and liver and kidney troubles. Price 25c at Dale and Sheridan's dog store with odd local market notes and mixed product spellings.
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Dr. King
New Life
Dale & Sheridan
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