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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
7
Market notes show mixed prices for grains and seeds with oats and corn cited. Weak spelling suggests a brief listing of per bushel rates and quality remarks on wheat, oats, clover, timothy, stock peas, and grain quality, indicating a regional wholesale pricing rundown and availability.
A fragmented Olney area column notes visits from Miss Irene Adama and Miss Jennie Jody to Fairfield and Olney, with many local residents including Bert Tewart and Mr Walker traveling to St Louis and Oaktown. Board of education to hire staff. court case Helm vs contestants decided. multiple marriages and licenses listed. Royal road travelers, school commencements in Lawrence County, and a weathered miscellany of local social notes fill the page.
An early 20th century ad touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as improving memory and social standing by boosting brain function. It claims a two cent dose to make you feel like a new being, sold by Dale and Sheridan druggists.
The section lists social visits among Cornell, St Louis, Vin cennes, and nearby towns with names including Miss Grace O'Donnell Miss Jane Laws Miss Mat Bunn and others. It notes church attendance at Bethlehem and confirmations at St Franciaville, plus neighbors driving and new buggies. An employment ad invites intelligece ladies or gentlemen for permanent town work with salary and commission.
Daily glimpses of residents traveling to nearby towns, church events, and family announcements populate Sumner's week. Visits include McNeniars of Sauner, Mushrohs in Robinson, Cornell at Sandoval, and many neighbors from Bridgeport to Charleston. Memorial sermons and church services mark the calendar while minor accidents and births add personal milestones.
Memorial services at Presbyterian church planned for Sunday. G W Cooper called to Edgewood for grandson's illness. son of Jack Cooper died Saturday. Harry Price and Chas Seed buy apple butter factory, to operate in fall. Rev Albert Buchanan moves from Kansas to northern Lodhafin or Michigay. Chas O Donnell family attends wedding of Nay O Donnell. White House cemetery cleanup planned May 28 and Decoration Day May 30 at 2 p.m. Osborn and Cooper suit against Highways dismissed. Miss Margaret O Donnell and Eugene Quinn wed at Bridgeport home, plan Fairfield visit then residence.
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