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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
3
A historical letter extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for ovarian and womb ailments. It recounts avoiding surgery after warning signs such as bearing down pain and backache and credits the medicine with restoring health after postpartum and uterine inflammation.
The Rumsey farm near Seagaquada creek is chosen as the Buffalo Pan American Exposition site. The area lies near Checktawaga and somewhat distant from Montezuma Sempronius Busti and Skaneateles, with rail notes and local geography detailed. A stray note mentions the German seasick remedy with red glasses and other era curios, plus snippets on carrier pigeons speed and a Grain-O drink pitch.
A survey of varied items includes Edison’s claimed storage battery, McKinley’s river bridge bill, a Peoria murder trial delay, a miner found frozen near Missouri rail lines, Yerkes selling stock for 35 million, and Indiana pond water rights upheld. Reports touch on a Peru mine sale, a Crawford County prosecutor’s death, a Samoan gold discovery, a Yellowstone gusher, and labor disputes in St. Louis area bridges. International events include Italian unrest and Havana independence day, plus fires in Wyoming and a forger’s Chicago arrest. The dispatches cover rail accidents, Union carpenters wage talks, and military provisioning for the Philippines.
Ioam Sharp is accused by Thomas Ausmus of Glenorm of bigamy after Ausmus’s daughter wed Sharp in Glenorm. The case notes Sharp’s Kentucky divorce history and a subsequent beating claim by Ausmus’s son-in-law. Sharp, a local farmer, faced scrutiny following the exposure of his alleged duplicity.
A garbled excerpt presents dental alarm about infants with decayed teeth and teens with artificial teeth. It mentions Carter's ink as widely used by city elites and records a chaotic dialogue among workers and students. The text includes stray lines on theft, a school scene, and a religious christening question.
A curious summer growth report notes a silver fir 244 feet high with 485 new shoots and 39 514 leaves produced in six months. It also mentions hallston hail research, bacteria and molds, and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a hundred dollar pledge and testimonial solicitations.
A fragmented Chicago page recalls a landlady’s quip about patriotism, odd medical ads for Lane’s Family Medicines and Mrs. Theodore Sutro, plus a Mecca pilgrim housing claim, Vienna’s suburb, and London Rowton houses. It lists American soldiers in the Philippines with full kit and gear details.
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