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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1901
Page
7
In a perilous voyage on the Orinoco, Jacinta and Dona Maria confront a wrecked Gatboat with Jack and Medworth aboard. After days adrift in a furious storm, they near the Island of the Clouds and glimpse land, hoping rescue and safety at last.
In the Venezuelan wilderness the group escapes a whirlpool and storms. Medworth scouts the dangerous island while Jacinta vows courage and love. Bananas found, they plan to endure days ashore with provisions and vigilance against hidden threats.
Fragmented OCR text outlines a Sunday school lesson plan with references to biblical figures, epochs, and biographical method. It mentions Genesis chapters thirty and beyond, themes of temptations, tyranny, fall of man, and the structure of a committee selecting readings for the year. The garbled text includes mentions of Abraham, Wicker, and general instruction notes.
The text presents a garbled discussion of influential figures and map related actions with scattered names and terms. It references Beech Yay Bry, Maes Canaan, The Tirvah, and mentions a reporter from Newhi Ring UD RK Beaty. It hints at financial dealings, a potential payment, and a call to assemble for a fray, but specifics are unclear due to the damaged OCR.
The report notes extensive coal rights sales across Southern Micavis with J B Blackman in Harrisburg marking a 830 acre sale for 730 dollars, plus nearby deals by Gray Bros and J A Miller near Harrisburg. A sensational suit in the U S Circuit Court seeks to set aside the Centralia Chester Railroad sale, alleging conspiracy and false bidding, with bonds and a master’s sale history. Also mentions crop prices and a fatality from a train accident near Vincennes, plus a fire at Katwareeville and various regional agricultural notes.
A dense, fragmentary listing of livestock items and prices including cattle sheep hogs and calves with weights measures and unclear figures. Mentions dairy and beef categories across various farm names and terms, resembling an auction or market price sheet with numerous unreadable entries.
A garbled dispatch describes jewel thefts in London and a fire at a St James property, with references to the Alien Weet Commission and distant political tensions. In Hartville Missouri citizens fear an impending measure awaiting Salem branch actions as McKinley’s relative dies suddenly.
Hamilton County circuit court hears a suit by the General’s son in law’s wife against General James R. Campbell. The marriage occurred during the General’s Philippine service and reportedly did not have his approval. The case is described as potentially the most sensational ever tried in McLeansboro. Campbell previously represented the Twentieth District in Congress and served as brigadier of volunteers in the Spanish American War and the Philippines.
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