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The 5-year-old girl from the Beech Creek community of Hawkins County was first reported missing June 15.
The tip count with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as of Thursday afternoon stands at 750, TBI spokeswoman Susan Niland said via email.
Meanwhile, reward money sent to the Church Hill Rescue Squad has reached $37,350, Capt. Tim Coup of the squad said via email on Thursday.
Summer was reported missing from her familyâs Beech Creek home in Hawkins County, near the Sullivan County line, about 6:30 p.m. on June 15. She is white, weighs about 40 pounds, is 3 feet tall and has blonde hair and blue eyes.
June 28, 1843: The Jonesborough Whig and Independent Journal reported, âAs to the crowd in attendance here, on Monday, it is variously estimated â at from two to four thousand. Of one thing we are certain, to wit, that we never have seen as large a concourse of people in the town of Jonesborough. And the orators themselves, declared the assembly to be the largest they had addressed during the campaign.
Reading other articles in that issue of the newspaper, it is likely that the orators referred to were James Jones, who was the Governor of Tennessee during that time, and James Polk, who was Governor of Tennessee from 1839-1841. Polk later became President of the United States.
The Whig was a newspaper in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way at the time.
May 19, 1887: The Comet published advice for husbands. âNever talk in your sleep unless you are sure what you are going to say.â
âDonât be discontented. It is much easier to make your wife feel that way.â
âNever tell your wife that she is a charming singer unless you happen to be deaf.â
âDonât flatter yourself that you know more than your wife until â¦you have got home from her funeral.â
âDonât be too friendly with your prospective son-in-law. He may think you intent to live with him after he is married.â