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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1892
Page
1
A varied Local page reports shootings near Byron and Krebs mine disaster, a Kent schoolhouse fire, rail double tracking plans, and obituaries. It notes Fox and Mt Carroll figures, cultural events in Warren, and civic concerns from Lena to Savanna about industry, finance, and community development.
Customer instructions allow communication in English or German. All orders to be left at Gazetttr office or written to him at Lanark in a straightforward, reasonable manner.
Fine Plymouth Rock roosters for 75 cents each offered by H. S. Arnold. Sid Seyfarth has been ill for several days. Lanark Souvenir Spoons new at Muggley’s. Sheriff Griffith visited town on business Saturday. E. Stover residence for sale by Moore and Barklow. A Galena shoe factory plans to locate in Freeport. Grace Wiley visited friends in Shannon. Stockton woolen mill soon to be operating. Howard Giddings home from Chicago for health. Geo. Wolfley of Grundy Center visiting town. Pure bred Plymouth Rock cockerels for sale by H. Drenner for 75 cents. An upright piano for sale cash or monthly payments at Muggshy. York state buckwheat flour from Heath brothers. Freeport aiming to host state firemen’s tournament. Kate Townsend of Fondulac visiting sister Mrs. Ellis Moore. Three hundred thirty thousand dollars appropriated for state educational exhibit at world’s fair. Jos Schnee of Hampton moved in with Nathan Kreps. John Divens is very ill with grip affecting lungs. Al Sword moved family to Hickory Grove to take a school. Harry Hager left for Franklin County PA for several weeks. W A J Pierce at Hess Hardware Store in Lanark every Friday to collect taxes for Salem township. A collision on the Illinois Central at Rockford caused damage to engines and cars worth 25,000 dollars. fireman Will O’Mara injured.
A brief note titled A Happy New Year urges remembrance of the stock sale labeled 1 with no reserve and authored by an unnamed sender.
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