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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1892
Page
7
A tour through upcoming hats and gowns unveils bold colorings, velvet trims, and varied capes. Articles describe Italian and Parisian influences, wedding attire, and autumn millinery, noting jet adornments, feminine blouses, and cape styles dominating the season.
The state board of public charities reports the number fed and per capita costs across eleven institutions from July 1, 18 1, to June 30. Gov. Fifer pardons two inmates from Cook County jail and a third from the penitentiary for burglary and petit larceny. The item also notes a near drowning, rail wreck injuries, and various local civic events and deaths.
Fresno Sept 14 pursuit of Chris Evans and John Sontag who robbed a Southern Pacific express on Aug 4 near Collis ended in Samson Flat mountains with four posse members dead and others wounded. Evans and Sontag fled northeast. California authorities vow to shoot on sight.
An excerpt blends poetry by Helen Chase with a Chicago to Washington rail promo. Special trains via Monon Route connect Dearborn Station to the capital with battlefield visits at Richmond Gordonsville and Appomattox. Also advertisements tout cures and medicines with notices about products and doctors.
The North Western Line plans two low rate Harvest Excursions in August and September to Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Utah Idaho and Montana. Departures from Chicago are August 30 and September 27 with one fare round trip and return valid within twenty days. Information available from coupon ticket agents or A Thrall G P T A Chicago & North Western Mailway.
An article discusses the debate over cholera and cholerine with doctors divided on contagion. It urges cleanliness and offers laxative gum drops from Sylvan Remedy Co for ten to twenty five cents to ease constipation and stomach trouble.
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