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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1895
Page
4
Mayor Strong may bluff Superintendent Byrnes and Jerry Simpson vows to quit Congress while Andrew Carnegie’s wages are questioned. Talks on currency, politics, and public figures span from Li Hung Chang to Grover Cleveland as the era’s debates and controversies unfold.
Tax books for Lima township available each Thursday at First National Bank Lanark Fridays at the bank in Shannon and Saturdays at a Brookville store. Levi Paut as collector.
The county committee secured Dr H S Metcalf as physician for the upcoming year at the poor farm and granted him reasonable compensation. The piece lauds humane treatment of dependents, notes residents' illnesses and local events, and cites church and veterans activities.
Journal notes recount a string of school happenings from recitation plans and visits by alumni to chemistry experiments and elocutionary recitals. The piece also cites a modern history reflection on France and Maximilian, plus travel tips to Mexico via the Burlington route.
Transfers show multiple property deals across Mt Carroll Savanna Lanark Woodland Rock Creek and Milledgeville with dates near December and January values ranging from 1 to 9500 dollars. Parties include Lewis Chrisman Clara Sage Lucy Lahne Thos I Rhodes Benj Plummer Geo Yoehin Joseph Arnold Geo Bussey John Powers Peter Bowers Chas Jeffries Isaiah Richmond Thomas Kinney Mathias Korn Jacob Kessler Adam Rath Amy Green J M Glotfelty Ade Hileman Lyndon Fletcher Emma Snovel Annie Herrington Daniel Sourbeck St Paul Land Co Bahne Esckelson Ernest Green Geo Wolf and others.
A humorous piece recounts a man who trips on a rug then kicks it away in a fit of temper. An onlookers laugh triggers danger and anger, culminating in the rug being abandoned and hidden, with the family fearing further outbursts. The incident ends with the rug stored away and the man likely to vanish from use.
Harper's Magazine January features Senator Henry Cabot Lodge arguing that American colloquialism like to guess marks national character. A cited Measure for Measure exchange shows the word used in an American sense. The note also mentions visits to tax books and banks by Chas Shideler in Lanark and Shannon on upcoming Saturdays and Tuesdays.
Malcolm E. Nichols of the Great Northern road received two turkeys from Col Langley. in the crops were gold nuggets and sapphires. One turkey yielded a half ounce of gold and thirteen sapphires. the other a large horsehead nugget and a pink sapphire nearly a carat, plus additional gems. Nichols plans a jeweled pie and gifts for friends.
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