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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1892
Page
8
Mount Carroll notes a vivid Aurora Borealis seen Saturday Feb 13 and covers local items. Reports include deaths, politics, education notes, real estate activity, community visits, and a lengthy literary program with Superintendent Grossman praising Ben Franklin and past masters.
A meeting at Hose Co hall discussed starting large scale pressed brick manufacture in Savanna. Estimated plant cost 8000 dollars could produce 10 000 bricks daily at 3 10 per thousand, employing 16 men. If successful, more plants could follow. The note mentions local politics, a sheriff sale of Krodel’s store, and light personal items.
A Gazette letter complains about a prior Communicated piece while casting doubt on its facts. The notice orders hedge trimming to meet state law by May 1, 1892 and prohibits garbage deposits along the town highway in Rock Creek. Cone Puterbaughs and John Lamoreux highways dept. address the matter.
A local leap year feature presents Lanark ladies with a roster of eligible men. It names C W Middelkauff the shy lawyer, Fred Chaffee the druggist, Will L Franck at the National Bank, Chas Olmsted, EF Barklow, Ed, J J Laird the editor, Will L Hackley pharmacist, and Pete Horrigan the suitable suitors. The piece encourages bold moves and notes the playful tone of matching matrimony potential.
List of letters remaining unclaimed in the Lanark post office for the week ending February 16. Names include Johnson, C. H., Montgomery, Geo., Wojnsick, Jacob. Readers are asked to say advertised when calling for these letters. GEORGE A. Root, P. M. A separate health notice promotes Dr Miles Restorative Nervine for nervous exhaustion with free book and trial bottle from Druggists.
The piece lauds Thomas Edison as a wizard of invention born 1847 and highlights railroads as modern wizards enabling urban growth. It praises The Burlington system spanning seven thousand miles across Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska Missouri Kansas Colorado South Dakota and Wyoming and directs readers to contact rail agent W J C Kenyon for details.
A district report from Valley Falls Kansas lists member counts by state for January 1–8, 1892 totaling 2,086 with note of gains in North Dakota and South Dakota. Notices advertise multiple local auctions near Lanark Norwood and Mt Carroll, detailing cattle horses hogs farm equipment and household goods with dates in February 1892 and terms of payment.
The Corner Drag Store touts Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption and other products like New Life Pills Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters. They guarantee satisfaction or refund the purchase price, claiming widespread approval based on merit.
No healthy person need fear any dangerous consequences from an attack of la grippe if properly treated. Remain quietly at home and take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a severe cough and a prompt and complete recovery is sure to follow. This remedy also counteracts any tendency of lagrippe to result in pneumonia. Among the many thousands who have used it during the epidemics of the past two years we have yet to learn of a single case that has not recovered or that has resulted in pneumonia. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by Puterbauzh.
A real estate boom in the city attracts property holders while Dr Franklin Miles proclaims his New Heart Cure as a cure for heart disease. He cites thousands of testimonials and reports A F Davis of Silver Creek Neb cured after twelve years with four bottles. The remedy is sold by druggists with free books.
A vintage ad touts Dr tion Coughs and Colds as a remedy for throat chest and lung ailments. It claims one million users and guarantees refunds if not effective. Free oral bottles offered at the Corner Drug Store. Large bottles priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
An editorial critique condemns poor roadwork and rusticated labor as wasteful and harmful. It argues for modern, quality wagon roads over railroad substitutes, urging states to develop better infrastructure to benefit both rural and urban communities.
On Feb 11 in the Dingman home near Milledgeville Thomas F. Heth and Lovina Dingman married in a Methodist ceremony led by A. C. Gruber. About 40 guests attended a wedding supper, gifts were many, and both newlyweds remain active in the local church.
The Gazette urges readers to use Chamberlains Cough Remedy for grippe coughs and lungs relief. It notes tax collector A W Deal at Exchange Bank and promotes free notices for sale bills while claiming strong farmer listings in the county paper.
The executor J J Lamp advertises before the Carroll County Court at Mt Carroll in April for filing and adjusting claims. Creditors must appear and all debts to the estate should be paid promptly.
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