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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
2
Local notices show W. Piper buying a piano from Story & Clark, D. A. Westall selling farming gear, and H. F. Combs promoting buggies and wagons. Obituaries report Miss Mattie Worstell and Charley Keplinger, while school board updates name new teachers and a janitor. Community events include an ice cream social, park fence concerns, and church activities with Rev. Groves and Rev. Hogue.
Good pasture for rent. W.E. Barns. Garden and flower seeds new and reliable at Westall's Grocery. The grand jury adjourned Tuesday afternoon, having returned 32 indictments. For Sale on Trade New dictionary and encyclopedia in 18 volumes at Press office. Married at the U B parsonage May 7 Mr Clint Ir enry and Miss Resa is. They have the best wishes of their many friends or Mary Kelring, who was stationed at Chung Ring, China, at the opening of the troubles there and narrowly escaped with her life, will deliver an address at the M. E. church next Monday night. There should be a good house present as Miss Kerring cannot fail to interest those who will be there. Services at the Presbyterian church at Sumner Sabbath next as follows morning 10:30 subject The Salt of Life Evening 7:30 subject The Quest for More Life. Services at Gillesad Presbyterian church at 2:30 p.m. Strangers cordially invited to all services. Dawist Baneze, Pastor. Quite a number of chickens missing Tuesday morning from the hen house of some farmers near Hadley. The trail led to Clermont where thirteen chickens were sold. Later Cris Warren, John Shaw and Ralph Newman were detained to Otney for cribbing the chickens and brought there after night by Marshal Sells. It developed no chickens were missing except from the homes of deny taking any chickens, while Warren guys all were in it. The parents, who here are no better men in Lawrence county, secured the release of their sons and took them home. It is to be hoped they will never indulge in another prank. A son or daughter should under no circumstances cause parents pain. Acts done for fun don't always end that way.
Lawrenceville holds second grade teacher examinations on June 22 August 10 and September 14. Oral tests start at 7 30 am, Walton work at 9 00 am and science exams on June 21 and August 9 begin at 1 00 pm. Signed H W Hostertiee Co Supt of Schools.
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