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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
3
The Sumner area reports varied items from grain trade and Miller building materials to church events and social gatherings. Notices cover real estate deals, stock for sale, agricultural goods, a watch night service, medical cases, electors commentary, and a belt of local personalities and events through January.
Two quiet weddings are reported. Burt Leg of Bowyer marries Edna Childers of Pantarefield with Dieter Breese officiating. both from respected families. Theodore Sibert of Kankakee weds Sadie Peters of the city at Mt. Carmel. Sibert to work in carpentry, bride to join later.
J H Traill of Terre Haute Indiana a nephew of Mrs T H W Seed died Friday night from congestion of lungs at his home. He was 47, born near Ironton Ohio and lived in Bellmont before moving to Terre Haute nineteen years ago. He served on the police force for fifteen years and was described as a valued officer. He leaves a wife and a son James Traill employed in the Vandalia Railroad offices.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat grew from a frontier paper into a great modern news gathering city guide. It has served as tutor, counselor, companion, and farmer’s friend with circulation across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and beyond. See ad later in this issue.
Girdies the Globe extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best healer for skin ailments and pile cure sold at Dale and Sheridan's drug store. Also mentions Mt Carmel water power project plans by President Trentman for a dam near the Wabash to power factories. a Mexican war veteran praises Chamberlain's Gall Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, noting its pension-restoring effect after Mexican diarrhoea. For sale by Dale & Sheridan.
A religious notice outlines daily prayer services from Monday to Saturday with leaders and church names at U B Church Mt E Church Presbyterian East Christian and West Christian churches. It calls parishioners to attend and participate and announces a Sunday green rally at the Presbyterian church at 7 pm with leaders Reva Groves Breeze and Griffin.
The article outlines plans by the Duke of Arbruzzi and others to reach the Pole via Franz Joseph Land and Cape Joseph Henry. It notes Peary’s preparations, Windward and Fram ships, and possible join-ups with Sverdrup or independent efforts. It also lists U.S. navy yards and stations from Brooklyn to Cavite, and the Naval War College at Newport.
War Department tests of sampled Japanese coal measure its suitability for quartermaster use in China and the Philippines. Early results show the coal compares favorably with American coal and should meet department needs.
The passage critiques English hospitality abroad, noting English guests impose eating hours and language, while colonies form clubs and English staff dominate. It then contrasts Japan and China in trade, praising Chinese merchants for honesty and criticizing Japanese unreliability, tying these traits to governmental corruption and market practices overseas.
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