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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1892
Page
7
Rev T DeWitt Talmage recounts his Russia visit using his Psalm 139 text. He defends American relief, details sending flour, and praises czarist generosity while condemning false Russian reporting. He describes famine scenes, donor gratitude, and the Leo voyage, urging generosity and religious unity.
The colored Masonic lodge of Illinois held its twenty sixth annual session in Duquoin electing Worshipful grand master Thomas S Smith of Chicago and other grand officers. The Anti Horse Thief association met in Springfield electing J R Fox of Barry as president and other officers. A switchman was killed at Champaign in a yard accident. Several trials, deaths, and local incidents follow, including robberies, elopements, and a fatal gored by a steer at Bethalto.
The piece notes Western railroads may offer excursion rates from Chicago to major Western and Northwestern destinations to attend the World’s Fair. It mentions maps, timetables, and free reading material from the Chicago Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company, available by mail request to Geo H Hearrum, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, IL.
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