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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1895
Page
3
Ellen Osborn surveys late 1890s fashion, focusing on a girl's gown with black velvet bows and rose rosettes, Beardsley and Rossetti influence, then profiles Sorosis dinner attire and a Frisian bonnet trend facing decline.
Illinois Senate and House debate constitutional tax shifts, railroad ownership, and public spending. Bills authorize deaf and blind institutions funding, tax reform, election finance controls, and stronger candidate reporting. House committees assign leaders amid civil service and reform measures.
A reprint argues Abraham Lincoln was a national jingoist, citing Seward’s 1864 note on British influence in Hawaii and Lincoln’s 1865 dispatch with Gen Lew Wallace to aid Mexico. It claims Lincoln’s actions armed allies and bolstered Mexican resistance, challenging modern critics of hawkish policy.
A visitor at an asylum chats with an inmate. When asked if the clock is correct the inmate replies with a witty retort about time being wrong if it were right. The humor rests on patient perspective and the setting signals a light, ironic moment within a serious institution.
An incident on a hill ends in two youths dead after meeting on a sled. The verse fragment contrasts a fatal accident with juvenile bravado. In a separate prose aside, social division appears as a character study of cliques and reproached families.
Mrs Schopper discovers she did not spend all her money during yesterday's shopping and remarks the oversight in a light moment reported by the New York Press. Her husband asks what is wrong as she shows the wallet on Tuesday.
Dialogue lists occupations for four men with the oldest implied to toil to prevent the family from starving. A light social snapshot notes class strain and intergenerational labor.
Figures from Railway Age show $125 million drop in 1894 gross earnings versus 1893 for 150 U.S. railroads. Biggest declines hit the Pennsylvania system and Burlington. Mexican roads rise. pension bureau examiners fall behind by over 20,000 cases due to funding gaps.
A Bremen inventor creates oil bomb devices to calm waves with short range fire. Diphtheria recovery rates improve in Trieste and Bukowina. Sirius the Dog Star moves rapidly, and a Paris moon model project is planned for 1900 with balloon journeys around it. Spano is noted as twice Arkansas’s size.
The report states President Cleveland is consulting Senator Sherman to gain Republican support for treasury relief. Sherman and Allison propose amendments to the 1875 resumption law to allow gold sales on favorable terms. The aim is to bolster revenues, curb deficits, and avert currency instability, with Senate prospects improving while House hesitates.
A Republican backed measure introduced by Senator Sherman proposes issuing four percent bonds and bearer certificates, with small denominations for public use, to cover the current revenue shortfall. Banks would issue notes equal to deposited bonds, and proceeds fund the treasury with no other use.
A collection of editorials criticizes the Cleveland administration and Democratic fiscal policy. The Albany Journal notes a looming deficit exceeding one hundred million dollars despite higher duties and an income tax. The Chicago Tribune and Cleveland Leader mock Treasury concerns, while the N Y Sun, Boston Transcript, and N Y Tribune discuss debt, currency, and partisan reactions. Senator Sherman advocates a bipartisan approach to the financial emergency.
A brief poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox about Hurry-Up and By-and-by learning patience. Hurry-Up rushes forward while By-and-by waits and works, then observes the consequences of haste versus leisure. The verses contrast haste with purposeful pacing and reflect on fate and luck.
A humorous obituary of a clever jackdaw that died after a long run of mischief. The bird charmed the household with keen intelligence, escaping the cage, unmaking contraptions, concealing objects, and performing daily routines from breakfast to baths. It kept a watchful eye on doors and clockwork, bringing lively chaos to every room.
A collection of anecdotes on rogue elephants in India and elsewhere. One famed rogue named Mandla terrorized villages near Jubbulpore, attacking people, destroying property, and even targeting watch towers. An English hunter built a decoy setup using two ox-carts and a dummy driver to outsmart a road-raiding rogue, resulting in its capture months later. The piece also notes tourist souvenirs at Mount Vernon and comic quips from Town Topics.
The narrator recalls a clever animal that hides among leaves, sneaks to steal meals, and enjoys dinner as an event. The creature eyes plates of stewed or fried tomatoes and currant jelly, thrilling the household as they shout affectionate exclamations. At night it rests on its mistress's chair and sleeps.
A Victorian style portrait from Christian Work praising a wife and mother. The ideal woman is cheerful helpful peaceful and devoted to home. She serves family and strangers with unselfish energy and embodies domestic virtue and love.
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