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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1892
Page
1
Druggists Union Co of Rockford unveils a window and silverware soap. It claims streak free polish with dry brush removal. Twenty school children are sought to sell on Saturday April 23rd at two cents per cake.
Local items report births and marriages, street work, elections and political endorsements, business ads, upcoming events, recoveries from illnesses, property sales and rentals, and social notices. Names include Puterbaugh Beidler Knecht Hackett Snow Edwards Lake and many others in Lanark and Mt. Carroll.
City election set for next Tuesday and school election for next Saturday to be held in city hall. Various locals report travel, illness, and business trips, including Miss Cora Lichty with scarlet fever and Fred Chaffee on the sick list. Community notes include fence costs, brick yard arrivals, and shifting hotel management at the Central House.
The Carroll area items cover D. Berry candidacy speculation, Prof Leland selling a pipe factory, and a house fire west of town destroying a residence with a birth and insurance details. Also reported are a local author and road jokes, a store sale to a Greencastle buyer, and praise for William W. Whitmore moving to Lanark with family.
Notice states a barrel of first class harness oil is for sale at a low price by W H Porersacen.
A notice announces a complete closing out sale of Fancy Dry Goods offering the entire stock at cost until a single purchaser buys the whole stock. The ad emphasizes fresh fashionable items and urges immediate purchasing at low prices. E. D. Lerann and Evia Lerano authorize the sale.
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