Lanark bound cattle project and local notices mix
Martin Aurand leaves for Lanark to erect a large cattle barn near Lanark. News notes include church services with topics on Christ’s triumph and temperance, local thanks from Y I F M B, farm listings by Moore & Bussey, petition activities against Governor Altgeld, a prison case involving Huldah Herbig, and upcoming debates by the Freedom Literary Debating Society. Reports cover a Clinton child murder case, a Dec 17 supreme court justice election in the sixth district, Shannon festival posters for a band boxcar event, Schweinfurth trial delays, county witness funding issues, a dramatic well at Henry Billig’s farm yielding vast water, and a death notice for Fannie Roland in Rock Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altgeld
Judicial District
Supreme Court
Joseph M. Bailey
Whiteside
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Winnebago
Boon
McHenry
Kane
Kendall
DeKalb, Lee, Ogle
Rock Island
Death by self-inflicted pistol shot shocks Carroll area
In Mt Carroll, M B Thompson a famed Carroll and adjoining counties horseman and veterinarian killed himself with a 32 caliber revolver at Taber's livery stable. Coroner Johnson and jury investigate from Taber's barn to Locust Street home. Thompson, born 1857 in Hornelsville New York, leaves wife and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Thompson
Carroll
Geo. Taber
Mr.Thompson
Sam Tule
Young Style
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
Johnson
Savanna
Levi T. Bray
Middlekaaft
BE. C. Franck
Olmsted
Galpin and
Gaugh
Dr. Wales
Taber's Barn
Wales
Albert Stevens
G. C. Taber
Stevens
Fred Revschile
Taber
Otho Boyd
Marcello B. Thompson
Lanark
Carroll County
Tlinots
Locust Street
Hornelsville
New York
California
C. Hegeman
Landon
Elkhorn Grove
Judge Bailey's Successor and Circuit Vacancy Talks
Amboy Journal discusses the death of Judge Bailey of Freeport and the potential succession. Judge Curt Wright is named as a fair, able candidate for the supreme court vacancy, with Judge Crabtree of Dixon proposed for the appellate seat. The piece notes a special election process for vacancies and references local civic figures and nearby towns in a broad community notice style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Freeport
Curtwright
Judge Crabtree of
Dixon
Crabtree
Supreme Court
Amboy Journal
Milledgeville Local News and Social Notes
Farmers rejoice at continued fine weather aiding corn in the crib. Mrs. Maury Woodruff of Peontonica visits sister Mrs. J T Pletcher. Norman Robinson returns from Webster City Iowa. Miss Mattle Healy in Polo on business. J H Mayes of Sterling visits. N Evans walks with crutch after horse incident. Wr McCray and Dr W A Gray visit Lanark. Island Boone concert postponed due to diphtheria. Rev T Livengood of Lanark preaches at Progressive Church. Editor in Chadwick on business. Mr and Mrs A W Healey leave for Pasadena. Prof J I Shirk returns from Elgin. Reception for Rev and Mrs Baldwin in new parsonage. Section boss W B Merriam able to work again. Funeral of Mrs L E Smith held at Progressive church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Chicago
Jennie Howard
Retta Winters
Subula
Mark Rinchollar
Pearl City
John Crouse
Judge Shaw
Morrison
Young
Park Hotel
Felix Kramer
Mullion College
John Oppenheimer
Plum River
Persimmon Belt
Maury Woodruff
Peentonica
J.T. Pletcher
Norman Robinson
Our City
Webster City
Iowa
Mattle Healy
Polo
J. IL. Mayes
Sterling
N. Evans
McCray
W. A. Gray
Lanark
Islind Boone
Key. T. Livengood
Ehurch
Chadwick
A. WH. Healey
Pasadena
Cal
J. 1 Shirk
Elgin
Northern Flindsy Teacher's Institute
Obituary of Thomas Slye and Weather Bureau Record
Thomas Slye born near London around 1800, emigrated to Maquoketa Iowa after 1850, married twice, notable for farming and charity. Survived by a son, daughter, wife and many relatives. funeral held at M E church Oct 25. Includes Weather Bureau weekly meteorological record for Lanark Illinois ending Oct 21 1805 and notes on temperatures, wind, auroras, and lunar phenomena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Slye
Church of England
M. E. Church
M. E
Lanark
High School Notes Highlight Milledgeville Visit and Holiday
Wesley Wine of Milledgeville made a brief call Wednesday. No school Friday due to the teacher's association meeting in Elgin attended by most teachers. Miss Blanche Flickenger visited Thursday. Charlie Whisler and Roy Byers hunted ten miles north of nowhere Friday but found no game, only rabbit tracks. Miss Florence Fuller began school here last Monday. Miss Harriet McCullough spent Monday afternoon in the high room. Supt. J T H Grossman stopped by Thursday afternoon, Nir and Tuck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Wine
Milledgeville
Elgin
Blanche Flickenger
Charlie Whisler
Roy Byers
Florence Fuller
Harriet McCullough
Supt. J, TH. Grossman
Nir and
Tuck
