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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1892
Page
2
A杂 assortment of brief items covers science curiosities, long-lived trees, an English law on modesty, Senator Stanford’s wealth plans, slave trade signals, military costs, Persian derby bets, Taunton probate honors, postal revenue figures, tree age estimates, bear hunting lore, Italian senator’s coat, cholera scare immigration, Tennyson and Ada Rehan, aluminum’s rise, and a Greensboro public execution.
The week reports counterfeit two dollar silver certificates and a Hancock issue 1882 counterfeit in circulation. Postal return cards go on sale as Mrs Harrison portrait plans advance. Trade and bank data show weekly exchanges and a rise in telegraph capital. Fire disasters, murders, court rulings, and political shifts accompany labor unrest and public notices nationwide.
A lengthy chronicle lists athletic records in Stockton and Palo Alto, fires in Milwaukee and Clarksville, floods in Mexico and Portugal, a string of deaths in various locales, a lynching in Alabama, a bank robbery in Phoenix, and multiple shipwrecks and accidents, weaving sports, crime, and natural disasters into a single era-calibrating news rollup.
A massive gale fueled a downtown Milwaukee fire that destroyed about 500 cottages in the Lower Third ward and caused estimated losses near 7 million dollars with 1,500 people homeless. Two firemen died and many others injured as Milwaukee and regional crews fought the blaze through the night.
A Cleveland window glass warehouse fire destroyed sash doors and blinds valued at 40000. Ornamental glass cutter M F Sullivan and worker Kate Nolan perished from smoke. Sullivan expected to survive though gravely ill. Two other briefs note Michigan militia changes and a five foot snowstorm in Russia.
Pennsylvania militia officers are arraigned on charges of aggravated assault and battery related to the Homestead guard duties. Ex Private W L Iams faced punishment for misconduct during the Frick shooting incident as the case proceeds, with a jury selection underway and a motion to quash the indictment over jurisdiction being ruled over. A separate incident saw Private Tams punished for shouting support and removed from camp.
London reports a severe gale along British coasts delaying steamers and wrecking fishing vessels. Six drowned when the schooner Annie foundered off Lough Swilly, with crew unable to escape. Details from St. Joan's Newfoundland note ten vessels lost or missing and twenty two lives lost amid devastated shores.
In Curcaco Tina Mobrings a 45 year old mother and her 99 year old son were struck and killed by a Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train while walking on the track near Hawthorne. The engineer slowed on seeing them but they were struck and fatally injured as the train passed.
A string of brief items reports customs officials revealing a $15,000 gold shipment from Sheldon & Co was 1,985 short of weight due to abrasion. A gold certificate covered the deficit. Also noted are a university library gift, a hoax Homestead Strike report, a bank closure in Hot Springs, and a deadly Kutair earthquake.
Crowds gathered in Indianapolis for the burial of Caroline Scott Harrison after a simple church service at Inprasavours. President Harrison attended with bowed head as pallbearers carried the casket to Crown Hill cemetery where a final prayer and Scripture reading preceded her interment.
A Boston Transcript style notice extols Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters for promoting digestion and secretion, steadying the liver, and aiding salaria, kidney trouble, rheumatism, and nervousness. It cites a tale of a woman seeking ancestral shades for her parlor windows.
An old advertisement touts Dr Hoxsies Croup Cure claiming to cure violent croup in half an hour for 50 cents. It lists Robert Stevenson & Co Chicago USA and P Hoxsin Buffalo NY as makers, with Beechams Pills pitched for blood and liver concerns. It ends with a Galveston News credit.
An advertisement touts August Flower as a simple one remedy for dyspepsia claiming it cures stomach issues. It notes the product’s wide availability and large plant, and links healthy babies and plumpness to careful living and Scott's Emulsion as related aid, offering a free book.
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