Dixon Sun April 4 1883 issue summary
The Dixon Sun prints today as the 1883 issue from Dixon Illinois with W M Kennedy as editor priced at two dollars a year in advance.
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1883
Page
4
The Dixon Sun prints today as the 1883 issue from Dixon Illinois with W M Kennedy as editor priced at two dollars a year in advance.
A critical review of James R. Nichols’s Origin Nature and Destiny of Man notes its modest, non dogmatic science driven approach to death and the afterlife. It argues the work bridges science and spirituality without creeds, offering an austere view of future life and spirit as pervasive beyond material limits. It also highlights Black Hawk autobiography edition as a notable historical purchase.
The pages critique Peter Cooper's national finance remedy and the Greenback view, noting potential flaws and limited value for scholars. It also surveys How to Succeed in Public Life and a Christian Union essays collection, praising practicality for youth, plus mentions The Times-Democrat Almanac 1883 and The MOOGern AGg monthly magazine from Buffalo as readable, eclectic publications.
The great Brooklyn bridge will probably be opened on Decoration Day May 30 and the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic will take part in the ceremonies.
Seven years ago Mr Bell, once poor, now valued at six million dollars, exemplifies rising fortunes. Progress shows new motor use for city travel, a promising harvest season across Atlantic states, and Pittsburgh glass shingles as bricks substitute. A Chicago New York telegraph line proves clear voice across a thousand miles. Carson Nev features Helen Loveless, accused cattle thief, sentenced to three years. London Truth attacks civil list. Queen Victoria hinted at higher salary but remains cautious about royal duties.
A fragment describes the Pennsylvania Dutch as a people with no written language and a dialect speech. It notes their speech blends occasional English German French or Spanish words into unusual discordant phrases.
Montreal report says a wealthy French Canadian's friends plan to seek a writ of habeas corpus to compel a Mother Superior to release a young woman from a convent. The case centers on the nun's right to leave and rejoin society.
In a Hampden County Mass. case a landlady seeks 10000 damages from a Roman Catholic official who denounced her business. Other similar suits have occurred, with one prior trial awarding 3000. A separate note records that no Civil War veteran gains government land for service. A Interior Dept reply clarifies soldiers are not entitled to land unless they settle and improve it.
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