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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1923
Page
5
The notice offers loans at 5 percent on loans under 100 dollars per acre and 5 percent on loans of 125 dollars per acre with a reasonable commission. It requests responses giving the number of acres and the value per acre.
New harness repair service offers made to order harnesses. Bring in old collars for repair, plus washing and oiling. Freep N. Loos.
January 18 John Mertz 4 miles east of Lanark general closing out farm sale. January 24 Chas Spangler 3 miles east of Lanark general farm sale 75 white face cattle. February 15 Fred Wehmeyer and Sons Brookville pure bred Poland Chinas plus stock cattle and 10 head of horses.
Timetable lists westbound trains from Freeport Chicago Milwaukee and Rock Island with departure times 8:17 am 11:01 am 12:37 pm 5:30 pm 8:20 pm 8:57 pm. eastbound trains to Milwaukee Chicago with arrivals 9:59 am 8:19 pm and 7:41 pm. special runs No 54 to Freeport 7:41 pm No 26 Southwest Limited 5:29 am stops at Lanark for Chicago passengers and to let off riders from Moline. No 30 to Rockford 10:13 am. connection at Davis Junction with No 20 arriving Chicago 4 pm.
Mrs. Fred Horner and Donald visited Savanna on Saturday. Noah Flickinger recovers from LaGrippe. O B Howe travels to Rockford for extended stay. Lost crank for Hupmobile reported. Emerson Burkhart teaching at Charles City Iowa home last week. Clara Miller from Freeport hospital visiting. Ida Buffington returned from Freeport with Arthur Adams family. Anna Bray bedridden with lumbago and sciatica cared for by Buffington. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society to meet Mrs. Senneff Thursday afternoon. Shown ads for Ethel Clayton Exit the Vamp and other shows. Mr. and Mrs. Hildebrand of Rockford and Will Meyers of Savanna visited Rahn household. Wiley & Ewing books due at Auto Inn for settlements after sale of blacksmithing business. Mystic Workers announce big meeting next Monday night with refreshments and an important message from Worthy George Levi.
The W. R. C. installation will be held in their hall at 2 30 Tuesday after noon Jan 23. A cafeteria luncheon follows at 1 o clock. Members may bring a guest and are asked to bring sandwiches and another dish along with a plate cup fork and spoon.
W H Cross pastor announces Sunday school at 10 a.m. Worship at 11 a.m. with the sermon Joy in Heaven. Christian Endeavor at 6 p.m. evening service at 7 p.m. Beginners Sunday school program and all are welcome.
The Community Teacher Training Class will gather at Mrs. Etta Hawk’s west Pearl Street home Friday at 7 30 PM. Bring your book tablet and pencil for lessons covering chapters one through four. Miss Harvey is the teacher and Z T Livengood presides. Russell Harmon known as Goot from Lanark and Stockton has left for Danville Illinois. A rumor ties a local young woman to his move.
Stop and Shop presents a local ad with Campbell's Soup two for 23 cents, Monarch products, Nabisco items, Jello, walnuts, catsup, grapefruit, and assorted fruits and vegetables. Advertised by Peters Hartman with pricing dense on canned goods and pantry staples.
The Church of the Brethren lists a Thursday prayer meeting at 7 p m with Hazel Mathias leading on The Man Who Was a Willing Servant of Christ from Philippians 3 7 16. A Sunday school push and attendance at 10 a m for 1923, morning sermon at 11 on Recognizing Our Indebtedness. Christian Workers meet at 6 p m led by Earl Burkholder. evening sermon at 7 on The Duality of Our Being.
The Royal Neighbors held their annual installation Friday January 12 with Past Oracle Louisa Warfel presiding. Officers named include Oracle Aleinda Lichty Vice Oracle Sarah Whitmer Chancellor Mary Bender and others. music by Winifred Brenaman complemented a short program and refreshments.
Chicago launches a drive led by the Chicago Aeronautical Bureau and the Air Board of Chicago to become the national center for aerial navigation. Plans include a three part program to attract manufacturers land lakefront landing fields and a permanent bureau. Chicago designated as headquarters for transcontinental air mail lines with government warehouses moving to the city.
The census shows Chicago's per capita tax increase from 1918 to 1921 was tiny compared with New Orleans and Seattle. Despite higher costs, public improvements flourished, and Chicago provided superior recreational facilities while delivering more value per tax dollar than any other major city.
Notice prohibits hunting trapping or trespassing on farms owned or controlled by the undersigned under penalty of law. Individuals listed include Otho player Harry Linskill Naaman Diehl Lloyd Peters Ray Lichty Louis Diehl Will Peters and Cloyd Wehmeyer. The text also mentions a 40th One Minute Coupon Cure claim claiming to cure.
The Lakes-to-the-Gulf Canal program, estimated at 20 million dollars, clears the final legislative and engineering hurdles to connect Chicago with the Mississippi system. Extension plans include five locks at Lockport-LaSalle, enabling 60 million tons of annual freight and linking Chicago to New Orleans and beyond via a Missouri Mississippi Illinois route network.
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