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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1889
Page
4
The Dixon Sun announces publication as a weekly newspaper in Dixon Illinois with a price of two dollars per year in advance and a dateline of December 18 1889 indicating the issue date and local circulation.
After nearly four months five defendants in the Cronin murder case are found guilty on multiple counts with Beggs acquitted. The verdict, reached after a long jury process and bribe exposure, leaves Burke Coughlin and Sullivan sentenced to life and Kunze to three years. The piece notes the trial's significance in American jurisprudence and hints at possible confessions from the arch instigator.
Last Thursday Chicago held a pivotal election for a nine member board of public works trustees to oversee a project costing at least 25 million dollars and employing 10 000 workers. Both major parties dispatched five candidates each in a bid to gain control through patronage.
If Grover Cleveland seeks another presidential run with the election near, Republicans savage his Boston speech on ballot reform as illogical and lacking courtesy. They fear his candidacy and complain he means what he says about practical reform of election abuses.
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