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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1892
Page
7
The University of Illinois College of Agriculture in Champaign offers a free term from January 2 to March 22, 1893 with three daily lecture tracks eight courses of five lectures and a series of special talks. Admission is without entrance exam or fees. The program aims to aid agriculture in any possible way.
The treasury shows a net debt decrease of 597 452 dollars in the past month with offsetting increases in interest bearing debt. Treasury surplus falls, gold assets rise modestly, and total national debt stands at about 854.9 million. The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General reports 4 105 new post offices this year, with Georgia and Texas leading among states and New York leading in total offices.
Terre Haute Indiana December 2 Capt Hyland and Officer Smith and Sheriff Hixon of Guthrie Oklahoma arrested Ellsworth Wyatt a member of the Dalton gang at his uncle's Cory Indiana home. Wyatt a desperate character wanted in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas for murder and horse stealing in each state. Rewards offered for his capture. He drew a gun but surrendered after officers approached. He had been in the area for weeks and was not at the last robbery attempt.
The San Francisco canvass of presidential elector votes shows a Democratic majority of 271 statewide after counting the electors. Democratic tickets held a 6,603 plurality in San Francisco County and 271 overall in California, with Republican electors trailing. Postmaster General Wanamaker’s upcoming report will detail Columbian postage stamps to depict notable scenes. A Calumet iron and steel plant near Cummings, Chicago, is sold to a Cleveland syndicate for about 500000, with A M Wilcox as president. A Chicago to Kansas City Express messenger is arrested for stealing 1500 from the company.
Secretary Noble's annual report highlights record progress in the General Land Office with 308,128 agricultural patents issued, 3,250,060 acres of new forest reserves, expanded Indian education and reservations, and large land openings. It notes census completion, patent office activity, railroad debt studies, Arizona and Oklahoma population trends, Alaska governance gaps, and emphasizes the Nicaragua canal as vital to national welfare.
A collage of light paragraphs with domestic wit from social chatter and humor quotes. Jokes about husbands finances and hats mingle with a brisk note on a German patriotic exhibit set for March 6 and 5, 1502.
New York correspondence outlines three fashionable skirt silhouettes the round, bell, and umbrella models. Round skirts touch the ground at the back with numerous gores and box plaits. bell skirts use two wide breadths with a bias fold. umbrella skirts favor many gores and flaring hems, paired with brocades, velours, or striped silks.
Tom Sivenns, famed for Tom Brown, remains vigorous at seventy five. Young James Garfield reportedly resembles his father the late president in voice and manners. Mr. Foster will retire as secretary of state and head to Paris to handle the government’s Behring Sea arbitration case. Miss Julia Andrews of Youngstown engages to Mr. Leslie C. Truce of New York’s Turf Field and Farm. Miss Paurase Whitsey, daughter of William C. Whitney, promises to be a season’s belle in New York after years abroad under a governess who educated Miss Leiter of Chicago.
A collage of verses and mock notices recalls midwest papers and Harper’s Weekly style. It weaves football chorus, shipboard longing, a bachelor’s lament, and vendor ads with playful, clipped nostalgia, naming figures and scenes from old sport and society.
A wartime style notice encourages readiness for illness and promotes Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure. It claims quick relief from the first dose and a single night cure, urging readers not to neglect a cough. Available in small twenty five cent bottles and large fifty cent bottles from SYLVAN REMEDY CO. Peoria Illinois.
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