Molehoir Named Chief Train Dispatcher at Racine
William Molehoir of Racine succeeds E. W. Northrup as chief train dispatcher for the Racine division of the Milwaukee road with headquarters in Racine. The report also notes deaths, a historical jailbreak figure, a prison transfer, and a Morrison club forming to press silver restoration, plus local land sale notices in Lanark Illinois.
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William Molehoir
Racine
Henry, Harry and
Louis Molehoir
The
Milwaukee Road
E. W. Northrup
Freeport Democrat
Morrison
Fulton Journal
Public sale and Republican caucus notices
John Speicher will sell at public sale at the Reasoner farm mile north of Lanark on Thursday March 7 1895 at 1 oclock sharp listing horses cattle hogs sheep farm machinery and household goods terms twelve months A H Hawk and Republican Caucus Republicans of Rock Creek meet in A Brooke s shoe shop Lanark March 16 1895 1 to 4 pm to nominate Town Clerk Assessor Collector Commissioner of Highway and School Trustee and other business B S Garr J B Sheller G R Morris Committee
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Corn Palace
G. W. Sowers
Lanark
Ill
John Speicher
Reasoner
A. H. Hawk
Rock Creek
A. Brooke
B.S. Garr
J. B. Sheller
G. R. Morris
Marshal Wenz
Repub
Jos. & Arnold
Town
Wellington
Ludwick
Com
Call for Aid to Nebraska Drouth Stricken District
Lanark and surrounding country residents are urged to attend a public meeting at Sherwood's hall on Wednesday evening March 6 at 8 o'clock. Rev Hodges will speak as a representative from the drought stricken district along with other speakers to organize relief efforts led by Mayor C Heeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Nebraska
Sherwood's Hall
Hodges
Drouth
C. Heeman
Shannon Girls Die By Gas in Chicago Apartment
Two sisters Mary Bohen and Anna Bolen, 24 and 20, were found dead in their 914 Ogden Ave rooms from gas escaping from a stove. Landlord William Halpin reported the room filled with fumes after he opened the door. coroner to hold an inquest.
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Chicago Journal
Ogden Ave
William Halpin
Mary Bohen
Anna Bolen
Mary
Halpin House
Anna
Rush Street
Ogden Avenue
Shannon
Ill
Mr. Halpin
Rev Houser cleared by ministerial council in Tioga county
A Tioga county council of ministers at Stony Forks Baptist church exonerates Rev A F Houser over slander accusations related to revival services at Erie Avenue Baptist. The panel asserts his right to call the council, dismisses the accusers as unwise, and declares Mrs Blanche EK Abrams and Miss Lottie Wetmore’s charges false and malicious.
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A. F. Houser
Erie Avenue Baptist Church
Houser
Blanche Ek, Abrams
Stony Fork
Lottie Wetmore
Wellsboro
Churches of Christ
Border Land stage play by Lanark High pupils in Sherwood’s hall
Lanark High School pupils present Border Land a humorous thriller in Sherwood’s hall on Friday evening March with cast led by Jack Ralston Joe Dempsey and a New York politician. Admission general 25 cents school children 15 cents.
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Lanark High School
Sherwood
Jack Ralston
Jons I. Prickinern
Joe Dempsey
Baron Hereford
Old Ben
J. F. Kenkiry
Ilon
Patrick Meladdle
New York
Clara Metzoer
Polly
Lester
Ralston
Charley
Palse
Demply
Arizona
MeFaddle
Ben
Kidder
Dempsy
Mary
McFaddle
Cyrus
Winona—Kidder
The New Woman and Notable Vignettes
A miscellany column discusses the rise of the new woman with fashion and culture mentions. It contrasts past icons like Edison with contemporary curiosities, jokes about a San Antonio lawyer and a larceny case, Vermont maple sugar laws, and a medicinal salve offered for sale.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mobile and Ohio offers double daily fast trains southward
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad now runs a double daily fast service between St. Louis and the South, advertised as the quickest route to Memphis New Orleans Mobile Birmingham and Florida winter tourist spots. Trains include Pullman Palace Buffet Drawing Room Sleepers and comfortable day coaches.
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Mobile & Ohio Railroad
St. Louis
South
Mobile and Ohio
Memiphis
New Orleans
Mobile
Birmingham
Florida
Van Arsdale Society seeks homes for homeless children
The Van Arsdale Children's Home Society appeals for aid to place children in good homes. Two thousand children found homes in 11 years since 1884. Report distress or a home to adopt, or send contributions. Also notes Exchange Bank reopening with officers Haller, Hostetter, and Graham amid stockholder support. Lanark grain and stock markets updated weekly by Rowland.
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van Arsdale
Vandalia
Illinois
HarrMan
LaSalle St
Chicago
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August Altemeier, Jr
Altgeld
Joliet
Clingman
Freeport Journal
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Shannon Girls
Anna Boden
Evangelist Houser
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J. A. James
G. Reading
J. J. Parsons
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J. Eisenminger
E. J. Rosencrart
Knights of the Maccabees
Border Land
Synomsis
Ourkey
Grand Trunk Railway
Edison
Menlo Park
Fulton County
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Puterbaugh
Jose Yenorn
Republican Notice
van Arsdale Children’s Home Society
Exchange Bank
H. M. Haller
Mr. Haller
C. L. Hostetter
Mt. Carroll
C. G. Graham
Goodland News
Kingery Barn
John Schriner
Marks
Japan
California
AS. van Aelstyn, Lanark
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Henry D Howe
Carroll County
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Ilinois
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