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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
4
Reading through Crawford county and nearby towns, obituaries report John Mason and others buried in local cemeteries. Several deaths include children and veterans. civic groups like the G. A. R. note services. Updates cover marriages, relocations to Oklahoma and Tennessee, plant accidents, and local gatherings.
ENOX Indiana Cole of Palmyra township died of heart disease aged about 18. Charles Robinson’s bond of 3000 dollars involved in a city incident. The city surgeon died suddenly of heart disease on Wednesday night after illness. Mrs KE Cady, widow of Franklin Cady, died aged 45 from congestion. Elian Reiter, wife of Deputy Clerk Frank Reiter, died Friday October 12 1900 from liver enlargement after a month of illness. A baby and two children reported ill with scarlet fever. Mary Acker and Mary Baluv married at St John’s Catholic church. Luther Anthis and farm hand Robert Brenner robbed at the fair grounds. Anthia fired at the robbers but they escaped.
Two hundred carloads of straw have been shipped out of the county by the Big Four Railroad in the past four months. Reports include ailing individuals, a child with brain consumption, and several local visits. Notable items cover travel from Chicago to Hot Springs, a birthday dinner for Mr. Brine, and a sick spell for Frank Dyer's eldest son.
A Ontario New York druggist recounts a winter incident where a customer asked for a cough medicine he did not stock. He recommended Chamberlains Cough Remedy and offered a trial with refund if not worth the price. She returned with another buyer endorsing the product, noting the recommendation. Sold by Dale and Sheridan.
An Epoch Making Inver predicts movable types may vanish as books and newspapers are produced by photography using camera and dry plate. The idea aims to reproduce letter-press akin to mechanical picture multiplication, aided by patented practical inventions.
Lawrence County Illinois board meeting on October 16 1900 discussed jail medical bids for one year and appointed election judges in Christy town precinct. They moved offices among county departments and ordered a waiting room for the treasurer and miscellaneous payrolls and contracts.
In a letter from Lucban to friends, Major Go. H. of the 30th Infantry describes water supply, streets, and irrigation in town, battles with insurgents near San Polac, a boy killed and another wounded in Co. E, and the burning of San Polac on return toward Lucban. He notes Tayabas as the military headquarters and mentions Gen Schwan's Flying Squadron, now defunct but still influential. He speaks of health, hardships, and hopes to visit soon.
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