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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1892
Page
6
In Savanna last Saturday the town held a historic local election with 687 ballots cast, about 250 by women, for three seats on the Board of Education. D S Berry, Geo Mahood and A E Hodges were elected on a single ticket amid no opposition, drawing praise for orderly polling and civic spirit.
Last Saturday Mt Carroll women cast ballots for president and two board of education seats, with 102 voting at the pools. Geo L Hoffman led both tickets for president, while Halderman Clack and Myers led opposing sides. Final tallies show Halderman 171 Clack 156 Myers 157 Hoover 144. Will Hogan and Blanche Kinkade visited from Lanark for Easter.
A rough street incident in front of a saloon ended after one man struck another following fault accusations. Frank Isenhart and Miss Lizdle Dierrey announce their wedding in Forreston with a reception in Carroll. Easter services and political talk fill local papers.
Dr. H W Wales and Dr Aurand consult in the Spanogle case as Mrs S improves from measles. Barklow seen on Lanark streets. H W Miller spent weekend in Lanark. Fire walls rise in Main street upper block. Easter services held with decor. A B Puterbaugh re elected director. steam vote defeated by 3. David Randal moves buildings in Mt Carroll. coal shortages hit town. Miller Wilson new awning. Grandma Anthony improves. Evans money situation linked to Barry Galadast and Joe Moreland remarks. Subscriptions via H W Miller for the GAZETTE at Milledgeville.
Mt. Carroll resident William Smith solicited orders for tailor C. E. Grove. At the Freeport Democratic convention W D Waterman was chosen delegate with E D Taylor and Chas Whit tig as alternates. Ladies' delegation voted for a school director at the Saturday election. G W Frey was elected to succeed W H Goodrich. A social at Rev J A Beidler's ended Friday. Mrs Conners and daughter and Miss Clara Yeager of Shannon visited Sunday.
Mr Grissinger of Lanark visited friends Friday and Saturday. Miss Nettie Kinman aged 15 died Saturday of dropsy and consumption. She will be buried at Freeport Tuesday with services at her house Monday afternoon. W J Smally of Lanark considers opening a photograph gallery in town.
House cleaning is popular as the school election nears on Saturday evening. Rev. Johnson attends the Evangelical Association Annual Conference after departing Thursday. School resumes Monday for the closing term. Miss Newcomer wears an arm in a sling. John Garman Sr. is seriously ill with paralysis. Snow delays spring seeding while larger youths work instead of attending class. Dr W W Overfield of Forreston visited his parents Parsy Sunday.
Elmer Spencer and family move into Albert Darrow's tenant house. Frank Ritoour leaves for Hebron Illinois. Uriah Helman to sell household effects this week and pursue other business. Buchman and Gibbons hire Mr. Miller an expert butter maker from Dan ish extraction. Wesley Schriner nears recovery from heart trouble. Van Landon invests in eighty acre farm. Miss Della Kimble and Mr. Hiram Rucker wed at Mt Carroll. Dan Berry favored in county race. Dennis criticized by Democrats amid weak party timber. Emanuel Sarber named path master for northern road district.
A traveler chronicles March moves from Lanark to Hastings and Rawlins, then to Flathead Valley Montana. He describes the voyage by steamboat, land travel, and irrigation farming, his failed bid for government land, buying near Columbia Falls, bachelor life in the valley, and early spring farming in a warm wind valley west of the Rockies.
A Montana valley offers fertile soil, abundant timber, and no irrigation needs. Kalispel and Columbia Falls grow, with rail connections and coal-field development ahead. Local notices promote travel, medicines, and regional prospects.
Personal notices tout rental of two store rooms and upstairs near the depot with low prices. Local ads endorse De Witt's Sarsaparilla for impure blood and general debility, Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin and wound care, and a quip extolling Little Early Riser pills for a longer, better life.
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