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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1873
Page
3
The piece surveys differing views on tobacco from Philip Gilbert Hamerton and a narrator who describes tobacco as both a stimulant and a narcotic. It notes moderate smoking can aid mental work yet hinder physical exertion and that effects vary by individual, with medical opinions widely split. It also mentions a charity banquet raising about £200 after a club event.
The article urges brain workers to heed signs of mental overstrain as they fatigue from knee down and risk nervous collapse. It recommends rest and weeks of outdoor exercise to restore function, notes the danger of perpetual study and the need to educate the mind to endure care and study.
A London Freemasons lodge, the Great City, held a frugal banquet of bread cheese and ale instead of a lavish dinner. After the meal the worshipful master explained the lodge would give up one costly banquet costing between 50 and 60 pounds.
A student John skips class after being kept after school. He later writes a humorous composition on obedience that defines obedience and disobedience, including a note that he will never do it again. The teacher accepts the piece as a lesson learned.
A tattered bundle recovered in a Natal tree proves to be a Paris siege balloon carrying dispatches and letters from the Government of National Defense. The discovery raises questions about how the balloon traveled 5000 miles to the southern edge of Africa and whether contents affect the Bazaine trial.
A miscellany on Blarney Castle in Cork with its famous stone and legends. It notes Cromwell’s siege and rumored witches, then shifts to a satirical merchant warning about not advertising, followed by a detailed account of a lavish Chinese funeral rite in San Francisco with mourners, food, and ritual offerings.
A Boston correspondent details the Graphic's lithographic process from hand drawn sketches to glass negative, transfer paper, and stone printing. It explains camera use, sun or artificial light transfer, stone printing, and multiple presses with up to thirty thousand impressions per stone.
The Hoosac Tunnel, a major engineering achievement, was completed on Thanksgiving Day after twenty years of work costing about 12 million dollars. It will connect Deerfield and Hoosac valleys to tide water, creating a new Boston-to-Atlantic trade corridor. The Boston Jest notes the tunnel will enable continuous tides of commerce and serve as a road to the West for Prairie products to reach export markets.
The text notes that goods from Europe and outputs of New England will travel back along the same routes for distribution across the continent, reflecting a transatlantic flow of trade and production.
The fifth annual cat show at the Crystal Palace attracted a large fashionably dressed crowd, with 300 feline specimens on display. Mrs L Smith’s tortoiseshell cat won first prize, valued at £20, as judges praised the entries across 53 classes. Notable curiosities included a kitten named Sue acting as nurse to a bull-terrier pup Nell and a Siamese cat with a pup-like head.
The piece laments farmer hardship from low earnings and wagon driven life while condemning wealthier classes. It notes farmers should convene and pass resolutions, cites skilled workers fleeing to Europe after a national panic, and recalls William M Tweed as a former congressman later jailed.
A correspondent hails Italian rail stations as magnificent with frescoed waiting rooms and silk seats. He notes smooth beds, massive stone bridges, and uniformed staff, boasting four thousand miles of travel without delays and arguing Italy's system would outperform the New York Central if built there.
Samuel Bryan of Cadiz Ohio rose from drummer boy to clerk in Washington then to special commissioner in Japan. He organized a Japanese postal bureau and negotiated a treaty plan with the United States Britain France and Germany earning 6000 dollars per year with expenses and staff. He has completed his mission for the United States and sailed for Havre.
The New York World reports that after arriving at the penitentiary Tweed was immersed in a cold water bath. A chill followed and he was kept in his cell by the warden and physician. He soon developed diarrhea and was moved to the prison hospital where he improved slightly after late yesterday.
A total recap shows estimates for 1875 and 1874 by department. The 1875 total is 329,198,736.82 dollars with 308,323,256.27 dollars listed for 1874. Estimated appropriations for 1874 amount to 6,060,252.24 dollars.
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