A Word to the Wise on Heat and Corn Prevention
A short note advises that a small investment can aid comfort in hot weather and endurance of trials. It ends with a proverb urging prudence and cautions against corns.
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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1892
Page
1
A short note advises that a small investment can aid comfort in hot weather and endurance of trials. It ends with a proverb urging prudence and cautions against corns.
Announcement states the business will keep the high standard of the Hogan era with best groceries and fair dealing. It notes highest market price for country produce and solicits patronage. Mentions successors to Hogan and local residents visiting Lanark on Sunday and Monday, with several names and places.
LANARK news roundup covers visits from Chicago and Rockford, educational moves, weather shifts, and commerce. Notable items include Karl Fisk at Lanark House, J. A. Hammond on business, sale plans for a Lanark home, and the Progressive church purchase. Local sports report Mt Carroll and Stockton baseball results. several social visits, fruit and peach trade notes, and a base ball game in Freeport.
July letters discuss summer weather and crop prospects with corn seen as king in northwestern town. Reports cover World’s Fair samples, Rock Creek Republican club meeting, a bouquet tribute to the Gazette, a burglary at H B Puterbaugh’s home, and missing vest, trousers, money, and a Howard movement watch.
Mark Twain’s friend Blake delivers a fatal smash-up tale to the editor, who prints it without fact checking. The piece mixes family tragedy, warnings about the intoxicating bowl, and wandering, explanatory narration that confuses readers and drives advertisers to overstate a simple sale of 25 dozen heavy Sik Mitts at 25c.
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