This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1892
Page
4
The Lanark Gazette reports on holiday customs and social visits. Local residents traveled to nearby towns, hosted guests, and attended Christmas services at the M E and Evangelical churches. Decorated church interiors featured Jacob's ladders bells stars and gift trees amid programs by both churches.
A local column reflects on warm bits for horses in cold weather and moral lessons from Solomon. It notes Christmas generosity toward the poor, a Baptist Sunday school Christmas program at Cole's Opera House, a strong Farmers Institute in the county, walnut log shipments to Chicago, and visiting Chicagoans with local hosts. The Lutheran Sunday school held a well attended Christmas program with fine gifts.
A local notice recaps a long running Pure Cream of Tartar powder ad praised for purity and lack of alum. The column also covers community events including a schoolhouse gift drive, Christmas festivities, choir antics, and notes on residents such as John Baird visiting from Carroll. Obituary for Daniel Teeter and church activities are mentioned alongside a political section urging secular public schooling and farmer representation, ending with Com. references.
Compiled transfers show multiple deeds and prices. Burrows sells land in Savanna to Jerry Becker for 800 and half back for 1100. Ives and McCoy appear in York deals with values 100 and 65. Rockwell and Melendy list York parcels with small sums. Transfers include Fair Haven and Lanark lots, with prices from 25 to 4480. Sheriff Carroll Co. sells Lanark lots for 220.78.
The 21st annual State Grange session in Springfield, Illinois, December 13–15, 1892, urged maintainment of compulsory education, opposed repeal or weakening of present school laws, and called for enhanced school curriculum including basic legal education, strict English instruction, and strong school-board oversight to ensure law conformity.
A fragmentary column recalls the theme of loss with the poem The Vacant Chair and lists local notices from Lanark Illinois including a stockholders meeting at First National Bank and a pardon application notice for James Lender plus a Rock Creek Mutual Fire Insurance Company election. Also included are agricultural seed offers from Mrs Mary M Cox, and an advertisement for Beatty pianos and organs with agent calls.
A lengthy sequence of 19th century patent medicine claims fills the page. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup, Downing's Liniment and Specific for pains, Dr King's New Discovery and Life Pills with free trials, Ixler's Tonie food for poultry, Electric Bitters for liver and kidneys, Sexafrop tooth wash, and Downing's Culisaya Compound as a kidney and liver cure. Testimonials and guarantees abound, with dealer Puterbaugh the Druggist and various, often regional, endorsements.
State of Illinois Carroll County Circuit Court November Term 1892. Master in Chancery will sell Monday January 15 1893 at 1 PM at public auction at the courthouse Mt Carroll Illinois to satisfy a decree in the mortgage case of Elizabeth Hayes Theodore Kirkpatrick and Cynthia Ann Kirkpatrick. property includes Lot 1 Pleasant Point Carroll County and part of West half of East half of the Northeast Quarter Section 29 Township 25 North Range 6 East containing 3/8 acre more or less, bounds described, sale conditions noted. Dated Mt Carroll December 6 1892. Master in Chancery G L Hoffman Solr.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.