Dixon Sun Publisher W M Kennedy
The Dixon Sun reports W M Kennedy as publisher based in Dixon Illinois with confirmation of the newspaper’s masthead details.
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1889
Page
6
Political and social notices from the era
Tawatros Doxnetty leaves politics while James Russell Lowe returns from England to spend the Boston winter. Veteran War Department clerk James Everyrts has served since 1829. Duke Tur of Sutherland owns 1 358 545 acres in England and 425 000 in America. William Buarkie endorses unhurried muscular exercise to prevent disease. Francis Murray cites 14 000 000 pledgers with 85 percent fidelity. The Fiftieth Congress ends March 3 at midnight. the Fifty first convenes in December 1889. The Mary J. Drexel Home and Mother House in Philadelphia is dedicated in memory of Francis M. Drexel's daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur Duke of Sutherland
England
Mary J. Drexel
Francis M. Drexel
Francis A. Drexel
J. D. Lankerau
Philadelphia
Philadelphia man owns unique Dickens manuscript
GrerceE W. Cullos of Philadelphia holds the original manuscript of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend, the only Dickens manuscript outside major collections besides a few short stories. Mr. Childs has refused $6,000 for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grercee W. Cullos
Philadelphia
Dickens
South Kensington Museum
Deaths and ages mark a rural New York village
In Webster County New York residents highlight extreme longevity. Thomas Donnelly aged 104 and his wife 92 live there. Granny Eagan recently died at 107. Mr and Mrs Madden, also locals, are each 100 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster County
New York
Thomas Donnelly
Eagan
Mrs. Madden
Brooklyn Grandniece of Pulaski Seeks Help to Return Home
Mme Josephine Svaffeznski Janetski, grandniece of Count Casimir Pulaski, living in Brooklyn with no support, abandoned a Congress claim for Pulaski’s Revolutionary War funds. She appeals for financial aid to return to her native land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Josephine Svaffeznski Janecki
Count Casimir Pulaski
Brooklyn
Congress
Count Pulaski
Georgia Firm Plans Massive Gold Dredging on Chestatee River
A Georgia company forms to dredge the Chestatee River bed for gold, aiming to remove 500 tons daily with an expensive dredging boat. After the Civil War a prior venture tried river flaming but failed due to high costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Chestattee
Dakota Population Growth and Land Wealth Totals
In eight years Dakota’s population rose from 135000 to over 600000, with natives forming three quarters. Most foreign residents are Scandinavians who become good citizens. Last year 1838142 acres of public land entered and 161664950 acres more were titled. Territory wealth is estimated at 320000000, excluding railroad property taxed on gross earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
United States
Russia
Alexander III
Gresser
Privy Council
Petersburg
Siberia
Gortschakoff
Czar
Peter the Great
England
Lincoln’s Field Inns
Courts
Vera Sassalic
Themperor
Empire
German Empire
Germany
Turkey
Stoves Prove Lifesaver for Northwest Soldiers
A wartime anecdote recalls the Fifteenth Infantry at a deserted New Mexico fort, where no nails were available to repair barracks in summer, yet 130 stoves arrived promptly from headquarters, illustrating the army’s generous, if impractical, provisioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Sam
Fifteenth Infantry
New Mexico
Department
Government seeks buffalo robe substitute for winter troop use
The Government struggles to supply winter gear for troops in Dakota and Montana as buffalo robes have disappeared from markets. Tests are underway using various furs combined with stout canvas to replace the robe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Montana
Europe funds South American meat trade expansion
European investments in South America enlarge harbors and build railroads to move cattle to seaports. The massive works at Buenos Aires have not yielded dividends yet and have drained gold from European centers, drawing U S gold as these projects approach full operation. This signals intense future competition for U S cattle and dressed meat producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Buenos Ayres
United States
Tyranny in Russia a Despotism and its Powers
A detailed 19th century survey portrays the Russian autocracy through the figure of Gresser the police head and the Czar’s unchecked control. It explains secret trials, vast imprisonments, and the administrative system, with anecdotes of surveillance, punishment, and the priest Ivan Cronstadtki's influence on the ruler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Philadelphia's modern Hercules George Sootman dazzles crowds
The Philadelphia strongman George Sootman, 6 ft 4 in, 273 pounds, wowed gymgoers on Arch Street by lifting a 100 lb dumbbell, carrying eight men on his back, pulling 2 000 lb, and lifting 3 300 lb while hugging a bear. He plans seven more feats to complete a twelve part display.
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Phladelphia
Hercules
George Sootman
Philadelphia
Sootman
Arch Street
Spotman
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William Buarkie
Francis Murray
Robert Garrett
Paterson
N. J
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Garrett
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Ivan Diyatin
University of Kharkoff
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Ivan of Cronstadt
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