Pearl City News Offered for sale by publisher Beadell
The Pearl City News is up for sale with plant and good will to the purchaser. The current owner cites moving from the small town and accepting a salaried position as reasons to quit. Immediate possession available. A strong entry for a newspaper man with small capital to start in this region. Also included are local education committee appointments and notes on regional rail and postal matters, along with a Clinton Lyons consolidation election update and trotting horse listings with prices from Henry Marks and Dr J Haller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl City
W. W. Beadell
Carroll County Y P eight convention meets in Lanark
The Carroll County Y P S C E convention met May 1 2 at the Christian church in Lanark with Rev Platt presiding. Committees appointed on order of business nominations constitution and resolution. Addresses covered Endeavor work personal benefit and county organization. Afternoon session featured talks on Lookout Committee prayer meeting social and Tron-Clad pledge with reports on enrollment and junior work. Adjourned after officer changes and constitution adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Y. P
Christian Church
Platt
Hickman
Lanark
Hallowell
Wartman
Lafferty
Lafferty, Miss Phillips
Wentz
Kuhn
Nycum
McCully
Miss Phillips
Wiley
Belle Hartman
God
Edgar Hill
Freeport
C. E. Hartman
C. E. Societies
Committee On Constitution
General Society
County Union
J. M. Rinewalt
Stella White
Anna Haller
Davis
Richmond
Ema G. Warre
Sadie B. Hood
Grace Wiley
Nyeum
Stukenberg
Mt. Carroll
Trustees of the
Christian Endeavor
Phillips
Mary Miles
Obituary of Nancy Elizabeth Gamble Forsythe at Lanark
The obituary details Nancy Elizabeth Gamble Forsythe born in Jefferson Co Missouri April 1 1846, married John Forsythe in 1859, ten children with six predeceasing, survived by daughter Mrs I N Evans Milledgeville Ill. She moved to Lanark thirteen years ago with her husband, suffered long but without murmur, visited her daughter recently and died in Milledgeville. Funeral held at Baptist church Lanark at 2 pm conducted by Rev Noftsinger and Rev Livengood. Surviving family includes husband, mother and siblings in Iowa Nebraska and Kansas.
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I. N. Evans
Milledgeville
Ill
Lanark
Mrs. Evans
Jesus
God
Baptist
Noftsinger
Millegeville
Livengood
Amanda Wright
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Community notes mix of harvest talk and local happenings
Corn planting dominates the mood as neighbors note rain and recent visits by Hummel and Stanton. Mrs. Zuck returns from Chicago with news of Edith and a grandson, while a boastful bachelor trips to P- may find his horse first. A calm rebuke to critics leads into a Lanark Christian Endeavor Union formation and thanks to hosts Rev. Platt and the church for support.
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Cuba
Carroll county endorses Christian Endeavor litera ture
Resolution praises entertainment to aid work and urges use of The Golden Rule The Illinois Union The Lookout among other titles in Carroll county societies Amendment thanks the male quartet for music Inn Lanark May 2 1895
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Illinois Union
Carroll County
UA B. Davis
Assie E. RiumMann
Minsit M. Tayion
Lanark, Inn
Ghostly reformer and a harmless scare in Spruce Hollow
Gus Hawkins, a reformer, argues ghosts deserve polite treatment. He meets a ghost in a tomb who asks for warmth and confesses fondness, then vanishes. Gus later finds his watch and money missing, tied to a jail case of Bill Stives. Ice delivery notes end the piece with local ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Hawkins
Gus
Spruce Hollow
Squire Perkins
Bill Stives
Lanark Ordinance Sets City Budget for Fiscal Year
Lanark City Council approves Ordinance No 196 with appropriations totaling 7800 dollars, excluding Cemetery and Waterworks funds. Allocations cover streets and sidewalks 1200, printing 400, city salaries 900, fire department 350, litigation 100, public grounds 25, police 440, street lamps 456, Board of Health 25, waterworks bonds and interest 3500. Effective ten days after first publication, dated May 7, 1895.
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City of
Lanark
Board of Health
Prank Yeager
Cornelius Hegeman
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Broad St
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United States
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Goodland
A. W. Hostetter
Harry
Glotfelty
Board of Education
Sprecher
Weary
Wild
Leland
Laird
Snively
The
Rock Island Argus
Thomas Fuller
Milwaukee Road
Clinton
Lyons
Washington
Fulton Journal
Condor
Counsellor
Lady Glencoe
Nate Doxy
Henry Marks
J. Haller
YP. S.C. E
Y. PS. C. BE
Bernard
Auditing Committee
W. G. Wild
Hummel
Savanna
Mr. Stanton
Christian Endeavor Societies
County Christian Endeavor Union
County
Christian Endeavor Union
Egererre & Hodge
West Side
Borrerre & Hopvae
Omprpl
E. E. Dubbel
S.M. Mypnrs
Henney
Freeport, Ill
Millard Place
L. Horner
Tanane
Mia
Viarcel
Sanitary
Merino
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Iayyvet
Juoyeg
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Uoyng Pimlia Pouing
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Nappanee
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