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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1902
Page
7
Our line of staple and fancy dry goods is complete with mid winter novelties for spring. Nine silk waist patterns wool patterns and attractive appliques and braids trim them. Large line of prints muslins outings and more to fit every need.
A local shop announces a fresh stock of Torchon Valenciennes Moline Cluny and Cotton Laces with matching insertions. An all over lace line is also offered as the stock was carefully selected to please customers. Visit soon to view or buy lace.
Lawrence County maps are being offered for sale at 1.25 dollars each. The original price to supervisors and school districts was ten dollars.
An advertisement proclaims a full line of shoes for men women and children from Hamilton Brown Shoe Co. highlighting variety in shapes weights and prices and praising wearability and looks. It promotes the American Lady Shoe as a featured product and promises superior quality after a trial.
Our stock of clothing remains large and must be reduced. We will cut prices to clear items such as suits pants and duck coats. Customers are invited to find what they want at prices that will please.
A neighborhood shop touts a full line of Queensware groceries and paint with satisfactory goods at satisfactory prices and invites customers to visit for deals and selection.
A crowded miscellany of advertisements and small notices extols Chauberlain's Googh Rem Eedy for coughs and croup, Electric Bitters for kidney and stomach ills, and Ballard's Horehound Syrup for throat and bronchitis. Local exams, weathered town events, fires, marriages, and deaths fill out a slice of community life with brief items from Sumner, Bridgeport, and nearby locales.
Obituary notes for Louise Stein born 1841 in Mt Carmel and married to Philip Stein, with eight children. Shipwreck of deaths includes Charles Shellhorn of Keensburg at 41 from typhoid fueled illness, Engineer John F. Dollahan of the Big Four Railroad dying suddenly at 58, and Joseph Gilley losing three fingers at work. Also reports of a house fire on the Andy Johnson farm, Dundee area, and accidental injuries at the I C depot.
Local notices record multiple deaths and illnesses in Crawford area including Amanda Richarda of Palestine, Sarah Matheny, Turinda Newlin, and Aunt Mollie Mike. Other items note illnesses in Oblong, injuries from a fall in Annapolia, and forthcoming relocations to Heber Arkansas. Political primary results show Democrats 702 votes, down from 1203 two years earlier.
Blanche Wright, six, of Wheatland, burned to death Thursday at home of her parents Mr and Mrs Sydney Wright. James Burke, Emilys Burke's son, fell in cellar Thursday evening, unconscious, later recovering. County health board returned from Weruto with 26 cases and enforced quarantine after a family refused medical aid and threats were made toward doctors. Secretary Beckes forced entry to treat the patient. Wim-Nooe, an old soldier, died Wednesday of dropsy. Mrs Rebecca Pickering, 82, died Wednesday after bronchitis. Theophilus P Agnaw, former superintendent of Citizens' Street Railway, died Sunday after a paralysis stroke. Backlen's Arnica Vala advertised for injuries and ailments. Make the Press office your job printing HQ.
A J Johnson of Beatrice Nebraska visited Newton over a few days with his father J R Johnson and relatives. Notes mention Johnsons, Conleys, Prather and McCoy families, all doing well in Beatrice. Patrick H Doyle, ex city official of Washington groper, died at home after heart trouble. C T Wallace, long-time White county resident near Sacramento, died at home aged 97, remembered for virtue and family.
The B. and C. S-W railroad harvests premier ice from their gravel pit west of town, storing the crop at Wapegirt. The pit is milled to 25 feet deep with water as clear as crystal, signaling a bountiful season for Vincennes.
Advertises Nockten Arnica Bale as superior to all balms and salves for corns boils ulcers piles and other skin ailments. Promises guaranteed cure with selling price 250 at Dale and Sheridan's.
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