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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
4
Daniel Sager of Amity faced years of quelling for a long period in Richland. The report details his arrest at Pali township and notes a deadly incident near Lane, highlighting the dangers of industrial and agricultural sites and the large smokestack described as the tallest and oldest in the area.
During the new year readers are urged to subscribe to the PRESS to ensure one reliable resolution fulfilled and to stay informed on all local matters worthy of attention in Lawrence County.
Special note announces ability to furnish various city weeklies to subscribers in combination with the PRESS. The fragment names no specific dates, places, or entities beyond CITY WEEKLIES and PRESS.
Merchants should start the year with persistent advertising and announce New Year bargains once inventory is completed. The note urges proving ongoing business at the old stand and reaching both classes and masses through timely notices. Subscriptions are praised as essential to county reach.
Reading through a jumble of early 20th century notes, the report covers a Palestine resident’s fall from a kitchen step leading to hospital days, local social chatter, a pending postmaster appointment buzz, and brief court items. The piece mentions residents such as Miss Rhela Lirper, Mrs Helen Raisht, and Dr Win Exton, plus jail visits, larceny charges, and fines in Honey Creek township.
Local items note Gi T Ayers teaching in Bayleston with several cures reported. Supervisor Van Pave cites a pest outbreak near Fairfield and Phillips townships. A driving accident between Crossgille and the property injured Carl Brown, causing multiple broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder. James Stewart, a former Pinckneyville baker, died from exposure near Pinckneyville. Croachil’s Biron Blackford’s girls fell ill while working at Wheting’s in Phillipstown. the doctor pronounced a case but the illness spread remains unclear as families quarantine suggests Grayville Independent.
The Rev. L. R. Hicks, longtime public astronomer and forecaster of nature, has died after a prolific year of work in 1902. His Wheat Crop guidance reportedly saved farmers from losses, with his Almanac and family journal distributed from Word and Works Pub in Louisville.
The Centralia Sentinel notes H C Davidson faces subpoenas over stock intentions tied to a com pany planning to prospect a gas point in the county probably at Gedage. Shares valued around 2500 are to be raised to lease land and bore. Historical mention includes Uncle Isarel Movers at Pleasant and gas piped to stoves, with a ten pound pressure noted.
The second trade certificates examinations will be held at Wareb tse Bridgepoet Marcel Sthy Lawrencesiy Mare Dith on September bth. Each exam begins at oo o'clock with an examina tion conference to follow in Vagust ad. The work ing petigesy will be based on Reark's Melle 1a Metheanon and the school law relating to the states of teachers doctors and patients. Respectfully, H.W flostiffies Counts Sap't
A New York Evening Sun fragment shows Sam Jones admonishing a woman over spending time on prinking rather than prayer. An elderly woman defends herself, asserting the preacher prays more and mocks Jones. Jones orders her home to straighten up.
AJ Shelf feared pains in the stomach would ruin a party but followed a friend’s advice and used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After two doses he claimed full relief and enjoyed the event. Mr. Snell of Summer Hill, New York, notes the remedy is sold by Dale & Sheridan, druggists.
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