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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1873
Page
2
The Dixon Sun reports a likely Congress bill to suspend or alter the bankrupt law for a period. Other items note Masonic lodge petitions, Cuban affairs, revenue totals, and disasters from weather and shipwrecks. The widow of P T Barnum and various federal actions are also mentioned.
Financial and industrial reports show better trade sentiment in Boston and improving manufacturing. The New York Clearing House notes a large deposit drop and loan contraction since the panic. Troy mills employing 5,000 workers have reopened, and Henry Clews & Co. plans to resume operations.
Official results show Taylor winning the Wisconsin governor's race by a 15 411 margin. The document also notes Robert Crozier of Leavenworth named by Gov Osborn to fill the Caldwell seat as United States Senator from Kansas. Virginia official vote lists Kemper Conservative 120295 Hughes Republican 92670 with a Kemper majority of 27625.
Reports from Havana note a reign of terror over Americans with executions tallied at fifty three, while fifty seven more were claimed but did not occur. Don Alphonso named Generalisimo of the Carlist forces. Ireland sees a massive Dublin pro home rule demonstration. A Spanish account of the Santiago executions describes a brutal marine court and a devotion to Cuba libre. Agricultural data shows slight corn and oats yield decline and 58,369 farms across the state.
Cable from Madrid dated November 25 reports a organized conspiracy likely to place Alfonso on the throne under Marshal Serrano with Castelar favoring pacific settlement. The note warns of war or dishonor for the United States amid Spanish political turmoil. Debts and growing worker peril also mentioned.
A historical column offers home remedies for cold feet stressing woolen stockings and calf skin boots, daily changes, and oiling. It advises cold water foot baths before bed and vigorous drying to improve circulation, head palpitations, and overall health.
The article notes extensive forest cuts in the Mississippi headwaters with 250 square miles felled last year. It cites Illinois experiments on tree planting costs from 40 to 190 dollars per acre and reports Nebraska landowners increasing tree cultivation amid regional deforestation in Western Canada. A Walter Scott quote underscores the need to plant.
The Commissioner of Statistics reports Minnesota 1872 acreage at 1,234,561 acres with a 21,882,192 bushel yield. Oats and corn total about 19,500,000 bushels. Wheat acreage for 1873 is 1,503,023, up about 19 percent.
The governor of New Jersey predicts a large future city near the Hudson west bank within 50 to 75 years. He notes 400000 residents within eighteen miles of the river, proposes uniting Jersey City area towns, and cites rapid real estate growth and railroads favoring a rival to New York for shipping Western produce.
The Hoosac tunnel in Massachusetts is nearly finished after about 12 million dollars spent. Construction began in 1850 and faced many delays. the four and three fourths mile bore is 24 feet wide and about 26 feet high. The project could redefine travel from Boston to Troy and provokes political debate on state ownership or leasing of rail lines.
In a French horticultural journal a writer describes baiting a barrel with tar and a light to lure insects. They strike the sides, become tarred, and fall to the bottom where they are destroyed. The method yields many cockchafers, using only a few pence of tar to control destructive larval pests.
A reflection argues it is wiser to yield some rights than to engage in endless bickering. It condemns perpetual disputes as undignified and promotes peace, noting true wisdom is pure and gentle before it becomes quarrelsome.
A humorous saying notes that men cope with trouble by drinking while women visit their mothers and drink tea, contrasting male and female reactions to adversity.
A St Louis Well Anger Company agent J N Watson was robbed and killed near Coll Spring Colorado after a 90 foot bore. Three men lured him to inspect the depth, then murdered him and disposed remains in the same well. The incident halted further lowering of the machine.
A curious mix of scientific notes on lightning lengths and audible distances, a 19th century lecture critique of rigid divorce laws, and a War Department budget outline. It cites Arago on Waterloo sounds, a New York lecture by Oakey Hall, a Paris bombardment anecdote, and a $56 million fiscal year estimate for a 37 000 strong army.
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