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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1892
Page
2
A miscellany notes Wurrries first published poem at seventeen. It mentions the impending expiration of Chinese exclusion law, a claim about coal sugar being sweeter yet expensive, bog land data in Ireland, peat thickness, and China’s population and debt amid tense European war prospects.
A Baltimore market purchase described as a strange fruit resembling a peach inside an apple is noted beside comments on Easter dress desires and calico fashions. The piece also surveys Scottish Gypsies in Europe, noting concentrations in Hungary and Wallachia. It concludes with details on the Brenner Rothhornbahn Alpine railway, claiming it the world’s highest, at 2,851 meters, taking fourteen and a half hours to ascend.
This item surveys damages paid in a recent killing of white missionaries, notes pending claims, and critiques early law. It shifts to a spoof about Tam boy money checks, then comments on Garza the Mexican revolutionary and frontier imagery. It also covers Argentina economic growth, debt rise, and a medical view on market mood and royal expenses in Britain.
President Wilson sent a wave of nominations to the senate including James W. McDill Iowa William M Lindsey Kentucky and William R Morrison Illinois for interstate commerce posts Abraham J Seay Oklahoma as territorial governor A ship loan to aid Russian refugees was approved and new senators from Kansas and North Carolina took oaths.
President Harrison urges Congress to aid famine sufferers in Russia. Reports note missteps in international affairs, and Montt aims to remove irritants. US agriculture shows record corn wheat and oats production in 1801 with large values. Business failures total 455 in a week, while New York legislature convenes and B S Rennie Co. fails for 100000. Notable deaths include W Elliott Woodward and Mrs Mary O Donnell. A Smyrna NY railway collision kills two engineers and a fireman. The American Bell Telephone Company reportedly tests a long range whispering line. Twin sisters May and Jennie Howard die within hours of each other aged 60 in Wilkes-Barre. A Newark broker, Charles Quackenbush, kills his wife then himself.
A string of violence accidents and political notes: a failed dynamite attack on a St Louis courthouse, a $10,000 robbery at Tim Wells-Largo Express in Houston, Garza faction routed at La John crossing on the Rio Grande, John Sherman nominated in Columbus for U S Senate, BR and O passenger train wreck at Fairmount killing three and injuring thirteen, Lowenthal Livingston & Co bankrupts with $300000 assets, a Fayetteville cyclone claims four lives and wrecks twenty homes, a damaging Oakland windstorm, and mob lynching near Womack Hill after a fatal storm.
A flood of calamities from ice in Canada to fires in Ontario and Minnesota, mine disasters in Indian Territory, a blizzard near Berlin, deaths in Egypt and Poland, and unrest in Mexico mark a single bulletin of global misfortune with numerous named victims and places.
A courier reports a running fight near Springfield as a gang sought by soldiers after the murder of Sheriff Dunn. Five prisoners, all alliance men, are in custody with more arrests planned. Gov Humphrey orders troops as county officials fear further violence and possible court clashes next week.
Joseph Michigan January eight Mrs J C Gentzler formerly Mrs Johnson long time resident died Monday age seven. Tuesday morning her husband died age seventy one He was once a local Methodist preacher and one of the state’s oldest newspaper men and printers though not at the case for years He once published a paper in Waukegan He leaves three daughters and a son.
The firm of George N. C. Neal & Son in Baltimore has made an assignment to benefit creditors. The well known dry goods house, founded by George H. C. Neal nearly fifty years ago, faces liabilities exceeding 150000 dollars with assets under 75000.
A massive explosion at Osage Coal and Mining Company's shaft No 11 in Krebs Oklahoma Thursday evening killed and injured hundreds. Rescue efforts report at least 49 bodies recovered with 130 deaths and 200 injuries feared as flames and dust destroyed the pit. Fire followed by smoke and gas hamper efforts. two hopeful signs are live miners entombed behind boulders and faint noises from the tunnel.
A boiler explosion at the Warren Springer building in Chicago on Canal Street killed four men and fatally injured two others. Names of the deceased were Patrick Rogers Arthur Hall Edward Bush and John Lee. Injured were James Higgins and Henry Oswald. The incident left the boiler room wrecked with $12 000 to $15 000 in damage, insured.
The article argues that farming on poor land or in drought affected areas is unprofitable. It states successful farmers move north and west where wheat yields are higher and cattle larger. It notes Canadians in Manitoba, Alberta, Assiniboia and Saskatchewan share this wealth.
The 1891 crop outstrips earlier forecasts as Manitoba attracts eastern Canadians like the Israelites seeking a promised land. They expand into fertile prairie and park lands beyond Red River, aided by railways and enterprise. The New York Sun cites Minnesota wheat growers impressed by Manitoba fields and predicts it as the world’s future granary inviting eastern settlers.
A devotional piece defines true love as burden bearing and patient, praising divine and human love alike. It emphasizes humility, restraint, and integrity, noting love’s endurance through trials without vanity or hidden vice. It contrasts genuine love with selfish or deceitful behavior and uses biblical imagery of solid oak.
Fragmentary notes describe debates between workers and capitalists in a Kansas City church on economic questions. Other items mention a fallen heart in Indiana, tea mugs with aluminum, and a postponed Arctic expedition. The century old card origins and taxation of cards are touched upon.
France reports 7 000 locomotives in use. Ramway is cheapest in India. Southeastern railway seeks £15 000 000 per acre for land at Bermondsey. Humsoner county California has 83 000 people and 17 million dollars taxable wealth yet lacks rail connections. Mombassa to lakes survey to begin. In Mexico on 30 June 1890 two railways in operation with 10 189 kilometers total gauge breakdown.
The report notes Switzerland has abolished national banks while Russia faces sweeping destitution with 20 million affected. It also mentions Cork Corporation facing claims over glass damage during an election, tobacco edicts in Persia, Belgian theatre permits, doctors’ experiments versus theatrical rights, and Germany banning imitation coffee machine sales as prices rise.
Advertisement touts Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as the correct method to treat chronic catarrh, claiming it cures permanently with gentle cleansing action. It promises $500 cash if it fails and asserts proven success after other methods fail.
Lorenzo F. Sleeper of Appleton Maine testifies he suffered eight years with severe dyspepsia. After using August Flower he reports complete relief and claims able to eat anything without distress. He recommends the remedy to others with stomach troubles.
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