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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1882
Page
1
Uriah Stroupe operates hacks for passengers to and from all trains day and night. Orders can be left at J. C. Meads book store or at Keystone House where a hack stands ready.
An 1882 Dixon insert lists a 160 acre farm for rent with improvements, a wagon jack testimonial, a Dixon boot and shoe merchants group closing hours, seven second hand organs for sale with prices, rooms to rent in a brick block on Water Street, cordwood delivery, Griggs glycerine salve advertisement, and Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic touted as a tonic and blood disorder remedy with local vendor Eberhart & Co.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York sales listing promotes J. W. Thomas as agent in Dixon Illinois with a vehicle related line item and names Asif I. Means.
A Dixon Illinois page lists advertisements for building materials and prices on sash doors and blinds, fire safety salves, lost cow rewards, ice delivery rates, crystal ice blocks, chicken cholera cure offers, plant medicine agency for Dr Bigelow’s Positive Cure, salt discounts, and a vegetable tonic claim.
Prairie chickens may have been shootable yesterday while hacks and horticultural topics fill the week. Hook and ladder tourney set in Lanark with rockford postal service changes, viaduct cost, fair plans, and county convention notices. Prohibition camp meeting August 28 at Bloomington and other local political updates fill pages with baseball scores and local business ventures.
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