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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1902
Page
6
The Lawrence County PRESS urges readers to include local matters in New Year resolutions. Subscribing ensures you stay informed on all local topics worthy of attention during 1902.
City Weeklies reports that special arrangements exist allowing furnishing of any 1 40. The brief item hints at limited access or selection options, with unclear scope and details.
Daily Register reports a series of mishaps across the area. A schoolhouse at Cabbage Carer burned Friday night, valued 750 to 500 with 300 insured. Carpenter and plant workers suffer burns and injuries from tools and machinery. A two month old infant dies. other residents suffer burns, broken bones, and vehicle mishaps. Community members assist victims as emergency services respond to fires, wrecks, and medical emergencies.
Merchants should kick off the new year with bold advertising and clear notices of bargains. Announce early in January that inventory is underway and inform customers the business is continuing at the old stand, reaching both classes and masses through The Press.
A jagged OCR of a Breckenridge Telegram page notes injuries and accidents including Eldon Oakley chopping wool injuring his big toe while Mrs Chas Knight breaks her arm after a fall. A railroad worker, B F Sisson, suffers a fall with injuries. The item also mentions a new M A church heating and improvements at Hone Goo. It references the death of A B Matthews and an accident at railroad reconstruction works, with various garbled names and places.
A long readable fragment records multiple local incidents including a boy dragged into a creek by a rope during a cow encounter, deaths in Fairfield for a 12 year old Mason, and various notices. It mentions Henry Varey and a wood event, with oblique references to community figures and a court case about a Diamond pine poll in a local diary.
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