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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1892
Page
4
A aunt and little Bessie pace a bedtime riddle with seven letters that spell planned. The poem recalls life’s twists and the speaker’s resolve to trust the Master with the future as Rosaie’s puzzle mirrors personal journey.
Jim Martin recounts an 1885 summer aboard a single track line from Junction City to Georgetown. He seeks a pay raise from Thedford, owner and superintendent, faces rejection, and describes his budding romance with Molly Hunter as he plots a future with the railroad.
Jim recounts a perilous overnight engine run from Georgetown to Junction City to fetch Billy Thedford, who needed a favor to save a Chicago deal. The crew burns fuel, Endures heat, and Billy appears exhausted, while Jim disguises a risky plan to power the locomotive himself and survives to tell the tale.
I report to the president seeking a reward or dismissal after aiding him. He declines my value while confirming James Martin will join Chicago & Western as a driver with pay of one hundred dollars monthly. Molly and I marry and move to Chicago. I keep a steady record, never seeing Billy again, and the old man becomes known as Martins Fireman.
W S Curry, a Toronto missionary, entered Angola where locals initially feared him believing he was a sorcerer. He endured native fever, and his wife Miss Wilkes of Brantford Ont died of the illness while he observed women carrying heavy loads and performing household and caravan duties in the copper-colored country.
Editorial notes that strong carriage roads are essential to economic growth, balancing railroad-centered population. It argues for public investment in durable, low-cost roads to connect farmers, manufacturers, and merchants to rail lines and cities, benefiting future generations. Also contains brief jokes about wedding rings in a comic item.
A blistering critique of David B. Hill as a presidential candidate from the New York bloc. The piece attacks Hill as a self-promoting, corrupt politician with ties to tenement bosses and machine politics, arguing the Democratic Party risks disaster nominating him. It notes NY pivotal in the race and warns of a mugwump shift if Hill wins or Cleveland is rejected.
The text questions which party will control the convention and notes historical tensions within the Democratic Party. It mentions James Buchanan as a former Democratic president, Buchanan’s retirement amid conflict, and a Cleveland election influenced by New York independents opposing Blaine and causing split within their party.
A New York Independent glosses the modern administration as efficient and honest. It lauds the president for selecting capable, clean, and high‑character officials, noting no scandals and strict accountability from navy construction to pensions and Indian affairs.
Flora Payne Whitney argues in Ladies' Home Journal that temperance in wine at table has become fashionable due to concerns about health and vigor. Younger men are guided by college athletics toward abstinence, while older men curb excess. claret with water and champagne replace heavy ports as light wines prevail. Women remain light drinkers and overall health and happiness improve.
The text tests the fate of Cleveland as a candidate after Hill’s weakened bid and a demoralized southern trip. It notes Flower Boies Whitney Gorman and Brice as remaining options while praising Mills as a capable, trusted American citizen favored for a Senate seat.
A speaker weighs life with Betsy and a child against a five cent drink and a rumseller’s wealth. He sketches a cramped home for two, then a better fate with a wife and child, while the rumseller prospers from his earnings. The poem questions duty, temptation, and family welfare.
A Pittsburgh Post note on why bars attract men who avoid home liquor. It describes a solitary drinker who buys liquor in public bars and even braves storms to reach a barroom, finding allure in the social bustle, service, and atmosphere rather than sipping alone at home.
A London bishop notes that in Africa the term missionary is used for strong drink. He cites Christians building a Mosque instead of a church where Mohammedans do not supply alcohol, signaling cultural contrasts and social impact.
Fortnightly Review describes how rum and gin imports corrupt African villages. Chiefs plead with the English queen to stop the trade as natives barter for alcohol, face theft and punishment, and see women and society degraded by the liquor traffic.
Judge Kime Ball of Washington argues liquor causes crime and misery citing 1801 police court figures. He urges aggressive Christian reform and support for an inebriate asylum, saying closing drink shops would reduce need for such institutions.
An Irish temperance speaker at a meeting recounts buying fine boots with drink money. He joked that the saloon keeper gave the boots, while he kept his money, calling it a bar bargain. The tale urged others to save money and avoid alcohol.
Temperance items report Scotland uses spirits per population at par with England and US losses from intemperance reach sixty thousand yearly. A Birmingham chief justice note links sobriety to jail reductions. A DC workhouse petition opposes more liquor licenses. Kansas temperance opposition shows liquor revenue can be displaced. A New Jersey teen dies from long smoking habit begun at eight, warning others.
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