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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
8
Fedora faces a dangerous liaison with the wealthy Marquis as he plots revenge in London. He courts her while schemes unfold around Livermore’s fortunes, a dramatic reveal comes with Fedora’s children, and the Marquis’s nerve shakes at a sudden twist in the tale.
A New York Times item recalls a morning New York City streetcar misadventure. Two drunken men boarded separately, slept through the ride, swapped hats when one woke, and were doused by a cold shower of sobriety on the rear platform. The conductor played a key role in the comic scene.
Army surgeon recounts a tale from the Philippines about a soldier wounded in action and missing an eye. While convalescing near Manila he meets a friend who asks about his injury, and the reply jokes about the colonel who dreaded leaving comfort and stayed behind on the firing line.
The readable fragments describe people engaging in a tense scene with cries and attempts to straighten an arm. Names and clear context are missing, leaving only scattered phrases and unreadable sections. The passage seems to be from a longer narrative or report with partial OCR text.
In a lengthy Senate session Missouri's Veet opposed ship subsidy plans arguing heavy subsidies favor England and a few lines instead of general industry. Debate covered diplomacy, post office funding, rural free delivery, and plans to elect Senators by direct vote. House adjourned after approving revenue and coastal bills and a ceremony bill to honor French leaders.
Washington notes report rural free delivery will be established May 1 in Secor Woodford County Minis and that shafrath oil adopts metric weights for US standard. House committee favorable on coinage weight and measures bill with potential January 1 start. Major McLaughlin arrives from bed lake agency with treaty for Indiana lands west of the agency worth $1,000,000 with $250,000 annual installments after cash portion.
A jumbled report cites a Texas killing case involving multiple victims amid air raid fears. The narrative also mentions Graeme Stewart and a confusion over a postmaster general appointment, plus a Cape Cove incident and a Newcastle jewelry robbery with bystanders trapped during a burglary by six suspects.
Attorney General Yamilo says the Supreme Court decision on antitrust law is not essential to state action. He argues that restraint of trade remains illegal under common law and that state authorities can act against combinations without the federal statute. He suggests the legislature could craft a new statute if needed and would likely be upheld.
A blaze in Bloomington Illinois started in the Mayes Photograph Gallery on the fourth floor of the Eddy building, threatening the business district on North Main. Firemen confined flames to the floor, incurring heavy water fees. total loss estimated around 30000 while building loss is 8000 and gallery stock 6000. Strickle Bros supplies 3000 and Knorr jewelry 1000 plus miscellaneous tenants 10000 to 15000.
Geof Fisher, a county auditor expert for the Coles County Board of Supervisors, reports officers including Sheriff Williem Byers Circuit Clerk C In-Sellars and Treasurer DC Gannaway owe the county back amounts 3189 1168 and 1175 respectively for improper fees. The finding caused a sensation as officers may contest the charges. Also reported are a death under unusual circumstances near Pacis and a fire at a Rashville area barn with an incendiary origin and $2000 loss. A tenement house on the same farm was destroyed.
Washington County supervisors voted to pay a bounty for a wolf killed by John Moellman of Venmty Township. The report notes two large wolf sightings, and the board approved immediate bounty payout.
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