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Newspaper

Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1889

Page

3

Tariff Reform Conference in Chicago Presses Free Trade

A diverse group from seventeen states met at Central Music Hall to advocate tariff reform and denounce protection. They heard President Cleveland's letter, elected J Sterling Morton as permanent chairman, and debated resolutions promoting free trade and a tariff for revenue with strong speeches by Henry George, J Sterling Morton, and others.

Chicago Central Music Hall Cleveland John 7. White American ‘Ableform League Assembly E. Kurcitt Smith Smith League Executive Mansion Washington, D. C John Z. White American ‘Tariff Reform League Dean Sr American Tariff Reform League Grover Cleveland Catlin Committee On Permanent Organization J. Sterling Morton Steppin Morton Unon Charles W. Deering Illinois Horace White New York Henry A. Robinson Michigan Enoch Harpole Kansas E. W. Judd Massachusetts W. Williams Indiana Jesse Metcalf Rhode Island RK. B. Kirkland Wisconsin Simon B Buckner Kentucky K. G. Harger Iowa Rk. M. Wilson Minnesota James D. Hancock Pennsylvania J. Lawrence Dunham Connecticut Harbert Boggs New Jersey J. Q. Smith Ohio Aretas W.thomas Texas Walter J. Page W. K. Thome Ilinois Charles K. Ladd Scheimers Canada Ladd Gov Buckner Washington Mr. Sherman John C. Calhoun Mr. Shearman Committee On George A. Clark United States Committee of Nine Vwlevo Henry George Brownlee Bowker Davis Hancock Bleike Lehman Hnally Byron G. Stout J. B. Jones Wilson Col. C Cameron Forrest Iroquois Club William Gleeson Hugh Pentecost Democratic Party Harrison Croasdale Winslow Wisconsin Tariff Reform League Galloway Boston W. Lehmann Des Moines J. K. Boyesen Clinton Rurbish Darrow Gen. Leib Mr. Field F. McDougal Handforth George Prines Trade Club of Ingland Codman Cobden Club J. 8. Burrows Nebraska Farmers’ National Alliance J. H. Raymond F Oster Dudley R. Rk. Bowker Henry W. Lamb United States Treasury Stout Hugh C. Pentecost David A. Wells Franklin Mc-Veagh Byron Stour EK. W. Judd Samuel E. Morse Eugene Wilson Palmer House Walter Newberry James B. Raymond Burritt Robert D. McFadon Chomen G. Stout Aretas W. Thomas Mexico Stuttering Joe San Marco Joe Mr. Morton Lewis Post Democratic Ag KR. R. Bowker New York Party Owen Lovejoy Princeton Ill Andrew Carnegie Atlantic Pacific Mississippi Sierras Oceans Continents Congress Italy

A Plea for Rugs in the Home

The article argues rugs are preferable to carpets for health and cost. Rugs are easier to clean and maintain, while fixed carpets collect more dirt. It advocates weekly rug beating, notes parquet floors reduce cost, and claims cheap rugs wear better than cheap carpets.

Longevity in Brain Workers Across Ages and Minds

An essay noting that intense mental labor correlates with longer life. It lists poets like Rogers and Hugo, philosophers and scientists such as Chevreul and Fontenelle, and figures like Hobbes and Harvey, giving ages from mid eighties to a century or more to illustrate longevity linked to intellectual effort.

Rogers Sophocles Calderon Juvenal Anacreon Voltaire Metastasio Euripides Gathe Klopstock Wieland Lamartine Beranger Victor Hugo Kied Dr. Heberden Sir T. Watson William Lawrence Rover- Collard William Harvey Schelling Cousin Plato

Illinois lawmakers debate bills on taxes and rights

The Illinois Senate and House consider a wide range of measures including coroner fee hikes, a legal fence standard, drainage legislation, and a ban on Sunday baseball. Amendments set four year terms for pension commissioners, and a proposed constitutional amendment outlines voting eligibility and residency for 1848 and naturalization precedents.

Senate Commission of Claims Oging Pinero Calhoun County James M. Hiock Illinois House Judiciary Committee House of Representatives General Assembly State of United States Fuite State Board of Agriculture Agricultural Commission Chicago Clevee Brokoski Newell Illinois River Committee On Leeper Hamer Gettysburg

Will You Send Up a Card in New York Exchange

A girl asks a Buffalo Bill cowboy if he will send up a card. He jokes about fashion and regaling himself, then proposes choosing a suit from a deck, asking which style is most genteel—he offers the whole deck for selection. The scene captures streetwise manners in a Western frontier social setting.

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