Day of Their Wedding opens in Sara tova with Shaker lovers
In Harpers Dagar a new installment of The Day of Their Wedding follows a young Shaker couple who leave their communal family for the world beyond. They shed Shaker garb for fashionable attire and strive to conform, with the scene set on a bright summer day in Sara tova. The piece satirically traces their naıve experiences as they navigate alien surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Howell
Harper’s Dagar
Saratova
Lorenzo
Althia
Mr. Sowell
Received His Reward and Fires Thunder Across Lands
A newspaper humor piece comically shows an editor dying of starvation being escorted to heaven by an angel, who visits hell and finds a furnace labeled Delinquent Subscribers. The tale shifts to a real warning about numerous fires in dry windy times and promotes purchasing fire insurance through Jos Yeager, an agent for seven companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos
Yeager
Delinquents Urged to Pay City Water Rentals by Nov 2
Notice from the Water Commission warning all city water renters delinquent to settle accounts. If payments are not received by the morning of November 2, water service will be shut off. Frank Yeager, Clerk. Also includes death notice for Fannie May Roland of Lanark, age 5, died Oct. 28, 1865, with no public services due to typhoid fever. New receipt books available at the Lanark office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Hope
McClure
Svensen
Rudyard Kipling
Maclaren
Robert Barr
Bret Harte
Richard Croker
Tammany
McClure’s
EJ. Edwards Holland
New York
Philadelphia Press
Lincoln
South Seas
Mr. Stevenson
Sidney Colvin
Stevenson
Navy
Roland
Fannie May Roland
A. N. Rowland
Rock Falls
Lanark
Christ
Unclaimed Letters at Lanark Post Office 1895 Week Ended Oct 28
List of letters remaining unclaimed at the Lanark Illinois post office for the week ending October 28 1895 includes Eisenbise Grant Miller Roy Taurmeau Kittie Stebler Nicholas. Notify by saying andadvertised Wa Hogan Postmaster. The League of American Wheelmen reports debt paid off surplus and readiness for action on good roads and bicyclists rights. Bicycling praised for clear headedness and prompt businesslike conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Ill
Eisenbise
Grant Miller
Roy Taurmeau
Kittie Stebler
Nicholas
Hogan, P. M
League of American Wheelmen
Public Sale on Heath Farm Near Lanark and Mt Carroll
Public sale on the Alonza Heath place Telegraph road 5 miles south of Lanark 44 miles northeast of Chadwick and 4 miles south of Mt Carroll begins at 9 am Wednesday November 18 1895. Eleven head of horses fifty one head of high grade Short Horn cattle two hundred hogs with Poland China boars Meyers Bros fine stock 3000 bushels ear corn 10 acres corn in shock 1000 bushels oats 40 tons Timothy hay farm implements and household goods. Terms cash under 5 dollars. over 5 dollars 12 months with interest 6 percent off for cash. No property removed until settled. BE. E. Heath A H Haws Auction Amos Wor Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonza Heath
Telegraph Road
Lanark
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll
Sharp
Cray
Joe Moreland
Meyers Bros
Poland
J. W. Henry
BE. E. Heath
A. H. Haws
Amos Wor
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Lanark Gazette
W. G. Wrip
Gazette Building
Broad St
Charley Whisler
Egerere & Stodge
Seeley & Read
Henry Mingaman
Carrolls
Ogle
Yuma
Colorado
Brookville
Martin Aurand
A. I. Awk
Mr. Aarand
Melrose M'f'g. Co
Melrose Park, MI
Methodist Church
Wild
Moore & Bussey
San Ara
Huldah
Otto Herbig
Freedom Literary Debating Society
Geo. C. Slick
Frank Goodmiller
August Swansen
Clinton
Independence
Judge Waterman
Clinton County
Swansen
Fulton Journal
Shannon
George Jacob Schweinfurth
Cartright
Schweinfurth
Winnebago County
Kansas
Henry Billig
Forreston
Torreston Herald
Low Thompson
Judge Bailey
Samuel Adams
Massachusetts
Flornee Griffith
Stuckenberg
Millard RinedoUar
P. D. Sheldon
George Ray
Grundy Center
Baptist Church
Prank Ehmer
Ehmer
Lanarie
Dan’l. Galpin
L. Grossberg
Sabula
Jeremiah
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Max
M. N. Wenz
Endat
Companion
Columbus Avenue
Boston
Smart Millinery
Demorest
Lanark, Til
MENS
Morris Mills
Lanark Cash Store
Depot
Wilbur Lumber Go
W.H. Ritter, Mer
East Side Meat Market
E. C. Grossman
Prop
Etta J. Smith
Carroll Jil
Owen P. Miles
Herbert C. Noble
Alice Gear
Samuel Deitrich
William W. Teachout
Chas. W. Allison
Wysox
St. Paul Land Co
Mary A. Farguson
John H. Hayes
Leah Eastabrooks
William Williams
Walter Williams
Elishorn Grove
C. Rowland
Thomas Caldwell
Newburg
N. Y
Caldwell
Northwest
F. L. Wuirney
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Mion
A. A. Wutrre
Pioneer Press Building
Minn
Mexico
Paris
Bargain Store
Strickler
the Lanark Steam Laundry
H. M. Gelwicks
South Broad Street
Rockford Business College
Rockford, Linois
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