Lacon High School - Tickler Yearbook (Lacon, IL)

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AC onHrGnScuoon. Sift down tremors of sweet-within-sweet That advise me of more than they bring,-repeat Me the woods-smell that swiftly but now brought breath lfroin the heaven-side bank ofthe river of death,- Teach me the terms of silence, -preach me The passion of patience,-sift me.-impeach me,- And there. oh there As ye hang with your myriad palms upturned in the air l'ray me a myriad prayer. L. G. H. TI-IE LACON HERALD Through the courtesy of Mr. XX'illis lford, the editors of this Annual were given access to the tiles of the first newspaper ever printed in Lacon. lt seems that in 1837, Mr. Allen Ford, of lrlartford, Conn., having com- pleted satisfactory arrangements with the local citizens of our then town of Columbia-, set up and printed our first local paper. The press and fixtures came by boat from St. Louis, and at Alton, Mr. lford engaged two printers to assist on his paper, one of them a brother of the martyr Lovejoy. On the 13th of llecember. 1837. the first number appeared, christened The Lacon llerald. .Xnd the files of this eighty-four-year-old publication we have en- joyed looking over. lt was a seven-column paper, neatly printed. There was a notable lack of local news and with the exception of a few advertisements and notices the greater part of the space was given over to general news. There were no cartoons and a total lack of jokes and fun. There was a great deal of poetry. many gems of contemporary poets being found. Many articles of a literary nature were included. One notice of particular note was that of the Lacon Debating Club. Such questions as slavery and even prohibition were vo- ciferously discussed. One writer wrote an article on the rapid traveling of the times, having traveled live hundred miles in thirty-one hours. averaging' sixteen miles an hour. One is impressed with the strong' characters of our early citizens and one tinds much to inspire in these early invaluable records. l,acon news papers have thrived to the present day. l.. li. ll.

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