Community Notes on Local Events and Visiting Guests
The column lists varied items from a Texas and Mexico trip by Mr. Tom Smith and praise for the region, local decorations for Decoration Day with the K G quartet, a drunken incident in Freeport, a high school spring conclusion, editorial defense over state convention remarks, a death by heart failure, and calls to promote women’s scientific collections and Exposition preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mc. A. R
K. of G. Quartette
Freeport
Carroll County
Mirror-Herald
Jacob Daniels
Weather dampens plans as Brookville hovers near wedding
Local notes report heavy rain discouraging marriage plans while Mrs. Overfield visits from Elizabeth town. Funeral services for Mrs. Bowers, 74, drew large attendance with pastors Meyers Shirk and Lady officiating. Memorial Day program set with Shiloh Post 85 escort, procession to High School and cemetery, memorial address by Rev. W. G. Smith. music by the Glee Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Overfield
Elizabethtown
Shiloh
Broad Street
Locust Street
Hall Or Park
W. G. Smith
The
Christian Church
Glee Club
Oxper
Com
Illinois Woman's Exposition Board Calls for County Clubs
The Illinois Woman's Exposition Board urges each county to form a Columbian Expo Club to ensure women's industry representation at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Clubs should promote county efforts by collecting newspapers edited by Illinois women, books written by Illinois women, and a catalog of all inventions by Illinois women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Woman's Exposition Board
Minois
Mlinois
M- 001S
Semer
Aiel
Real Estate Transfers and First Convention Ticket Notice
Real estate transfers list numerous parcels sold or mortgaged across Savanna Milledgeville Lanark and surrounding areas with sale prices from 1 to 7000 dollars. Also notes a National Republican Convention trip via The Burlington with multiple sale dates and return deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Potosi
Wis
Savanna
Daggetts
Milledgeville
Chicago
Ait
Prairie du Chien
Corn Crop Outlook and Education Exam Notice 1892
The corn crop outlook for 1892 is cautious in Illinois with late May planting suggested for better results and millet as a quick stock fodder if fields stay wet. A county scholarship exam at Mt Carrol on the second Friday in June offers four year University of Illinois study with strict standing rules and veteran-descendant preferences. School attendance data and a German Baptist Conference are also noted with travel details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Cenetral Hinole
Esanimotun
University of
Mt. Carrol
Crntendent
Steh
United States
Cesar
Cicero
Catiline
Archias
Vergil
Bright minds buy early with Little Early Risers pills
An advertisement touts Little Early Risers as a quick path to better judgment and brightness. It promises health boosts through De Witt's Sarsaparilla and urges readers to buy now. It also notes Lakarnia land for sale or rent and announces rail fare sales for the National Democratic Convention in Chicago with varying departure dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterbaugh
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Early Risers Ad
An advertisement promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best salve for cats bruises sores and all skin eruptions with a guarantee of satisfaction or refund priced at 25 cents per box sold by H. S. Puterbaugh. It also touts De Witt's Little Early Risers as the smallest pills that perform the cure presented by Puterbaugh Grover P.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puterbaugh
de Witt
Downing
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the Lanark Gazette
Wio & Barxnow
Paris
Community Correspondence
Shannon Siftings
Mike Thomas
Anna Trank
Anna
John Hammond
David Stone
Penneylvieia
Shanon
Tom Smith
Texas
Mexico
Mr. Smith
Juvneile
Orpha Clark
Dumbell
Umula
Congress
Brookville Breezes
Overfield
Isaac Fager
Sol Geist
E I, Neff
Adeline
Patsy
Ita J. Smith
Alt. Carvall
Walford
Lucretia HH
Stevens
Catharine N Gilbert
Clement L. ¥. Crafts
Sarnia
St. Paul Land Co
Whitney Toms
Diane Wileon
A. Kowrtier
Cherry Grove
Henry Stover
W Tol
Lanark
Alvaro Shamway
Omar TL. A.white
Clenatine McCray
Catharine McCray
Me Carroll
Elias
Myera
Wim. TI. Shultz
Woodland
Charles W. Burwell
Henry Campman
Rock Creek
Edna M. Tipping
Roderick Chisholm
I. M. Manning
Chas. W. Gorwell
Theodore Shriner
Frank Hoffman
George Tilton
Emmett D. Hawk
A. Hawk
Freedom
Nelson Fletcher
Davie
Elizabeth S Bemis
Gertrinle C Bois
Dolly Ann Bemis
Catharine C. Bemis
James B. Polford
Lula M. Heidt
Savane
D. C. Wachtel
Jonas Buillneton
Andrew Law
Edward Law
Edward Koser
Lucy Latre
John M. McCracken
Hattie Fowler
Wm. Bradway
Henry Bradway
Elkhorn Grove
Benj. Bradway
David H. Kimmel
Wm. E. Hanna
Wysox
Nancy B. Harmon
Wm H. Lally
Sarah J. King
Samuel Cormany
Mt. Carroll
Mary E. Gelwicks
Wm. Cormany
Catharine Waltz
John F Schleining
Fair Haven
Charles Waltz
Charles Cogswell
James Fitzgerald
Joseph Kinney
Wm. Petty
Mt Carroll
D. Flanagan
John O. Neil
Minneapolis
Abies
FE. Morrow
Miinais
Ucress
Champaign
Tanov
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
L. R. Patton
Rockford, Il
Ivanhoe Camp
F. Ball
C. Gatti
C. Clemmer
Rh. Des’ Block
G. W. Bennett
W. H. Lake
N. G
First National Bank
U.S
Total
Dhee
Illinois
Carkill
W.L Franck
W. L. Franck
J. M. Glotfelty
Hegeman
J. S Snively
Kinkabe
Bucklen
Grover P
Nathaniel Roe
Florida
Rysdvks
Hambletonian
Dexter
Volunteer
St. Julian
Seeley
Jay Gould
Dictator
Director
Phillis
Arabian Knights
Young Kinble Jackson
Old Kindle Jackson
Imp Grand Bashaw
Duroe Horse
Muffin
Black Hawk
Sherman Black Hawk
Black Hawk No
Grover
W.H. Puterbaugh
Castoria
C. Rowland
A. Wolf
the Exchange Bank
Lanark, Ill
Oes
Amos WoLf
David Wolf
John RK. WoLf
Notary Public
H. Reid Staley
F. Rose
City Dray
Justice of the Peace
P. O
Ill
J. T. Borman
Commercial House
C.W. Middlekauff
Office Over Corner Drug Store
A. F. Lohrman
Empire Steam Laundry
Savanna, Ill
J. T. Jacobs
Old Stand
Lanark, Illinois
Peter Horner
J. A. Walker
West Side Broad Street
Robt. Teachout
East Side
WM. Strickler
D. A. Busell
Pres
Cash
Capital
C. Kinkade
R. Chisholm
J. Scott Snigely
D.C. Busell
R. Gust
Hes Side City
John H. Shaffer
J. G
Eldredge Manufacturing CO
Belvidere, Ill
ED. C
Hhierk
Postoffice
Annie Nyman
J. D. Renner
As Ae Singer Manufacturing Company
H. W. Hartzell
C. E. Olmstead
Geo. P. Dorr
East of
Wales
J. C. Hanson
Lower Broad Street
Ieee
C. Wroughton
Milledgeville Station
W. A. Beecher
Anatase
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E. ST. Jon
Gen'l
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Gen'l Tkt
Pass, Agt
Chicago, Ill
Worgan Stallion
Black Hawk Morg
Morgan
My Place
Shannon
Freeport Road
Osborn
Morga
A. B. Shaner
Hercule
Jim Blaine
Shiley
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