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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1883
Page
3
A poetic tribute greets the incoming year, reflecting on the old year’s memory and the new year’s promise. It speaks of joy and tears left behind, hope arising from rain and rainbow skies, and a cautious welcome to the coming twelve months.
Theo Clyde buys a dress and groceries for a poor traveler on New Year's Eve. A mysterious box arrives containing a full feast, revealed later to be from Cousin Tom after a snowy delay. The reunion ends with a ring and a hopeful future as Theo and Tom acknowledge their feelings.
Utica Herald replies to criticism over rehistoric inscriptions on the Oriskany monument noting the memorial honors the dead not the living. It supports the Oneida Historical Society for preserving spelling as used by educated Mohawk Valley classes a century ago.
A New York club named the Titans bars entrants under six feet four inches, enforcing a strict height standard for admission. The policy highlights exclusive access based on physical measure.
Emma Bond testifies in the Montgomery Pettis and Giemens trial detailing the assault at the Montgomery school house. She describes a chloroformed, nine cut attack, being lifted to a loft, and identifies John C. Montgomery as one assailant. She recovers and testifies with her mother and sister present.
Ottawa dispatches state a vast gold discovery has been found a mile north of Redmore. The surface ore is copper yielding 160 pounds per ton, with gold beneath. Bonanza expectations rise as details reach newspapers.
Dr. Robert E. Douglass of Stony Creek Washtenaw County pleaded guilty to forging pension papers and was sentenced to four years at the Detroit House of Correction.
A heated Democratic primary in New Orleans ends with three men dead and a dozen wounded during a riot at a Seventh Ward polling place. Captain Fortier, Gus Renaud, and Masson die from gunfire amid crowd panic after provocations and a burst of shots. Sheriff Brewster and several others are wounded. warrants are issued for rioters.
Bradstreet's reports 249 business failures in the past week across the United States, up 3 from the prior week and 84 more than 1881. Most failures involved small traders with under 5000 capital. regional counts show shifts across Middle New England Southern Western Pacific and Canada totals 32 with a net weekly rise.
A late night riot in Kensington saw about three hundred roughs attack the Salvation Army barracks at Fifth and Berks. The assault demolished part of the barracks, police fired to quell the mob, and after a second volley the attackers were routed with arrests and injuries reported.
In Baltimore on Thursday night Dr J H Zuckertort world chess champion was defeated by A G Sellman city champion. The game ran from five to 9 45 with Sellman winning on the forty first move as Zuckertort resigned his queen. An immense audience witnessed the contest. A second game is set for Friday next.
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