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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1892
Page
8
The Chautauqua circle fronts the subject of U S foreign relations in the winter course as the World’s Fair nears. Local items note a church pastor appointment, family visits, a missing gold watch found near Sheller Bros. and a hunting incident with a damaged colt.
Last night Willie Jacobs, 16, son of J. T. Jacobs, nearly died from a revolver discharge. He says a .22 pistol misfired while he was fixing the cylinder with the hammer half cocked. The bullet grazed his forehead, lodging under the scalp after glancing upward. He then went to the butcher shop and Dr. Haller treated him for the flattened ball.
The article details a woman identified as Mrs Frisbee taking her own life with a razor after a night of caregiving for her baby. An inquest found no domestic strife, but a note expressed fatigue and love for her husband. A brief funeral followed, conducted by Rev. W.S. Smith. The piece also reports the obituary of Margaret Wolf Dubbel, born 1833 and died 1892, listing her children and marriage.
An obituary notes a woman who joined the German Baptist church in 1855 and lived a devout Christian life. Her family moved from Ogle county to Carroll county near Lanark in 1863 and later retired there. She endured two weeks of bed confinement with patience and Christian fortitude. Funeral rites were held at Cherry Grove by Rev. David Rowland and Rev. Z T Livengood, burial in Cherry Grove Cemetery.
W L Franck cashier swears the bank’s balance sheet is true. Capital stock paid in five hundred thousand dollars shows in the figures with surplus, undivided profits at 10682.37. National bank notes outstanding 18000. Individual deposits subject to check 51164.25 demand certificates 40763.01. Notary public J M Glotfelty attests. Directors Rippertick Chisholm Cornelius Hegeman Snively sign the statement.
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