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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
2
The page lists many ads and notices from Sumner and nearby towns, including building materials from G F Combs and G W McNece & Co, shoe sales by Davie the shoe man, and farm offers. It reports a court verdict, church revival plans, rail excursion details, property improvements, and local obituaries and politics notes with multiple named individuals and places.
New stock arrives with unpacked marked shelves and attractive prices. Every shelf features eastward style goods at eastern rates. Careful buying has secured bargains across many lines worth checking.
A local store highlights a large assortment of Fancy French Novelty Dress Goods including plaids mohair golf plushes and black sateens with prices from 8 1 3 to 3.00. Outings for children soft undergarments and trimmings are offered in bright and delicate colors with several hundred patterns and value lines at 5 to 12 4 2.
Looming wool price rise spurs a blanket sale touting All Cotton blankets as far superior to sheets in comfort and appearance while costing only half as much. Listings include 10-4 gray, 11-4 heavy, 12-4 largest sizes in various colors, plus double faced and all wool Eider Down jackets and robes priced from a quarter to fifty cents.
McKinley Roosevelt pictured on title page. Music catalog offers 20 patriotic songs at 10 cents each for a 30 day sale. Plus a note on electric bitters and a Sumner Market produce and livestock listing. Also mentions London market of dervish skeletons for sale with academic interest.
A vintage advertisement says Chamberlain's Pain Balm instantly relieves cuts bruises burns and similar injuries and heals them faster than other treatments. It also treats rheumatic pain swelling and lameness and is sold by Dale & Sheridan.
Property listing for Sumner Illinois includes two lots 42x10 with a one and a half story six room dwelling plus one eight room house with fruit and well, a vacant lot, all in good condition. D B VanScree Samney Ill advertises real estate along with misc notices and ads for a local drug and a chorus singer in Vienna aged 91. Also listing for a delivery man position with established manufacturers in Chicago.
In another column of this paper will be found the time of trains on the Trindie Central Bay. This replaces the time card shown under F. D. & B. Ry. Through date cars, fare free, on all day trains between Evansville and Chicago and between Evansville and Peoria.
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