15 Feb 1900
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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1900
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text lists printing options with multiple time terms and prices. It mentions one year and six months in association with a copy and a separate note about three months. No clear event, person, organization, or place is identifiable.
Neighborhood notes report two weddings on consecutive Wednesdays with Elder Baker and Rev Beckett officiating. Also listed are local misfortunes including finger injuries at a planing mill sausage shop and a buggy accident injuring Mr Short, plus a promotion for Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a trusted baby medicine.
Charles Thompson formerly with the enterprise stone worka died Sunday on his ranch thirty miles west of Denver after moving for health reasons. Eddie Halter, son of Lambert Halter, was kicked by a horse while playing in the yard. doctors performed trephining on his skull and he may recover. Aunt Pally Wampler celebrated her ninety first birthday at her Braceville home two and a half miles east amid a sizeable gathering.
A historic cathedral remains undersized for current needs and a new modern edifice is planned in the central city. Elsewhere, a Gila monster was captured alive in the Rockite by Dr. Harrison’s son. Evan H. Smith the taundermist was jailed after pleading guilty to trapping songbirds and failing to pay a $20.60 fine.
An editor credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a rapid recovery from a bad cold and suspected consumption in October 1896. The piece notes sale locations and includes local notes about injuries, a calf with no front legs, a death from pneumonia with hiccups, and a land inspection trip by officials to Greenwood, Mississippi.
Hen rietta Texas lawyer E B Mundas tells how his brother, struck by malaria and jaundice, recovered after using Electric Bitters. The remedy is praised for expelling malaria, purifying blood, aiding digestion, and curing various ailments. Available at Dale and Sheridan's drugstore for 50 cents.
A fragment list mentions deafness treated by constitutional remedies and Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 offer, plus local notices on Ferdinand Wisshack's death, revival meetings at a Methodist church, and eye salve advertisements. Also notes about thirstless gazelles and a testimonial for Foley's Honey and Tar.
The piece argues that rain and germs are unavoidable but a strong throat and lungs resist consumption. It claims illness comes from weak bodies with poor blood and thin frames, urging prompt care when coughing makes the throat raw and sore.
An OCR fragment discusses Seon's Emulsion of Cod Liver with phosphites claimed to strengthen inflamed membranes and improve digestion. It asserts better appetite, body health, and resistance to germs, referencing SCOTT, New York, and chemists.
A flirtatious city young woman tells a bear she is unloved. The bear responds that somebody loves her, prompting her to ask who. The wind mischievously suggests God Scimitar as the one who loves her.
Mrs H. Lincoln recalls a night of fear for General Burnham of Machias Me as doctors warned she would die from pneumonia. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving her life after she begged for it. After use she slept through the night and was cured. The ad touts the remedy for throat chest and lung diseases, cash price 30 cents and 50 cents, trial bottles free at Dale and Sheridan's drugstore.
A fragmentary obituary reflects a rural subscriber's view of Providence and aging. The item blends a light obituary sentiment with stray adlike lines about remedies and a newspaper misprint. It mentions a long discourse on age, disposition, and the phrase Providence knows its business.
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