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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
7
A humorous pitch extols the Quick Meal Stove as a remedy for oppressive summer heat in the kitchen. It claims the stove will transform a tired woman into one with a clear head, enabling comfort and luxury while performing work quicker and cleaner with less expense than old cook stoves. Paints.
Lancaster professor E. Clark, among Austin College's class of about 100, delivers an oration titled The Collegian at the June 12 commencement in Effingham. L. C. Cole and R. J. Main of Swayzee Glass Co discuss plans to build a local box factory.
Edwars and West Salem area deaths mark a week of mourning with Mrs. Jonas Clodfelter and High Morgan among the deceased. Also reported are Mrs. Geo. Wood and Rev. Saywell Perkins in critical condition. A Dixon fire destroys Richard Glover’s home. civic plans include a July 4 celebration in the city park. Nearby, mill site changes at Noble and a West Liberty burglary raise town concerns amid Cuban itch reports and a director election in Victory district.
Ex trustee James E. Kackley is reported dangerously ill with pneumonia and recovery seems highly doubtful. A six year old, son of A. M. Legout of St Francisville, broke an arm after visiting a physician alone and then telling his parents. Arthur Saiter, son of F Z Saiter, was notified of a $6 monthly pension with four months back pay for military service in the Philippines. Meears Kellershon & Wirth filed articles for Vincennes Garbage Reduction Plant with $10,000 capital. Convery & Becker's foundry sees most machinists, boiler makers and blacksmiths strike for higher wages. replacements will come from Washington and St Louis. A large cattle shipment, about 1500 pounds per animal, will be loaded tonight on a fourteen car I and W train, from Brevoort farm. Dr Norman E Beckes, city health officer, hunted for days to locate a family afflicted with smallpox. Geo Henry and family, and a boarder, live on Cochran street near Wabash and Oak.
A fragment notes the burial Sunday of a baby born to Albert and Matilde Skagusa at Oblong cemetery. It also mentions Edna Duncan of Fiat Rock dying by Monday night of diabetes, with unclear details about age and circumstances.
A 12-year-old boy named Leone Verrel, son of David Verrel, was reported missing near Martinaville. Local authorities and residents are aiding in the search as the case draws community concern.
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