11 Apr 1883
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1883
Page
1
Uriah Stroupe operates hacks to convey passengers to and from trains across the city. Orders may be left at J C Mead's book store or at the Barn where a hack often stands waiting.
Illinois Central Railroad offers a special train from Dixon to Pierre Dakota on April 17 with one way and round trip fares to multiple points. Round trip tickets valid for forty days. through sleeping cars and baggage handling included. Applications for maps and berths to J F Merry Manchester Iowa. Also local auctions and hardware bargains noted.
Advertisement promotes low prices on school and college text books and supplies at 39tf Maxwel ut Bro's.
Local shoppers see Higgins Pectoral Cough Syrup advertised at 50 cents with claims of cure. Excerpts promote O P Baker seed corn and Maxwell Bros curtain goods while Dixon merchants push hats, valises, and clothing. town notes report rail bridges, weddings, and upcoming entertainments.
An advertisement touts 10 000 rolls of wallpaper and borders from Maxwell Bros with a sale described. It promotes Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure, claimed to cure colds coughs consumption whooping cough and lung diseases, with a free trial at Eberhart and Co's drug store.
Printed bill heads should be used by every business man and are furnished at The Sun office at retail prices. New shelf worn and second hand school books offered at the lowest prices with exchanges accepted. 89 of Maxwet Bros.
An advertising note from Opera Block Dixon Illinois promotes new wall coverings sold cheaply at Maxwell Brothers.
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