18 Apr 1888
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1888
Page
1
Train timetable for Chicago and North Western Railway lists routes and departure times. Eastbound and westbound trains show departure hours with many times, including Denver Express and Pacific Express, plus limited service and dinner stop noted.
The clipped timetable lists trains going south and north with passenger and freight services. Times include 11:04 a m and 8:47 p m southbound and 6:20 p m for freight northbound, with Amboy and Pezight appearing in the readable entries.
Local notices promote Tillson & Hayden as Lee County wallpaper and paint suppliers with a wide range of goods. Also features sales of eggs, seeds, farm supplies, ice delivery, plows, and general hardware plus a coal and lime business update from Means and a wagon harness sale at Pitcher’s.
A jumble of classified items shows prospects for women jobs at Riverside Sex Co and sales ads for Seeders Planters at Pitcher's, Red Clover tonic sales via D S Horton, iron and coal trade notes, and a flood of local happenings from Dixon and Whiteside County including elections, train delays, concerts, school meetings, and upcoming conventions.
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