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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
2
Local notices and advertisements reflect a busy Sumner area: farm sales and livestock auction plans, seed and hardware offerings, wallpaper displays, and grain buying. Community events include Epworth League gatherings, a Masonic Hall social, a cemetery association concert, and a Chanute social. Widespread reminders cover sidewalks, mills, and fertilizer, plus political tickets and a railway accident report.
The fragmentary item lists births, weddings, sermons, and obituaries with names such as Rev. A Standler and Rev. D Breeze, plus Katherine Peake’s birth and death details, and mentions of Mr. Hawkins and Mrs. Butcher. An obituary passage recalls a long life, family survivors, and ending with a spiritual tribute. A final ad promotes Mr. King’s New Life Pills for skin and liver issues.
The article notes Tom Maclaren will answer questions about ministers being idle in a companion piece to Should the Old Clergyman be Shot. It suggests he will argue ministers are among the busiest professionals even as he hints at reviewers finding idlers in the pulpit.
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