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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1900
Page
6
A garbled OCR page mentions Lancet Cemetery in Lockwood Australia covering acres with 200 acres used, and 10¢ persons of all nationalities buried. It references a Rheims dealer, Hall's Company cure claims, and France's national debt cited as over 216 per capita. The text also notes Montreal papers, dyes, quilts, and tobacco news with miscellaneous advertisements.
Alto Pass sees intense aftermath after two youths Loren Lewis and George Corgan are found dead beside the Mobile and Ohio track eight miles north. Suspicions arise that the killings involve powder burns. coroner's inquest yields no new evidence. Father L W Lewis rejects verdicts as funeral rites honor both victims in a double Baptist church service, burial in a single grave.
A jailed figure, Dr Paunele alias Pranell and alias Dr Cooke, faces charges of large scale wheelings and dealings. He is linked to McCormack Harvester sales in McCormack activities, with claims of operations in Indiana and Illinois and a Louisville, Kentucky home. He allegedly targeted vulnerable families with fake doctor referrals, taking appointment fees and disappearing.
William Naylor of Springfield is identified through papers found on the body. The victim, with a broken neck and head bruises, likely fell from a southbound passenger train near the Chicago and Alton railroad three miles north of Carlinville. The coroner's inquest was held and the wife took the remains to Springfield for interment.
Michael Reichert a 51 year old prominent businessman and ex legislator, was run over by Mobile and Ohio train No 3 at Waterloo. Trainmen found him cold, unclear if murder or accidental placement on track. Coroner Sennett to investigate. Chala Dies From Fright. Albert Krohnke, 3, of Sycamore, died after fright from yard commotion among chickens causing convulsions. Other items note long marriage and local elderly residents.
A jumbled newspaper fragment promotes medical tonics and beauty aids, naming Allen in Olmsted and Garfield Tea while weaving in anecdotes about kerosene savings and a tramp incident. It touts Foot-Base cures for sweaty feet, corns, and warts, alongside color tips for hats and adverts for Castarets candy cathartic.
A fragmented historic note describes the "sandwich man" as a walking ad dating to 1346 in Florence with wine bottle costumes. The text promotes Swanson Rheumatic, Sciatic and Neuralgia cure with a free trial bottle offer and prepaid postage, listing numerous ailments and urging readers to write for samples.
From The Builder critique urges UK readers to study the Paris Opera Comique's public arts funding. It contrasts French sculpture and painting by famed artists with English theaters, laments local trim and calls for national art stimulation. Also notes cures and product ads and a short local anecdote about Pasieur’s absent minded dining.
A patchwork of quotes and anecdotes from various sources and eras. It cites a biographer's portrait of Kim Parnell misplacing fear on stairs and a strange fixation on green, alongside a Georgia paper’s office accident tale and a Scottish naturalist’s note on wasps. Missing context and garbled names pepper the piece.
A warning advertisement describes nervous prostration from sleeplessness and digestive ills. It touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure, citing Mrs. Hartley of 221 West Congress Street as proof and urging sufferers to trust the remedy.
The article claims glowing health enables limitless possibilities and makes beauty a permanent crown. It links health with a sweet disposition and warns that snappiness signals ill health. It criticizes women for neglecting health amid daily duties and notes the nervous system suffers without proper care and guidance.
Dr Greene’s Nervara hailed by Mes. WM Bosse of 85 Farrington St Flashing Lb I I as a tonic and strength giver after long suffering from female complaints indigestion and weakness She reports gradual strength gain and urges others to try the remedy noting it did not cure others but helped her greatly.
An advertisement promotes Dr Greene's Nervous Blood and Nerve Remedy as a life span health aid for women from girlhood to old age. It claims to ward off nervousness overwork and disease effects, build up forces, and restore beauty through a health program. Consultation offered at 35 West 14th Street, New York City, by visit or letter.
An apologetic notice in the first issue under new management cites a blemish in the record and a term in Missouri legislature. It notes that when an attempt was made to grant another term, the paper was acquitted by a large majority.
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