Lanark High School marks twentieth commencement and reflections
Nineteen years after the first Lanark Public Schools graduation, the community gathers for the twentieth Lanark High School commencement in the new building. The address lauds education, civilization, and individual integrity while thanking patrons, teachers, and the Board of Education. The piece blends civic updates, local notices, and community anecdotes from Mt. Carroll to Lanark in a period voice.
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Lanark
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Brooklyn Bridge
Iast
Edison
Hell
Fulton
Bessemer
Whitney
McCormick
Shakespeare
Pope
Addison
Scott
Hugo
Johnson
Swift
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Carlysle
Emmerson
Macaulay
Dickens
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Nyron
Longfellow
Tennyson
Browning
Alexandria
Orient
Rome
Greece
America
England
Germany
Carroll County
Milledgeville News Roundup Bolder City Happenings
Milledgeville items recount a series of local events from the past week. Mrs Simon Hayes is noted as deceased, while community gatherings include a patent medicine show with cactus oil, union meetings, ice cream socials, a Baccalaureate address, weddings, and multiple social visits. Local clubs, school events, sports outings, and traveling visitors are listed alongside brief remarks on regional news and humor.
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Anna Goshert
Chicago
Bethlehem
Lanark
Mt. Morris
CHERRY GROVE NEWS AND LOCAL GAMES REPORT
In Cherry Grove Thomas Adams served as juror in Mt. Carroll last week while others visited relatives in White Side County Lanark and Polo hosted a baseball game where Lanark beat Dixon 16 to 6 and Dixon rallied to win 15 to 12 after a late surge Tallman made a sensational one hand catch for Dixon during the second game
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Thos. Adams
Mt. Carroll
John Woesner
Whiteside County
Sadie Brooks
No. 8
Lanark
Oscar
George Linker
Rob't Merchant
Dave Leonard
Brookville
Jennie Merchant
Byron
Pearl City
Dixon
Tallman
Class of '05 Bids Farewell to Worthy Teachers
The graduating class expresses gratitude to teachers and staff, recalling kindness and guidance from professors and the high school assistant. They reflect on memories of chemistry instruction, farewell sentiments, and a vow to carry Virtus Millia Scuta as they enter life. The valedictory, diploma presentations by E Glotfelty, musical medley by the Cox family, and benediction by Rev Forkes conclude the exercises.
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Board of Education
E. Glotfelty
Cox
Forkes
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