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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1888
Page
4
The writer argues tariffs burden consumers and asks why duties on tea remain if foreigners pay taxes. He cites four and a half million dollars yearly on imported linens and questions party policy on tea and Irish linen. He asks if the Telegraph favors tea duties and urges logical equalization of taxes.
Miss Maryster of Sublette alleged Geo Yost fathered her child. The jury found the charge sustained and Yost appealed to the circuit court. The Sun notes the misnaming Miss Eastwood by a rival paper caused unjust implications and clarifies locality.
A Princeton gentleman visited Mendota last week to buy 250 sheep and argues free raw wool would expand demand for American wool, enabling exports and more factories. He favors free finer-grade imports mixed with domestic wool and asserts the Republican stance on free wool is misrepresented.
The Franklin Reporter recalls two strange deaths. Samuel Riddlesberger’s horse died after a thresher engine door opened and its furnace light frightened the animal near Mrs. Conrad’s place. Milton Paddock loses a horse when a buggy shade strikes it, the driven blade causing a fatal wound after the temperance meeting.
The group has ordered uniforms formed a band and begun immediate drill preparations. Republicans lag in club organization prompting questions about the delay.
The passage notes the Democratic club forming after a planned Republican effort was blocked, with a Jubilee band over Sunday and Republican expense. It cites Cherry Valley camp meeting ballots showing 30 Republicans and 3 for Fisk, plus Rev. Theodore L. Curler’s claim the pulpit has shifted against Republicanism as clergy, especially Methodists, swing away aided by anti liquor and tobacco measures affecting party support.
Blaine argues trusts are private affairs beyond government interference. A plow maker says steel costs 4.18 more due to the steel trust and 8 more overall because of tariffs. He contends tariffs raise prices to benefit steel and iron plant owners in Pennsylvania.
Danforth of The Rock-Islander exposes a Cleveland pension story as false. He shows no vetoes or proposals for Charles Leston of Lincoln Nebraska and notes the 12th Indiana Infantry pension records lack his name. Soldiers praise Cleveland as honest and attentive to veterans while noting few disapproved bills were due to duty.
The piece critiques a rival republication claim on a treasury surplus and analyzes the Mills bill. It argues the measure would cheapen basic goods and labor materials, boosting employment and wages, and urges informed discussion with copies available from W. D. Barge.
The 1886 report by Carrol D. Wright compares wages in cotton goods across regions and countries. It notes higher tariffs in France Germany and Italy but shows lower wages there than in Great Britain, with Vermont and New York illustrating regional wage differences and hours affecting daily earnings.
The text argues against tariffs claiming they do not raise wages and criticizes Republicans for misrepresenting the effects. It suggests establishing a tariff agreement between certain states to curb cheap Vermont or Delaware goods entering Connecticut.
The piece argues President Cleveland justified considering retaliation after Senate rejected a Canada treaty. It praises his use of bonded transit routes and of 1887 statutes while criticizing Republican leaders like Edmunds and Hoar as jingoistic. It cites Toronto Globe and notes Canada’s improved tone post message.
Public notice of a writ of attachment issued in the Lee County Circuit Court against Theodore Luce for 252 dollars and 46 cents. The sheriff is instructed to seize attached property if Luce fails to appear and bail and plead on September 17, 1888. Clerk Ira W. Lewis and attorney A. K. Trusdell announce the process in Dixon Illinois.
A provocative note critiques a rising type in journalism nicknamed The Dude. It mocks its habits and mannerisms, illustrating a perceived social and media phenomenon through satirical lines.
Riddle poem asks who strolls the Avenue and whistles tunelessly in a long coat, wearing wide pants and a stiff wooden stance. It labels the figure as a humorous, liminal speck between fool and knave, challenging the reader to solve what it is and what it can do.
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