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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
2
A patchwork of store ads, property notices, and social items from Sumner area chatter. Vendors promote lime and building materials, grocers stock up, a barber moves to a new stand, and church events outline quarterly meetings. Local crime mentions, school mischief, and a few renown residents feature alongside holiday magazine notices and farming gear listings.
The Olney L and B association won a foreclosure judgment against Harry fiah et al after Rush borrowed 600 dollars and sold to Chastaick. Quick returned a five hundred dollar check from Mace who provided notes, Linden Lawn shares, and a mortgage payoff dispute. The court held the mortgage cancellation required the proper official seal and rejected Mace’s payment as satisfying the debt.
Cold weather prompts Marion Mays & Sons to highlight a full winter stock including clothing, shoes, caps, jackets, overcoats, heavy underwear, hose and flannels. Shoppers are urged to inspect the new stock and take advantage of low department prices.
Complete lines of Steel Ranges Cook Stoves Heating Stoves and Air Tights offered at prices below competition. The ten dollar Cook Stove on earth a 26 inch Planished Steel Air Tight Heater for 4.00 and a handsome 14 inch Steel Body Oak Heater for 10.00. A steel body 26 inch Air Tight for 3.00. It will pay you to see it. Do not pass the stock.
One of our light running New Goodrich Sewing Machines makes fall sewing easy. The machine has sold for years and given satisfaction. A lighter machine is also available with a 25 year guarantee for only 14.00.
New stock of trimmed and lined ladies capes in silk plush and Astrachan offered from 1.75 to 7.50. Infants' cloaks priced 85 cents to 1.25, showcasing value across ranges.
Ready-to-Wear clothing announced with a wide stock selection emphasizing fit finish and durability. Men’s suits priced from 3.50, school boys’ suits at 3.00, children’s suits 1.00 to 2.50, heavy work coats 7c to 3.25, mackintoshes 25 to 2.50, overcoats from 4.00 up, caps from 5c to 50c, boys and girls school caps 35c to 25c.
Best Factory Yarn offers full weight wool thread guaranteed every strand and priced per pound at 5Qc.
Rugs Etc announces new all wool rugs and cheaper rugs in floral patterns arriving now with prices 3.50 and 1.75 to 2.25. Stand covers priced 50 to 75 cents.
The W H E M O S met at Mrs D A Westall’s home to study frontier conditions. Devotional by Mrs Westall followed by a read aloud from Voices from the Frontier. A duet by Miss Ida Westall and Mrs J J Wagner closed then important business was transacted.
At the Putnam family home near Sumner a large Pixley reunion gathered for Elizabeth Putnam, the oldest Pixley, marking her eighty first birthday after twenty six years in the county. Notables arrived from Passport Scyler Springs Friendaville Berryville and Lick Prairie among others for the special gathering. Rural kinfolk and friends joined in the celebration, with warm wishes for continued health and fellowship. An unrelated local note reports OC F Collier of Cherokee Iowa suffering kidney related injuries from a recent attack, with Electric Bitters restoring his health.
The M E Church held last Sunday services well attended in both morning and evening. Dr Dobbs of New York preached a wide ranging sermon and showed willingness to lecture though the community is not ready. The pastor invites all to church and pledges harmony with other churches for the town's moral interests.
An ad claims Dr. King's New Life Pills clear skin and improve complexion despite signs of liver trouble. It promotes the product as affordable at 25 cents, available at Dale & Sheridan's drug store.
A piece on the fad of early rising promising longevity and health, tracing a man’s hopeful plan for a tranquil dawn walk. He wakes in infant happiness to birds and sunrise yet is unsettled by a strange, terrifying result as nature’s call comes oddly and suddenly.
Store promotes bulk cash purchases with low prices on staple and fancy groceries including granulated sugar at 18 pounds for 1.00, extra light brown sugar 20 pounds for 1.00, coffee at 10 cents per pound, canned tomatoes three for 10 cents, three cans of corn for 25 cents, Carolina Rice 6 cents per pound, California prunes at 5 or 6 cents per pound, and Lenox soap at 25 cents per bar.
A local ad outlines Cotton goods pricing with Canton Flannel at 6c, heavy Muslin at 4c, standard Ginghams at 5c, heavy Outings at 5c, and 6 oz Cotton Batting at 83c, promoting value compared with elsewhere.
The advertisement lists men’s heavy work gloves in horse hide with lining at 1.00, heavy waterproof work gloves at 50c, unlined gloves at 25c, best driving gloves at 75c, fine kid dress gloves at 1.00, and boys’ gloves ranging from 25c to 50c.
A distraught man, duped by a supposed friend, silently escapes at dawn and walks toward distant woods. The retreating world, bare branches, and roosters crowing replace the promised verses as his resolve cracks. He confronts a grim dawn, recalling a grim, probing poem as fear and doubt overwhelm him.
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