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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1882
Page
4
Chicago put its cable cars into successful operation on State street on Saturday. A baby in Ohio fed elephant milk gained twenty pounds in one week, the baby elephant. An Irish attorney quips about a court point. The London Truth denies the Queen plans to publish an interesting volume.
The passage lists six unhealthy cities including St. Petersburg and Charleston, comments on flour barrels holding 588 990 silver dollars, notes a federal apportionment shift favoring New York and Pennsylvania over Illinois, reports a $3 5 million St Lawrence tunnel contract in Montreal, mocks Oscar Wilde, and mentions bronze medals struck in St Louis for Grant phalanx at Chicago convention.
After abolition of the franking privilege some congressmen push to reestablish it. Logan's bill would send official mail by signatures without extra postage, a step toward restoring the original privilege that faced public protest.
From the Den ver Tribune a primer lesson notes a Greenbacker troubled by the national debt grieving over one billion dollars while a nearby grocer fears only a dollar and forty cents owed. The piece contrasts national finance with everyday debt in a flash of satirical tone.
The Illinois State Grange of Patrons of Husbandry held its annual 1882 meeting at Mattoon from the 17th to the 19th. Resolutions supported the Hennepin canal project and expansion of the Illinois canal by the national government. They backed regulating interstate freight charges by federal law and a graduated income tax to fund government. By-laws were amended to allow each local grange a state grange representative instead of a single county representative.
The piece quotes Gath criticizing the legal profession for its mixed stance on Guiteau. It depicts lawyers as focusing on technical matters and wealth, labeling Guiteau a fraud who calls himself lawyer theologian and politician. Some lawyers would defend him for money yet oppose capital punishment, while others support hanging him.
The passage critiques editorial dependence on financial backers and stock speculators. It argues that European papers show more independence while American editors often yield to politicians or investors, compromising public interest. It cites Rome and London examples and laments local press domination.
The will of James H. Knowlton of Wheaton was presented and admitted to probate in Chicago last week. The document quotes his plea about laboring for others, illness, and a request that no prayer or sermon be given at his interment by believers in a just God who allows suffering.
Mr Farwell of Illinois backs printing pensioner names for public posting as a cheap reform. The current Pensions Commissioner favors hiring 400 to 500 clerks for years to audit each pensioner. Congress may adopt Farwell method as it would mobilize citizens as detectives against fraud and save money.
A quoted review notes a minister from Bloomington found guilty of various sins and questions ministerial danger. The Atlantic Monthly article Studies in the South is cited with racist language and a plantation scene where a slave woman leaves with a baby while a shooter asks about “game.” The excerpt includes anti preacher rhetoric and an objection to ministers.
The Chicago uproar over the state supreme court ruling that Cook County probate court is unconstitutional arises from a legislature passed act framed as a general law. Critics argue the ordinance effectively establishes a county specific probate court, challenging its broad legality.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled a law creating probate courts in counties with 100000 inhabitants was special legislation. Cook County alone met the size. The decision voids five years of probate court proceedings involving about ten million in property and leaves uncertain if any remedy exists.
The article extols vaccination against smallpox and urges regular reimmunization, citing lower death rates post vaccination. It also discusses a vast population movement to America, predicting rapid urban growth and development in central regions, contrasting barbarian invasions with a peaceful, cultivated migration creating new cities and industries.
The Chicago Tribune notes 719 000 immigrants arrived last year and The Sun predicts over 1 000 000 from foreign nations this year led by Germany. With natural increase doubling every 25 years the U S population could reach 160 000 000 by 1911. Europe’s population growth remains rapid, England doubling about every fifty years and many continental states taking longer.
The piece praises Col. Ingersoll for his eloquent remarks on death. It quotes his reflections from Washington, noting his view that death may end life, the mystery beyond, and the contrast between divine wisdom and human suffering. He questions the justice and purpose of life and ponders mortality’s appeal of rest.
A Rochester woman reports her father’s marked recovery from a long illness she calls incurable after using Hop Bitters. Her daughter notes the Bitters substantially improved his condition and praises the product.
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