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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
8
Local notes report residents visiting relatives in Vincennes and Decatur, transfers within the workforce, school and church events, village improvements, and a bridgeport train stop plan. Social visits include Mrs Frazer in Atlanta and Mr Henry's assistant shift. A church festival raised 16 cents for charity. Electric Bitters praised for curing eczema and other ailments.
Mrs S Doty of Des Moines Iowa thanks Roark and Co for the Chamberlain 6 nough Remedy noting it relieved long troubles and whooping cough in many cases with perfect satisfaction and expressing deep gratitude to the manufacturers for their product and service.
George Day family spent Sunday at Mt Zion. Wayland Day confined to bed. Warren Petty and Chas Price visited St Franciaville. Decoration day observed despite weather. Wm Milhouse and John McGuire building a large barn for George Leighty on Broad Hollow. A wire fence around the cemetery is planned. Unclear if the winter school will operate. Thanks extended to Samner for patronage and kindness.
Misa Blanche Corrie visited Miss Jane Laus Sauilay. Misses Lacy and Rosa Shick of Lukin worshiped at Olive Branch Sunday. Misses Anna Gray and Lydia Williams attended Bethel Sunday night. Misses Martha and Florence Gatteridge of Pisgah attended church. Lucy Sanders visited Saturday night and Sunday and attended Olive Branch meeting.
A fragmentary diary from a voyage describes rough seas from San Francisco to Valparaiso with stops and equator crossing. The writer notes weather, ships, a Neptune initiation, and reflections on land near Juan Fernandez Island and Valparaiso, including local inhabitants and scenery.
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