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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1895
Page
2
Amelia E Barr argues the American girl blends physical vitality with disciplined self development. She urges self knowledge, special talents, and surroundings shaping character, praising vanity as a spur to kindness and dress, while warning rush to life choices harms happiness and growth.
In Ealing England waste heat from a garbage burning plant now powers an electric light station. By products include clinkers formed by burning refuse such as dead animals which are used to make artificial stone. The concrete for the station buildings came entirely from these clinkers.
Truth notes Biddle-Jimson has abandoned his planned genealogical project. He reports that within his ancestry, traced back a century, he found three murderers, two horse thieves, a bigamist and several other objectionable individuals.
A mother and daughter exchange in a humorous note about gluing a doll's hair. The girl vows to try again using a hair restorer bottle, prompting light local humor.
In a humorous letter, Mrs Dix notes her husband’s terrible coughing and sneezing during his cold while Mrs Hicks adds it amuses the baby. The exchange reveals domestic discomfort and lighthearted gossip.
A clever quip from the New York World notes the difficulty of keeping a fiancée beyond two days, remarking on the humorous challenge of long engagements and the endurance required to maintain romance.
A narrator recounts Christmas plans with cousin Horace in New Jersey and the misadventures of buying a rocking horse for Horace Jr. The disguise of a private detective and a chaotic journey with a snowbound, beleaguered gift lead to a comic crash of appearances and fate as the narrator returns home with the worn horse and a humbled ego.
Excerpt from a Virginia colonel denying women's suffrage and predicting votes would lead to women running for office. He claims attractiveness would determine election outcomes and labels the idea gallantry breach. Snippet includes a library card removal and a quip about marriage.
A Christmas festival at Silver Lake Lake County Oregon ended in disaster when a lamp toppled from a bench igniting a dry hall. Forty one people died and sixteen were badly injured in the one exit blaze at Christman Bros. store hall. The village of about 100 people lies 150 miles from the nearest telegraph office.
Two Sticks, a noted Sioux murderer, was hanged at Dearwood after being found guilty of killing Emanuel Benedict Rodney Royce James Bacon and William Kelley at Humphrey and Stringer's cattle ranch on the Sioux reservation February 4 1893. Four other Indians were involved in the massacre. First Eagle was killed by a pursuing posse and Fights With Two-two and White Faced Horse are serving sentences. The killings were brutal and unprovoked as the victims talked by the fire when shot.
A son discovered George Palmer and his wife dead with throats cut in their Vassar home Friday morning. Palmer is believed to have killed his wife and then himself, though authorities say the murder theory has no foundation.
Akron Ohio December 29 The largest printing houses in the country are reportedly planning a merger Werner printing concern says the deal could involve millions of dollars with funds from both the United States and Europe The plan will be discussed at the Werner company annual meeting in Chicago in early January.
A three story brick block at Broadway and Fillmore in Buffalo owned by John Kennedy and housing Eckhardt Co Oswald Tinkler and Charles Weisman stores burned. The fire spread across the block to Gibson street and across Broadway. Loss estimated at $300000. Cincinnati bakers cut loaf price from five to three cents, some to four, as dozens seek cheaper bread.
The Evangelical association reports 153,913 members, 2,310 churches and halls worth 4 785 080. A new US Japan treaty promises religious freedom for missionaries and open travel for Americans. Bible Society records praise 200 000 000 copies circulated with 34 000 000 in receipts. Brooklyn tabernacle foreclosure nets 875 000. Australian Christian Endeavor totals 1 020 societies and 30 503 members across six states.
The Don & Co weekly review reports 1804 commercial failures at 14 percent, manufacturing failures up to 2,754, and trading failures at 11,210 with substantial reductions in liabilities. Wages for November show lower hourly pay but longer hours, while holiday trade remains muted though purchases rise for essentials. Railroad earnings rise 2.9 percent, wheat and cotton trends noted, and bond syndicate dissolution sparks financial debate as merchants anticipate a cautious 1895.
Ex United States Senator James G. Fair, one of the Bonanza kings, died in San Francisco at midnight. Born in 1831 in Ireland, Fair built a fortune in quartz mining and Nevada operations, later becoming a senator. His wealth was estimated around 50 million dollars.
The piece surveys historical costs from Vitellus era lions at near 100 dollars, Rome pies at twenty for 4 cents, Athens board at 4 cents daily, Pompeii four rooms for 8 dollars monthly, to Bacon’s wig at 37 shillings. It cites Pericles era account books, 1620 silk stockings, Charles I hat and plumes, Damascus blades, Zululand wife price of six cows.
Reports from Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan New York Pennsylvania and New England describe record cold 20 to 26 below zero and heavy snow. Fatalities include Albert Neehaus and John Moreland amid widespread transportation disruption and shipwrecks along the coast.
Ex Police Captain John L Stephenson is sentenced to three years and nine months in Sing Sing and fined 1000 for taking bribes from street merchants. He was found guilty after a trial ending December 12 centered on accepting four baskets of peaches from Martin A Edwards amid broader suspicions of boodling. Also China asks John W Foster to aid in peace talks with Japan. Foster will travel as private advisor, not as US representative.
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