Dixon Sun Highlights Illinois Legislature and Local Incidents
The Dixon Sun reports the Illinois legislature agenda including Chicago drainage, convict labor, revenue, and Crawford election laws. It notes Senate and House party splits, and Asa B. Matthews as House speaker selection. Also covered are the Paris C. Brown steamboat sinking with eleven deaths, Mrs. Shores burned in a coal fire, and delays in new postal cards reaching Dixon, plus a note on rising farm values near Dixon.
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Illinois
Chicago
Crawford
Mississippi
Paris C. Brown
New Orleans
Hermitage
New York Plans Electric Chair Executions
New York considers a rapid electric chair method removing gallows and last words. Reporters and public spectacle would be eliminated, with executions carried out quietly at a set time. Proponents say it spares reporters, avoids sensationalism, and makes capital punishment more humane and efficient.
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New York
Condensed milk plant eyed for Freeport discussion
At a Freeport Business Men's Association meeting last week the feasibility of a condensed milk factory here was discussed. A Mr. Rogers with an interest in locating such a plant in the northwest favored Freeport, estimating building and machinery costs around 50 000. Lack of capital and Rogers's drive to become manager likely reduce the chance of stock purchase by local neighbors. The talk underscored that dairy farmers can earn more from milk sales to factories than from land, as the industry grows toward the world’s largest condensed milk facility.
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Freeport
Illinois
West
la Salle
Bureau
New England
Joliet
Chicago
Prairies
Tariff Reform Notes and Rural Mortgage Woes
The Sun reports on the Massachusetts tariff reform meeting with President Cleveland’s letter, Secretary Fairchild, and Speaker Carlisle’s views urging tariff concessions. It also reviews county vital records and praises Dixon’s library, then analyzes Illinois farm mortgages rising 13 percent since 1881 and the toll of high taxes on farmers amid population shifts and farm consolidation.
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the Sun
Massachusetts
Tariff Reform League
Cleveland
Fairchild
Carlisle
Senate
Community Library Expansion Proposal Urges Public Support
The author urges city residents to unite for a library expansion by merging Hook and Ladder Company books with the Hose Company, boosting holdings by at least fifty percent, opening rooms, and adding magazines. They propose daily openings to raise the average weekly loan from about forty volumes to four hundred, acknowledging the need for funding as a long term investment in moral and intellectual education.
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the Sun
Dixon Hose Company
Dixon
Hennepin and
Second Streets
Hook and Ladder Company
Hose Company
Fair Associations Seek State Aid Reform
A proposed plan would base state aid to fair associations on 10 percent of premiums paid, rewarding larger contributors. Illinois farmers favor fairs as venues for farmers institutes and agricultural discussion to boost future results.
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Wisconsin
General Assembly
Illinois
Fair Associations
Farmers’ Institute
State plan to fund agricultural institute meetings discussed
The 10 per cent plan is proposed to raise funds for annual county institutes. C. A. Tatman secretary of Pratt County Agricultural Board urges county boards to consider the measure and send adopted resolutions to district Representatives and Senator, plus the State Board of Agriculture in Springfield-Chicago Journal.
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C. A. Tatman
Pratt County Agricultural Board
Secretary of State Board of Agriculture
Springfield
Chicago Journal
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Opera House
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Glultar
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W. Les Foote
Brubaker & Carpenter
Ingrain
Brubaker & Carpenter’s
Galena Street
Dixon, Ills
C. A. Ballou
Main Street
Dixon, Ill
Biorton' SS
Ctty
C.gonnerman
Main and
Galena Sts
Dixon Ill
C. Connerman
Olive Wels
County of
Lee
Lee County
Jacob H, Suoemaker
Rochester
McRoberts Electric
Yours Truly
D. S. Horton
Charley
L. D. Pitcher
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