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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1901
Page
6
The Illinois G A R encampment is planned for Peoria on May 14 16 and 16 in the new Assembly Hall with seating for 7000. The report notes political shifts including senatorial contests in several states and calls for popular vote in selection.
The product is promoted as a safe pleasant remedy for children and adults to treat coughs croup whooping cough and related illnesses. It claims no opium or injurious drugs and is sold by Dale & Sheridan.
A nostalgic look at the St Louis Globe-Democrat as a pioneer on the western frontier, tracing its rise from a frontier paper to a worldwide circulation and its role as tutor, companion, and friend to readers. It urges readers to include the paper in their homes in the coming year.
Personal mentions show residents and visitors in Sumner and nearby towns. Names include J. F. Bann, Hant, Mrs. Lewia Douglas, Ella May, Judge Madding, J. W. Patty, Rice, Dr Jeffries, B. Fy Sumner, Mrs. Corgan, Mrs. W. Barrett, Cheater, Wm. Eubank, George Butler, Clarence Linxwiler, Capt. Jas. Kelary, Ed Saxton, Iker, E. S. Kingsbury, Deputy Sheriff Carr, Mrs. Mattie Progh, A. J. Maxwell, Geo. Hill, Smiley Sumner, John Barker, Henry Hanne, Miss Amy Carey, Miss Lilly Wood, Mrs. Lora Chambers, Jacob Huston, Mrs. J. O. Smith, Elder Frank Stivers, Andrew Brian, H. C. Thorn, Jas. Gillespie, W. M. Combs, Mrs. McFlaxen, Rev. Hough, Morria Jones, Chas. Harper, M. Ashbaugh, Mrs. Sherd VanSeyoc, Mrs. J. Lett, Grace Guees, Warren, Ohio, and others. The piece blends notices of travel, visits, and church life, with a long obituary-like tribute to William Wayland Day.
Small note in the Saginaw Post and Zeitung tells how Editor Chris Reitter and his family recovered from grippe after using Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. The item claims three bottles cured all throat and lung troubles with prices 3c and 1 at Dale Sheridan s store. Trial bottles are offered free.
A postponed notice invites members to a Monday evening session at the M E church on January 28. The program includes a song league led by Miss Margaret Hoopes and a review of I To Have and to Hold by Prof HL Sessler. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend.
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