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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
7
A promotional pitch extols the Quick Meal Stove as a cure for old fashion cooking. It claims the stove cools the kitchen, frees women from drudgery, and delivers faster, cleaner, cheaper meal preparation, making luxury accessible at home.
Harry Dubois a Rockford police officer suffered a severely mashed foot at Emerson Plow Works. William B Jackman Jr a 62 year old man from Corner Fifth and Dubos died after a long illness. Chris Walls 70 fell at Grand Hotel basement and fractured his hip in critical condition. James A Jenkins of Steentown died suddenly near Wheatland after noon. A barn at Palmyra township owned by W H Root Jr burned Friday night destroying corn, hay, millet and farming equipment valued around 0 000. George W H Roush saw mill and basket factory burned Wednesday night destroying two loaded boxcars and cattle cars and several cattle. Roush valued the plant at 15000 cash yesterday. now totaled losses near 9000.
A franchise has been granted to Frank McKean to establish a Palestine telephone exchange. The piece notes other local items including a china wedding for Herman and Shula Schmalhhausen, plans to form another Building and Loan in Robingen, and sale of the old Methodist church building for 3200 to Brubaker & Son, excluding the ground.
Sam Wheeler Edwards longtime Independent office employee at Gmyville has purchased a half interest in an office at Collinaville Illinois and will move there soon. Ed Durley narrowly avoided being crushed by a passing freight train while attempting to board it for a Browns trip, escaping with bruises and a scare.
The text states a plan or policy allowing the board to halt boring work immediately. It notes a price of two dollars and twenty cents per foot for 300 feet, with authority reserved to stop operations at any moment. The fragment implies a contractual or project constraint without full context.
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