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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1895
Page
5
In a Detroit Free Press anecdote a cripple recalls entering a bear enclosure despite danger. He describes signs and curiosity, the bear’s squeeze, and his life as a cripple. He muses on preferring safety over reckless risk and jokes about how he might fare around animals back home.
The N Y Ledger reports on women’s winter costumes. Fur cloaks are outdated and hard to match while fur capes remain popular though cover more of the body is needed. Velvet hats and bonnets with rich trims are in. hair styling over the head’s sides grows in popularity. A patchwork fur trimming trend is criticized as frivolous.
A moral piece urging careful choice of companions like selecting a gown. It extols sincere loyal friends and warns against silent neglect or cruel teasing. Examples include Maria Hare and Lucy Stanley lifelong devotion, and a playful aside on winter leaves and a smoker's ash content.
A court in eastern North Carolina sentences Bill Nazles to twenty five years for stealing a razor back hog valued at about twenty dollars. Nazles pleads guilty after his lawyer questions the evidence, with the judge noting the harsh penalty but Nazles smiling in relief at the lenient outcome.
A brief history traces lighting from pine torch and whale oil to gas and electric light. It cites ancient Antioch and Odessa orders, Paris as early modern street lighting, and London misgivings. It notes gas still dominant in rail travel with Pintsech cylinders and promotes Burlington sleeper service and tickets via W J C Kenyon.
Louise Beaudet leads her strong company to Chicago’s Schiller Theater to debut The Dragoon's Daughter a popular new comic opera. Bertha Ricei and William Wolff headline with a large chorus and many capable singers as the engagement winds down after Friends.
Real estate transfers compiled by Mrs Etta J Smith covering Mt Carroll Milledgeville Wysox York and Lanark with multiple lot and land transfers including Maxwell to Stevens Wood to Bristol Allison to Fahrney Baird to Sisler Eastabrook to Healy Shumway to Harless McCray to Feezer Sillman to Mahoney Mahoney to Dunham Snow to Chaffee Rowland to Wise and other parcels. Also an advertisement for Electric Bitters promoting relief for female complaints loss of appetite headaches fainting spells nervousness sleeplessness and melancholy.
The column lists Chamberlain's Pain Balm praised for cuts bruises and skin eruptions with a 25 cent price and refund policy. It includes testimonial from Mrs. Emily Thorne of Toledo Washington and notes Dr Humphreys' Specific 77 for grip and cold relief offered by multiple druggists.
The advertiser, a leading auctioneer for Lima and Shannon, pledges hard work to achieve top prices at sales. He claims wide recommendations, long experience, and seeks customers to contact him in Shannon.
An advertisement proclaims Lanark offers cheaper furniture with higher quality than Chicago. It highlights bedstead for 1 50, woven wire spring beds at 1 50 to 2 00, mattress 2 50, cot 1 50, bedroom suite 11 00, and other upholstered goods, inviting customers to compare at the Lanark corner.
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