Dixon College notes and town progresses in August issue
Dixon gains in building boom with college expansion including a new main building 164 by 40 feet and a north wing planned next year. Nearby residences rise as Second street opens and a button factory and warehouses expand. Local events include picnics and fairs across Whiteside and Stephenson counties.
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Hennepin Canal
Dixon
Judge Andrus
College
J. B. Brooks
Third
Peoria
J. G. Fleck
George Loveland
Second Street
Charles Hughes
Louis Stephan
Hennepin Street
Messrs
Appleford & Downing
Appleford
Main Street
H. E. Hand
West End
Frank Courtright
Hack lines extend service to all city trains
Uriah Stroupe operates hacks day and night to shuttle passengers to and from trains across the city. Orders can be left at J OC, Mead's book store, or at the Keystone House where a hack waits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uriah Stroupe
J. OC
Mead’s Book Store
Keystone House
Commodious Rooms for Rent on Water Street
A list of classified notices includes rooms to rent in a brick block on Water Street by Avery Johnson, along with various advertisements for goods and services. Mentioned are Ayer’s Ague Cure, Cole’s Carbol Salve, Dr Jones’ Red Clover Tonic, and Griggs’ Glycerine Salve sold by Eberhart & Co, plus employment and travel ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecher
Popular Science Monthly
Barnard
Newton
Ptolemy
University of Cambridge
Mill
Murray
Water Street
Avery Johnson
West
Dr. Ayer
Ayer
W. Hf. Double, Jr
Chicago
Cole
Eberhart & Co
Dr. Jones
Griggs
Mutual Life Insurance Ad in Dixon Illinois
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York promotes its status as the oldest and richest life insurer. J W Thomas is listed as a Dixon Illinois agent. Also mentions a Titk-Tug-A car load just received and a person named I Means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
J. W. Thomas
Dixon, Illinoi
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I. B. Countryman'ss
Circus
Elgin
Rockford and
Sterling
Charles Dement
Rockford
College Grounds
Lanark
Sterling City Council
Dan Maloney
Charles Webber
Whiteside County
Wheeler’s Grove
Hume Township
Hamilton’s Grove
LaSalle Driving Park Association
Stephenson County
Cedarville
R. R. Hitt
Ogle County
Union
Presbyterian
Methodist
Baptist
Lutheran
The
Sterling Gazette
Frank Robinson
Fleck & Robinson
Wyoming County
Dixon Busines College
Opera House
Meredosia Swamp
the Gazette
Stephenson County Sailors’ and Soldiers
Freeport
Green B. Baum
Franklin Grove
Button Factory
Greeley
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Dubuque
Cairo
Alton
J. M. Bailey
Marshall, Nemaha
Pottawatomie
Kansas
E. E. Atherton
Council Bluffs
Mt. Carroll
John H. Bennett
Josephine Woodruff
Wm. A. Conant
Cherilla R. Holland
Byran H. Dodson
Frances Mabel Deane
Geo. W. Warnock
Lottie E. Castain
Alden E. Haines
Mary Mayo
Northern Illinois Normal School
Dille
Iowa
Thomas
Paris
Parker
W. Cook Taylor
Aurora Literary Society
William Tell
Santa Claus
Jack
Giant Killer
Ladies’ Residence
Illinois Central Rail Road
Tral Passengee Ee Freight i Ft
NG Soute
Pegeengets
Ouicago & Northwestern Railway
Trins
Marling Pass
Atlntic Express
Towa Pass
Mar'town Pass
Sterling Pass
Mar’town Pass
Pacific Express
Taaings
Mal ~i
HACK
Rink, Dixon
Tyee & Co
Detroit
Mich
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