Local Notes and Real Estate Trades in Dixon
Mrs Henry Metz of Chicago visits Dixon at Jacob Jacksons. Charley Benchbough buys Bacher property on Jones Street for 750 dollars. James Hanrahan Sen buys house and lot on Metcalf Street for 400 dollars. Several residents travel, marry, or move, and local businesses report activity including a school furniture seller and a post office firm named Badger and Bear. Simms Combination troupe begins a three night engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Metz
Chicago
Jacob Jackson
Smith
Terry Lynch
Division Street
Charley Benchbough
Bacher
Jones Street
Chas. Marston
Lemuel Bourne
Fred
Don Wellman
Munger & Carnell
Simms
Francis Hudson
Springfield
Ill
Samuel Dysart
Albert Hess
Melvin Ellsworth
Herrman
St. Thomas’ Church
Badger and Bear
Charley Brackett
Dakota
Dr. Gardner
Pat Fogarty
Amboy
Marion
Lynes
A. J. Phillips
Isaac Edwards
Dr. Rose
Franklin Grove
Butter Making Rules and Dairy Doings Described
A historical notice outlines butter making tips from cream separation to washing and churning, then covers dairy farm practices. It notes cow care, feeding for high milk yield, cleanliness, and the importance of water quality, with local society items and community events sprinkled in.
Poultry care tips and manure observations for farmers
The piece urges eating more eggs and chicken meat for health, saving pullets, and discarding old hens. It warns about hawks and spider lice, recommending charcoal, fumigation with sulphur, and coal oil for fowl health. It compares egg weight, guano, and fowl manure as valuable soil amendments for eastern farms. It notes manure value from 50 fowls in two years and its impact on corn land.
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Dixon Sun
Ww. M. Kennedy
Dixon, Illinois
James Hanrahan
Metcalf Street
John Daniels
Vermont
Frank Edwards
Maggie Rickenlooper
Ben Smith
Timothy
Geo. Lyman
Adj
Gen
Getty
Joan Rosbrough
Freeport
Lee Center
Loomis
John
Jacob J. Conderman
Dixon
Greenback-Labor-Party
Austin Brothers
Lee County
Weir & Buford
Randal
Cassady
Gorman Seeders
Union and
Keystone Planters
Hollingsworth and
Daisy Sulkey
Beloit” Harvesters
William Uhl
Law
D. D. O’bien
E. O’conne le
O’brien & O'Connell
Hine
Galena Street
Dixon, Lil
John OD. Crabtree
Opera House Block
Shirwooop
Bor
A.C. Bardwell
Union Block
Mainstreet Dixon
Ills
A. K. Trusdell
Exchange Block
Daniel B. McKenney
Justice of the Peace
Main Street
Ove Rosenthal
Lycoming Fire Insurance Company
F Muncy
Penna
H. J. Brooks
Galena St
Todd’s
Peoria and
6Th Sts
J B. Cutts
M. D
Pinckney Block
Illinoia
Wr. C.C Hunt
David H. Law
Tillson'sa
Dr. Everett
DR. CG. W. J. Brown
Ofice Over Petersberger
Edsall Place
Hennepin and
Seventh Sts
G. A. Bardwell
Hegert
Madison St
Isaac Mean
Blackman
Morris & Son
Bride
O. Everett
Harriet E. Garrison
W.W. W. Wren
DRS
Wynn & Paine
Niggins Drug Store
Dr. Wynn
Madison and
Third Street
Dr. Payne
South Universalist Church
E. Paine
Chas. J. Turney
Belfast Ireland Veterinary College
Lee County National Bank
Banks
Jason C. Ayres
Prest
James A. Hawey
Dixon National Bank
Illinois
TuHkron Cumyis
J. B. Pomeroy
A.C Warner
James A. Dawley
Jos. Crawford, Presidens
Exens. Casa
John V. Thomas
Opera House
Hotels
Washington House
Main
Ottawa Streets
H. Krem Maegins
Keystone House
Main and
Galena Streets
Dixon, Ills
Mra. K. Brautigam
Alexander & Howell
River
First Streets
Lis
J. H. Morris & Son
Provisions &c
West Side
Dixon, Lls
John Burke
LI Pure Wines and Liquors
Milwaukee Beer
Ina W. Lewis
Lbert Johnson
Lewis & Johnson Abstract
Lka W. Lewis
Second Street
Court House Square
James H. Preston
Dixon Marble Works
O. W. Latimer
Dixon, IL
Keyes & Chiverton Photographic Artists
F. F. Dixon Knight
Cass
H. J
Galena #t
V. Hackett
D. W. McKenney Livery Stable
D. W. McKenney & Co
Water Street
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