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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1901
Page
5
A wall diggera crew prospecting for coal on Pred Stercit's Amity farm struck a five foot vein of excellent coal. Obituaries, divorces, and local accidents fill the rest of the page, including Noble township weddings and deaths of Henry Palmer and Elizabeth Fox, plus a chimney fall injury and a large straw fire loss at Vincennes Paper Company grounds.
Mrs J E Doane of Patton died February 8 after months of lung trouble and was buried Sunday. Mrs Lonina Couch, widow of Ebstierer Couch, a pioneer in the county, died at eighty five near Friendaville. Miss Margaret McNair died at her brother Alfred McNair’s home in Frentsville precinct at sixty nine and one day from grip. A Methodist revival closed with 81 conversions and about 100 added to church membership. George W Rowe, a young fur dealer, was injured at work when a tree limb fell, leaving him badly hurt and considered dangerous. Also noted: local farmer So, erks, esteemed in Wabash precinct.
A man died at the family residence near Allen Dale on Friday from pneumonia at about 49. He left five children, youngest five. His wife had died earlier. Dr J O Utter, county coroner, was called to Bellmont to hold an inquest Wednesday into the death of Samuel Fitzgerald, a Bellmont resident and Mexican War veteran, killed by a falling tree. Fitzgerald was in his seventy fifth year and described as a worthy citizen.
Sam Hallam and Mrs Mary J Crome are among the local deaths noted. Christian Files leaves for Chandler Oklahoma to teach music after visiting brothers in St Login. Alfred Garver sells eighty acre Browns farm for 65 dollars per acre to Calvert Eldorado and Garner buys Albert Marriot seat farm. County approves two thirty foot steel bridges for six thousand dollars. Elizabeth Gard mother of Dr J Ed Kitchen dies in Oklahoma, with family planning postponed travel. An injury to Alva Banting and a fall near Albion Journal reported.
Dr Kedrick of Oblong loses his office to a morning blaze. Carl Oldham of North Montgomery sets a local record by trapping four lean large chicken hawks in ten days. A Rosa Keenan boy of An tapolia dies after a prolonged illness and is buried at Mount Pleasant cemetery. George Griggs sprains an ankle after a woods incident. Al Watts of the Bend abandoned his wife and two children, prompting an indictment for wife abandonment. he is jailed after arrest near Jasper county and Robinson. G W Fithian buys 2,000 acres in the Embarras bottom from the Kingdom area for 20000 dollars.
Palpitations indicate weakness of nerves or heart muscles and may lead to deformity or organic disease if prolonged. The ad promotes Dr Miles Heart Care and a course to strengthen nerves and heart action, claiming relief from palpitation through medical treatment. A fragment mentions Dr Sites Heart Care and a supposed thorough course.
Dr Miles Heart Cure quiets nervous heart sensations, slows pulsations, and builds strength as nothing else can. Sold by druggists on a guarantee by Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind.
Lander, Wyoming, for several years, returns to Robinson with tales of new stories. The doctor has lost none of his drive to help friends and old associates welcome him back. A trunk load of stories awaits his time. William Roush’s granary and 500 bushels of wheat burned in a fire caused by embers from a nearby engine. he attempted to extinguish it and was scorched. His loss is insured. Oscar H. Freeman dies in Palestine office after stomach trouble. Jack Lanham sought a doctor but Freeman died within hours.
An article argues rice is not the everyday staple for China's lower classes, noting pork is cheaper and abundant. It describes the domestic pig as a cherished pet and notes a Cantonese influence on immigrant populations, with remarks on cats as delicacies and the social appetite for unusual foods.
An ad touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a certain preventive against pneumonia tied to colds or grippe. It claims the remedy previously prevented pneumonia during la grippe epidemics and notes wide recognition. sale by Dale and Sheridan. Also an employment notice seeks an active man of good character to deliver and cohort ballots for an established concern with pay and references.
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