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Dixon Sun in Dixon, Illinois

11 Dec 1889

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Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1889

Page

2

Illinois pensions list and state updates in brief

The notice lists numerous names granted original invalid, increase, restoration, and reissue pensions across Illinois towns including Arcola Girard Peoria Mascoutah and Chicago. Other items note the Illinois Humane Society results, railroad crossing decision, peddler licensing ruling, and agency appointments plus local civic actions and criminal cases.

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Illinois George W. Bushbey Arcola Thomas Warren Girard John Thompson Peoria Michael Schaninger Mascoutah Jonas Jones Roadhouse Thomas Ray Zif Charles H. Land Tuscola James H. Dyson Thompson Stephen D. Lethco Uteh John Leird Alto Pass Charles Wimpeny Joliet Adam Waldrop Palestine Joseph Crabb Astoria Frederick N. Hannant Og Henry Sharpe Chicago George B. Mills Nashville John Johnson Oblong Robert Kennedy Pana Willford Farris Belleville Green Pugh Patoka Hiram N. Kingsbury Flora William N. Butler Ratdolph George W. Fox Abingdon John N Gilbert Greene Bement Abraham Jerome Smith Bell Air Charles H. Bostick Clayton Benjamin F. Overturf Christopher Alfred H. Cobl John H. Atchison Walnut Hill Frederick Runge Blair August Seeger Union Hill Ernst Kurmerow Charles J. Allen Greenup Peter Leightey Vermont Jacob Bean Champaign Irvin C. Batson Carbondale Patrick Murphy Doddsville Thomas A. Spence Win Downey Shelterville John F. Sheridan Abraham Rich Fountain Blift Wm. C Canaday Huntersville John H. Curtis George W. Woods Windsor Win. Farnoff Friendsville John P. Seide Orangeville Erhard Mueller Patrick McKeever Watseka Bellett George W. Fields Hoosier Prairie Henry Minnick Paris William C. Howard Walnut Grove Kinard Lucius Crum Soldiers’ Home Quincy Charles Josenhaus Morris James 8 Grubb Thomas B. Pickering Willow Hill Christian Henry Hers Kirkwood Samuel Neely Easton Francis R. Gerobacher James Brandis Carmi Sarah K Levi Tanguay Pontiac Mary D William P. Snedecker McKean Jesse RK. Ralston Sciota
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Curious Old Clocks Showpiece Collection Described

A Philadelphia collector displays rare clocks from long vanished makers. The piece describes a 16th century cloister clock in French oak, a Chaumont Paris calendar clock, a lapis lazuli mosaic clock from the Russian exhibit, and an aged French boudoir clock likely from the Revolution era.

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George W. Childs Philadelphia Terest Chaumont Paris Swaim France Danton Robespierre Europe
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Letters From the Corners Journey to Mary Tabitha's Home

A humorous 1880 lodging tale recounts a rough trip from Cens to Mary Tabitha's. Willam Henery and Sally fear dampness while Smanthy’s family sends supplies. Delays at the depot force seven hours of waiting as improvised medicals promise cures for rumauz and a contract for payment. The narrator notes the widder, Willam Henery, and Sally’s courage and ends with Hester ANN Scooper.

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Norrie Kilkenny Mary Sally Willam Henery Smanthy Mary Tabithys Willam Henerys Widder Henery Anses Mary Tabithy Hester Ann Scooper
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Farmer Bell Embraces Compliments After Fifteen Years

In a domestic tale, Ezra Bell dismisses praise, yet his wife Miranda argues praise motivates family effort. After a tea party discussion about the Smith girls, Miranda insists relatives crave acknowledgment. Ezra begins to reflect and tries to adopt a theory that women value commendation, changing his behavior.

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Bell Ezra Miranda
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Jefferson Davis Dies After Illness at Home

New Orleans dispatch reports the death of Jefferson Davis on Friday morning after a severe illness. The former Confederate president, born June 8 1808 in Kentucky, led Mississippi politics, served as secretary of War, and headed the Confederacy from 1862 to 1865.

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New Orleans Jefferson Davis Davis Mr. Davis Fenner Payne Charlier and Bickham Taylor United States Polk Congress Mississippi Monterey Buena Vista Senate Franklin Pierce Richmond Irwinsville Fortress Monroe Horace Greeley Europe Memphis Tenn Beauvoir Lincoln
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Convict Brutality Reported From Louisiana Camp

William Miller, an ex convict, is hospitalized after severe flogging at Captain Shacher s camp in Catahoula parish. Surgeons say flesh torn from mid back to knees, sheets avoided contact with wound, wooden rack used. Miller says a fellow convict ordered 245 lashes for threats. He alleges widespread brutal beating of convicts.

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New Orleans William Miller Charity Hospital Shacher Catahoula Parish Miller Sanchez Sanchez Miller
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Affairs IN Gov. Fifer M. C. Quinn Highland Park Illinois Humane Society Chicago & Calumet Terminal Railway Company Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners Springfield Jane Martin Porter Noble Cook DuPege Lake Counties Boone, Carroll DeKalb Jo Daviess Kane Kendall, Lee McHenry Ogle Stephenson Whiteside Winnebago Fulton Hancock Henderson Henry Knox McDonough Mercer Putnam Rock Island Schuyler Stark Warren Grundy Kankekee LaSalle Livingston Logan McLean Marshall Mason Tazewell Will Woodford Clark Coles Cumberland DeWitt Douglas Edgar Ford Iroquois Macon Moultrie Pratt Shelby Vermillion Adams, Brown Calhoun Cass Greene Jersey Macoupin, Menard Montgomery Morgan, Pike, Sangamon Scott Counties Bond Clay Clinton Crawford Aig Williamson Counties Chicago and Southeastern Railroad Company Indiana State Line Thornton Cook County Illinois National Guard Association United States Army National Guard Crook Gaines Lawson Twenty-fifth Infantry Philip Reade Third Infantry W. V. Kennan Louis Greene Matthews National Guard of Soldiers’ Home Committee The Illinois G. A. R Illinois State Millers’ Association State Board of Pharmacy A. E. Ebert James B. Boyd L. C. Hogan Henry Smith Decatur W.C. Day Mary Schwambeck Albert Schwambeck Joliet Prison Waukegan Milwaukee Chicago Herald Richard Malhoek Kelaher Twelfth Street Rotterdam America George Wendell Mary Tabitha’s Farmer Bell
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