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Local News Digest from Dixon January 9 1889
Chicago reform pushes expose gambling dens as infanticide scandals shock city The Dixon Sun reports on local Woodmen of America install and farmers institute planning, county court cases and a Ferguson carriage works fire loss plus civic debates on Sabbath closing and a new Dixon water works outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ County Institute
Dixon
E. W. Smith
C. H. Hughes
J. W. Crawford
S. H. Bethea
J. L. Lord
W. A. Judd
E. H. Groh
A. G. Judd
H. Bethea
D. B. Raymond
George Smith
Josiah Buffet
Walter Merriman
A. K. Trusdell
A. C. Bardwell
Institute
F. H. Gaffney
Diatheria
Chicago Carriage Works
Hammond
Ind
Gaffney
Oil Department
T He Company
Lee County Recorder’s
Chicago, Danville and Northwestern Railroad Company
Danville
Lee County
Freeport
McNulta
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Northwestern
Iowa
Minnesota
Citizens’ Association
Gen. McNulta