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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1895
Page
4
A collection of political opinions and commentary on gold standard debates, figures like Altgeld Cleveland and Cameron, postmaster matters, and a public notice of Dr. S F Scott's remedy. Mentions Bourke Cochran, Gresham, and Hoke Smith with skeptical takes on party unity and leadership. Includes regional ads for Chamberlains Cough Remedy and Northern Pacific agent contact.
Frank Weber and family visit Lanark. water quality from a new well described. spring sports at Brown's lake with fish tales growing. new brick music hall project and possible Odd Fellows top story. Lanark artisans Gordon and Gelwicks praised. few graduates in high school. frost damages crops. Firemen's Fair yields prizes. baptism at Baptist church. politics and Decoration Day plans. hog day market activity. Capt Becker to Eureka and state encampment. local piano humor from instrument dealers.
The geometry and Latin classes had tests, while the Junior class studies Roman history. A high school festival is planned for May 25 in Sherwood hall with refreshments and fund-raising for a class of 1895 memorial. Notes cover faculty visits, chemistry reviews, and a discussion of the "new woman" with railroads promoted and Dr. King’s pills advertised by a local druggist.
Court orders probate actions for multiple estates including Frazey, Ludwick, McPherson, Booth, Jenkins, Sabine, Hatfield and Howe. Administratrices granted means to adjust claims, sell personal estate, and supervise guardianships. Judgments, inventories, and real estate sales approved or continued. appeal and bond procedures noted. Admission of witnesses and guardians ad litem documented. Also lists new patent inquiries and devices from Illinois inventors with locations and brief descriptions.
The Schiller Theatre will present Little Robinson Crusoe a new musical burlesque by Harry B. Smith with music by W. H. Batchelor. Eddie Foy stars with Marie Dressler Sadie McDonald Frank White and a superb supporting cast in lavish scenery and spectacular effects promising a major Chicago hit.
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