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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1901
Page
3
The ad promotes hands care with Cuticura Soap to create a strong lather followed by Cuticura application. It recommends wearing loose kid gloves at night with finger ends cut and palms cut to help red rough chapped hands, dry fissures and itching, claiming speedy cure when other options fail.
A 1901 Cincinnati missive touts Dodd's Kidney Pills through a testimonial from Miss Netta Hixon of Camp No. 1 Patriotic Order of America. The letter lauds relief from years of headaches dizziness and weakness after four boxes, claims ongoing health gains, and promotes price at 60 cents per box or two dollars fifty for eight. Also includes a closing proverb about word-keeping.
A thief who stole $800 from Mrs. Elizabeth Stumpf near Columbia six months ago returned $560 hidden in a pepper box at her home. The theft was reported but the robber was never caught. Police suspect a neighbor may be involved. Stumpf does not know the thief.
The Oldenburg postmaster and county officers battle over arrests in the Invincible thieves case. Nicholas Gregory, former Oldenburg postmaster, is said to be jailed as the principal instigator. Other accused include Heb der, George Schillinger, Fred Penning, and Leonard Hoeht. Sheriff Hotz withholds details. county board to seek legal reward approval. Accusations swirl as questions of legality and warrants surface. In Springfield, Robert Schwab is jailed on a murder warrant connected to his wife’s death, though his innocence is asserted and a preliminary hearing looms, bail denied.
War Department informs Billet by Caribou Henry Wilmore of Springville that his son Curtin Wilmore of Company K 38th Volunteer Infantry died in the Philippines after a water buffalo incident near Manila. Also reports two men named John and George Clark arrested in Mt. Vernon confessing to an arson and safe wrecking crime in Kentucky, with commuted sentences and pending arrest by Indiana authorities. Reverend Dr. R John resigns after sixty years at German Evangelical Church Trenton, retirement imminent. An 11 month old dies from a bean lodged in the windpipe near Vienna. Charles Barringer of Jonesboro dies at 75, Civil War veteran and longtime citizen. A coal shaft project is organized at Herrin by Joseph Leiter, Alexander Bros, and A Perrine.
The article describes Justus C. Strawbridge funding a $17,200 Benjamin Franklin statue for Philadelphia. A dramatic unveiling uses large fish kites and electrical devices to reveal the statue without visible human aid. It notes allied press on global women’s rights and other varied items.
An old exchange from Ripley Ohio recounts a town notice about a resident avoiding scandal by keeping affairs quiet. The item notes twenty seven married men visiting the editor to accuse him of meddling in their private matters and stopping their newspaper.
Washington February 4 1899 Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio presents letters from M W Howard Fort Payne Ala and A C Lockhart West Heartetta New York praising Peruna as a cure for catarrh and related ailments. The notice invites readers to write to Dr Hartman for advice and reiterates claimed benefits and testimonials.
A fragmented column mixes comic dialogue about geese as emblems of marital bliss in China with snatches of advertising copy and literary references. The Savage Bachelor quips on world dominance while assorted lines mention Putnam’s dyes, soap, and Chaucerish musings, reflecting a garbled historical page segment.
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