Local Notes From Dixon Illinois January 17 1885
Jefferson Mechetn of Chicago visits family. The Last Loaf was a success at Hill's Hall last Friday. Geo G Rosbrook of Chicago visited townsfolk. Dr Henry took a Dison boy to Chicago for surgery as a Chicago surgeon removed a wood stick from his nose. Charles H Seifkin, who traveled in Germany last July, plans to return with his young wife.
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Harhon
Jefferson Mechetn
Chicago
Hill’s Hall
Douglass
Wyanell
John
Geo. G. Rosbrook
Henry
Thomas Dison
Charles H. Seifkin
Germany
Henry Sunday
Svuthe
Miss Rieger
Ashton
Nathan Peckham
Pawnee City
Nebraska
J. Q. Brown
New York
Dakota
Eugene Ostrander
Cldora
Spring Valley
Minn
Minnesota
Bol. Sanday
C. H. Qstrander
John Shank
Nachusa
Clinton Hall
Venilo
Geo. F. Anangst
George March
March
Ave Dudley
Smith
St. Peter's Church
Repars
James Pankhurst
E. D. Sawyer
Snowy roads and local notices mark a bustling community
The item notes ongoing lumber work and river crossings near ferries, social visits including Henry Sunday’s wedding party, and several residents planning moves or reporting crops. It lists weather, snow, and sleighing conditions, church interior work, health concerns, and river bridges with trade. It also records eight dayspedestrian race scores and continental contests with miles run by various champions.
A Husband and a Mule Fatality and a Widow’s Settlement
A Wakefield Starkey was killed crossing the International and Great Northern track when struck by a locomotive, the mule perishing as well. The widow, noted for harsh treatment of her husband, pursued damages but settled with a $3,000 check after a company official proposed mediation. She quipped she expected far less, while the official noted far larger typical settlements. The vignette, from Zezas Siftings, highlights differing viewpoints on the same event.
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Wakefield Starkey
Austin
International and Great Northern
Bem
Lin
Zezas Siftings
New Illuminating Gases From Civilized Chemistry
The Iron Age outlines the invention of metallic gas made in Liverpool. It yields six times the luminosity of old gas, is dry, odorless, and unaffected by cold. It can be piped long distances without condensing and remains bright after production. A New York company decomposes lime to produce hydrogen carbureted gas with 30 to 50 candle power.
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Liverpool
New York State
New York
Potatoes Found On Arizona Frontier Expedition
During a botanical tour of Mr. John G. Lemmon in the Arizona mountains near the Mexican border, two or three varieties of indigenous potatoes were discovered. They abounded in high meadow vales circled by peaks about 10,000 feet high, and reached walnut-sized dimensions.
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John G. Lemmon
Arizona
Am Budder Stepoff Johnson in the hall this evenin
The scene in a gathering as Brother Johnson faces a challenge to step forward for a possible medal amid a lively discussion on the age of the earth. The exchange includes humor and ribbing about knowledge and belief, highlighting tensions within the group.
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Budder Stepoff Johnson
Brother Johnson
Thas
America
Johnson
Brother Gardner
Nuffin
Bradder Johnson
Dan
Arguments Against Belief and Ignorance in Gardnerville
A narrator rails against shouting down debate with slurs and epithets. He warns that belief held with passion may be wrong and stresses that insult replaces facts, urging Bradder Johnson to step back and consider evidence before denying a fifty million year old world claim.
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Bradder Johnson
Deir
Gardnerville
Aboriginal Toilet On Sidewalk Earns Reporter Notation
A Virginia Chronicle report describes an Indian mother kneeling on planks to tailor a cast-off pair of blue overalls for her ten year old son. The father, in a faded dress coat and feathered plug hat, watches critically as the boy grins and the outfit nears completion.
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Virginia Chronicle
Curious Clock Reenacts Garfield Assassination in Wool Figures
A Middlebury jeweler built a cuckoo clock scene depicting President Garfield’s shooting. Wool figures show Garfield with Blaine, Guiteau, and a depot crowd. The hour-long vignette ends with a funeral priest and Guiteau on the gallows, then doors close. The three-minute display repeats hourly.
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Middlebury
Garfield
Blaine
Guiteaux
Guiteau
Why He Paid and Odd Dog Tales From Old Times
A Michigan man remembered by Free Press staff dodged a creditor by swapping a mock debt for a loan and a receipt. A black retriever in Oxford is said to be 31 years old, a remarkable canine age. A St. Louis dry goods store reports annual sales constant within 75 cents for thirteen years, inviting curious visitors.
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Free Press
St. Louis
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Dixon, Illinois
Sun-Beamys
James Sanburn
O'Leary
London
Rowell
Weston
Corkey
England
Brown
Hart
Murphy
Panchot
Hughes
Fitzgerald
Hazael
Madison Square Garden
R. Cordiner
Oxford
JOS. Stern’s
Calicos
Vyvluve
Im Dies
BOOTS
Allo
Jos. Stern
Holiday Presents
C. Connerman
Dixon
Illionis
Law
D. D. O’brien
E. O'Commere
O'Brien & O'Connell
Hine
Galena Street
John D. Crabtree
Opera House Block
Sheaxwwoon Dixon
Lou HH
Betres Dixon & Bethea
Office In Exchange Block
Sor
A.C. Bardwell
Union Block
Mainstreet Dixon
E¢ County
Isls
A. K. Trusdell
Dixon Nation
Rak
Daniel B. McKenney
Justice of the Peace
Main Street
Ove Rosenthal
Lycoming Fire Inference Company
F Muncy Penna
Hedircine
CS C.chant
Pavsictam Fanp Scroeony Dixon
Lilinets
Office
Pinckney
H J. Brooks
Offce
Galena St
Todd
Proma and
6Th Sts
Davidh Law
Kme
Lena Street
Tulsco
Wdover
Everett
Ofice
DR. CG. W. J. Brown
Pavlician
Surg Ron
Ofice Over Petersberger’s
Edsall Place
Heanspin
Seventh 8
G. A. Bardwell
Hegeri
Diu
Madison
Isaac Mean
Blackman
Homaopathic
Morris & Son
K Co
O.everett & Son
A. A. Tilison
Fact
O. Everett
M.everett
Harriett Garrison
M. D
Nachusa House
Galens Street
Vixon
Hilnels
Wynn H. E. Paine
Wynn & Paine
Sud
Malo Street
Wyoo
Thirstreet de
Payne
South Universalist Church
Chas. J. Turney
Belfast
Kenna Veterinary College
Lee County National Bank
Jason C. Ayres
Jamun A. HaWwLey
Dixon National Bank
Uirectoks Daeov O. Agnes, Thekom Cummis
J. Kh FoxeAor A.C Waarsxe
Jaamkr A Mawiy
Vixon, Lllings
Joe
Kiin
CAF N.1
Lee County
John V. Thomas
Iusuramce A
Utice
Io Opera House
Tad Tioo
Washington House
Main
Ottawa Streets
H. Remaeus
Keystone House
Main and
Galena Streets
Vixon, Ilis
Mra. &. Brautigum
Samuel J. Howe
Ted P
G. KR. Chatters
Ashtona
Lil
Alexander & Howell
Foreige
Guelena Street
Riverarubird
Lis
J. H. Morris & Son
West Side
Jan W. