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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1892
Page
2
The article notes a Chicago architectural novelty a twelve story book shaped block with steel bindings and terra cotta trimming. It mentions the Bahamas Bahama cable first message arriving in New York in thirty five minutes and other assorted items from farming to patents and polar expeditions.
Lynxon A. Dent becomes the first woman admitted to Florida’s bar. She confronts an ironclad code that barred women yet forges a path, challenging the discriminatory standards of the profession.
The piece surveys forecasts from Chauncey Derry and Lieut. Torren predicting steam giving way to electricity and planetary cataclysms, then shifts to Christine Ninsson’s Swedish-Spanish grandeur and Patti Niagara’s winter beauty. It ends with leap year quirks and a Chicago Tribune spring forecast of widespread variability and trouble.
The New York state board of health reports smallpox fully mastered by medical science yet influenza shows limited progress. It estimates 1891 deaths in the state at 128,578, a rate of 21.43 per thousand, with influenza causing about 8,000 deaths in spring and 2,000 in December, evenly spread across the state.
The article recounts the secret marriage of Carlyle W. Harris to a girl student, her sudden death, embalming and exhumation followed by an autopsy showing fatal morphine levels. Doctors’ testimonies conflicted, illustrating the era’s scientific disputes. It also notes inventor Albert Edelmann proposing a one dollar per ton coal that is odorless and smokeless.
Chronicle of February sessions noting senate bills on currency and silver coinage, federal banking safety, and pensions. House actions include guard duties for the world’s fair and presidential succession changes. Reports cover assassinations, suicides, fights, and a racially charged crime wave across multiple states with numerous fatalities and investigations.
The report lists farm animal numbers by class in the United States including horses 15 478 000 mules 2 514 000 cows 16 416 000 and other cattle 87 651 000 plus sheep 44 958 000 and swine 98 000. It notes flour relief gifts to Russia and various government and business headlines.
In McCune's block Columbus a fire caused 100000 dollars loss and Miss Cora Blair died after leaping from a second story window. Jawes Coven a leading Chicago figure died after being run over. In Muncie Charles Maginnis faced theft charges, acquitted then confessed. In Arizona Parqua Halla two Chinese men were killed during a robbery attempt. Cincinnati fire hit Ezekiel Bernheim firm with 300000 loss. Sweatman house in Alabama robbed. Mrs. Sweatman and child shot. Chicago Fort Wayne train crash into a streetcar injured eleven and killed John Waylan.
Reports from New Zealand note floods halting traffic and ruining crops in Otago and Canterbury. Other items cover vast death counts from fires in Mexico, suicides and murders in the U S, lynchings in Arkansas, avalanches in Austria, typhus in Great Russia, and a fire loss of $150,000 in Lerdo.
A massive interdenominational funeral in London marks the burial of Charles Hadden Spurgeon. An estimated 25,000 to 80,000 attended, with police maintaining order as crowds gathered from all walks of life to honor the renowned preacher. The service featured prayers, hymns, and brief addresses before the coffin was laid to rest.
A Allegheny jury finds Mayor James G. Wyman guilty on the first and second counts of extortion. He is removed from office as part of the punishment. Each count carries up to a $500 fine and one year in jail or both.
The National Organization of Negroes forms a mutual protection association in Little Rock Ark to operate business houses for colored members. Articles show capital stock of 2 500 000 in 100 000 shares of 25 each. The group will be national and accept members nationwide.
Dispatches report extreme cold and famine across Penza, Samara, Saratov, and Nijni Novgorod. Thousands die from hunger and typhus as grain arrives too late and draft animals vanish. relief funds are allocated and appeals reach Montana and other regions.
The national board of control approves the October 12 dedication programme for the World's Columbian exposition buildings in 1892. The sequence includes marches by John K Payne, prayers by Rt Rev Bishop Brooks, reports from the Columbian commission, presentations to presidents, choral pieces by Mayda and Handel, a dedicatory oration by William C P Breckinridge, a commemorative ode by Harriet Monroe and BEA McDowell, a national salute, and the master of ceremonies role by the director general.
At the Columbus convention the United Mine Workers of America abolish the defense fund and impose a ten cent monthly per capita tax for organizing. The general executive committee may levy a strike support tax. A measure to urge Congress to investigate the Pinkerton agency passes. They advocate Chinese immigration limits and popular election of senators.
The article praises Canadian settlement, noting rich crops in prairie provinces and open-access land for newcomers. It describes welcoming policy, guided by railways and surveys, and highlights Winnipeg as a hub. It also promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women's health and its guaranteed satisfaction.
The article notes the earl of Aberdeen buying a 13000 acre ranch in Coldstream Valley British Columbia for 250000 and planning a fruit canning plant. It mentions Sir Henry Ponsonby as a polished military figure paid about 10000 yearly. Prince George aims to recover health at the Riviera with his mother’s care. Princess Victoria of Hawaii plans to enter Wellesley College next spring amid Boston social attention.
A fragment shows a Tremont Street store sign advertising Fresh Eggs and Strictly Fresh Eggs with prices. It cites a Boston store customer comment and a Lewiston Frenchman quip about cooking rabbit versus chicken.
The article surveys Arctic mosquitoes thriving beyond bird ranges, notes microbes in tiny spaces, and previews an expensive Munich microscope with 11 000x power for a Chicago exhibit. It also recounts bridge workers at St Louis under high pressure and jokes about birds and women in high hats, ending with a collage of quotes on cures and language.
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