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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1900
Page
3
Readable items report sale notices on buggies and clothing, a Holstein cow mishap, farm prices and equipment at H F Combs and G W McRee Co, plus a political Q and A on Mr Bryan, a church meeting, and letters about October fall hats, musicial instruments, and local farms in Sumner and nearby townships.
An ad notes a sallow complexion signals liver trouble and promotes Dr King's New Life Pills for clear skin and a rich complexion. Available at Dale & Sheridan's drug store for 3 cents.
Our latest Dress Fabrics and Colorings line offers Fancy-French Novelty Dress Goods in black brocades with wear, Fancy Plaids Mohairs and Golf Plaids in a wide pattern range bold prices from 10 to 1.00. Double fold dress goods in pleasing colors, Brilliantines in black lus tre, other trims and linings priced to match.
The seasonal sale features All-Cotton Blankets rivaling wool blankets in comfort at half the price. Cheaper than sheets, they promise warmth and durability with larger sizes and heavy options. The brand Highland is highlighted, with several heavier, 12-4 and 15-4 variants offered for strong service.
The Lawrence county Sunday School convention at West Christian church Sumner drew lighter attendance due to Wednesday through Thursday rain and travel discomfort. J B Stout presided with G W Miller of Paris a devoted worker. Miller's talk on Does It Pay? urged teachers to persevere and address parental neglect of home religious instruction. Also notes on Dr King New Discovery for coughs and a Sumner factory schedule noting Mondays and Thursdays open for apple batter.
Market notes show hogs at four hundred to one hundred fifty pounds per hundredweight and fat cattle priced per pound. Calves and lambs are listed with spring prices. Names and precise figures are incomplete due to OCR.
George H Reinhard a renowned ahoemaker marks his fiftieth anniversary in Odd Fellowship this October joining Pioneers Hon James M Sharp as the other member of Carmel Lodge to reach half a century in the order Sharp cannot attend but Reinhard attended Wabash Lodge No 35s last meeting Carmel Repinter notes the event An advertisement seeks active workers for a well known manufacturing house in Chicago Endow Pay address requested via envelope.
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