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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1900
Page
2
Parlor concert by Epworth League at Dr Friend's next Tuesday. Advertisements urge buying buggies wagons and building materials from local merchants. Notices announce mill services, organ sales, fertilizer agents, and livestock sales. Community updates include church events, school and crop notices, and local arrivals and departures.
The excellent musical event will be an entertaining entertainment for Sumner residents. It opens at 8:00 p m with a program prepared by Mr Medcalf and others. Efforts aim for great attendance as many choicest seats are taken and seating will be comfortable for all who come.
Program notes for a Tuesday evening Sept 11 1900 house concert featuring Mise Westall Mire Wagner Meg Hunn Rhoda Seed Mable Jones Jennie May and Mrs H E O Groves. Admission 10c Refreshments 5c. Vendors advertise school supplies from Gocenour Abernathy tablets ink slates and pens with low prices.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a wholesale bone trade and a bank reference with terms about delivering and collecting in ten nol. It references a Pat Houetty and a company on Dearborn Street, Third Floor, with stamped saxefore and a year count of twenty.
In Sumner Illinois two lots measuring 492 by 150 feet host a nearly new six room dwelling with abundant fruit and a good well. Another two lots 80 by 160 feet contain an eight room house with fruit trees and a well, all in good condition. Also one vacant lot 452 by 150 feet. Seller D B VaxScvoc Sumner Hl.
The paper lists time of trains and lines for Central Railroad with a time card headline P. D. & EK. Ry. Halr cars seats free on a certain day between Evansville and Chicago and between Beaneville and Peoria. Subscribe for the Press-fl in advance.
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