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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
3
Fragmentary text hints at a reversed lesson concept and hidden threats. It suggests teaching dance or bowing as a cover for learning to confront danger, with unclear speakers and misheard words. The passage conveys confusion and tension without concrete events or names.
Proceedings describe bills in the Illinois House and Senate in Springfield. Actions include repealing the act to establish an appellate court branch in Chicago, creating a state board of general inspectors, and taxing corporate capital stock with rates tied to dividends. Other items cover street railway franchise limits, disconnection of territory from villages, and electrocution as a potential death penalty method. Governors appointments to insurance and canal boards are noted, along with legislative talk on hardroads taxation and local road funding.
Edward Gould Sr former Bos Gap postmaster in Ogle County Illinois pled guilty to shortages totaling about 1200 dollars. He received a short sentence of months in jail and was released after his bond was covered by relatives and a Sandamen payment. He was located in Texas near the Mexican border and brought back for trial.
Two men named W. W. Howard and G. W. Wilson were arrested in Cairo Illinois amid a scheme to defraud a rich farmer near Fulton Kentucky. They carried a black case with counterfeit money marked 5000, a bank guide, and checks drawn on Louisville Trust Company and Henderson Kentucky. One note was for 750 and another 350, with additional 1200 on a Henderson bank for George W. Cole. The suspects are about 50 to 60 years old.
Letters from women praise Peruna as a remedy for catarrh and systemic illness. Testimonies from Miss Katie Klein and others claim rapid relief, improved appetite, and renewed vitality after using Peruna. The ad emphasizes Peruna as a trusted friend to women and offers free advice from Dr. Hartman.
Dr Martin Ficker notes bacteria respond to the glandular content and the water quality in which they are suspended. Philadelphia couple Richard Smith and his wife plan a 70 by 52 feet shelter building with play rooms and nursing facilities for children. Prof Angelo Mosso’s experiments suggest Alpine ascent can shorten a person by about an inch and a half, Monte Rosa rises to 15 715 feet and stature typically diminishes during the day.
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