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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1892
Page
7
A frustrated narrator frets over his clothing as he searches for an evening vest gloves and a patched shirt. He mutters about dim light a failing thread and a slim needle while imagining a beloved hand guiding his work. He ends by poking his finger and calling himself an ass.
A young boy named Arthur scribbles a heartfelt letter to Mr Santa Claus and posts it on Christmas Eve. The scene shifts to a snowy, bustling street with families, frosted windows, and festive decorations as the holiday mood fills the town.
A freezing night in a small home ends in generosity as Mr. Morris brings coal and wood, Arthur’s stockings mend, and a generous Christmas basket from neighbors arrives. Mrs. Hill and Arthur share warmth, food, toys, and hope, ending with a simple Christmas supper and a starlit message of peace.
A Montana sleep ranch owner advertised for a wife. Miss Lizzie Sparks of Darry Responds, they marry and depart for Montana. An Illinois death toll includes botanist Charles Chanter killed in a Chicago Masonic temple accident. Other notices report arrests for counterfeiting, pardons, drownings, and local political or civic changes.
Government and Canadian tests conclude Royal Baking Powder has superior leavening strength and purity. Endorsers include Epwarph G. Love Pu. D and Henry A. Mott MD praising its quality. Reports claim other powders contain alum lime or sulphuric acid.
Six points praise Doctor Pierce's Pellets as small sugar coated granules easy for children to take with no griping or post use reaction. They claim lasting effect and a money back guarantee, addressing constipation indigestion bilious attacks and liver stomach bowel derangements.
Miss Pauline Hall and her opera company present Puritania at McVicker's Theater in Chicago starting December 19 for four weeks. The note mentions a scarecrow with no cows.
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