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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1882
Page
3
A Springfield Massachusetts Republican piece contemplates turning forty, tracing a life of youthful boundless faith to mature reflection. The verse recalls journeys from carefree play to thoughtful labor, noting losses and gains, and hoping faith and hope endure into another forty years.
Bertram Langley recounts his wedding day chaos as a locked vestry door traps him and a shattered nose from a falling window. Nell Bartley learns the truth of his confinement only after their European exile and later reconciliation leading to a second, simpler ceremony.
Chicago Times argues that shifting meat imports from Australia to South America could lower costs and shorten shipping. It notes vast South American cattle plains, cheaper cattle, shorter voyages to New York, and potential profits, while acknowledging higher Australian cattle quality and current preservation advances.
Moses Gantt sailed a pleasure boat to Chesapeake Bay and anchored near Farmer Whitton's home. He dined with the Whitton family, formed a sudden attachment to May Whitton, and eloped with her. The Whitton father called a sheriff and ten deputies who rode to the village where the clergyman lived. The elopers were found there, but the marriage had already occurred.
At Holyoke Massachusetts a group of sparrows gathered. One tied twine around another bird’s neck and the victim died after the culprit removed a twig. New Hampshire papers may report a coroner and post mortem inquiry by other birds the following week.
In Jonesboro Union County banker and grain dealer FE Willard vanished as his bank closed doors and depositors feared loss. Reports recount a massive liabilities gap of about 150000 dollars and assets around 53000, with many doubting recovery. Across Illinois a string of calamities follows including a coroner’s verdict of a man struck by a train near Jerseyville, a Charleston widow fatally burned, and multiple accidents.
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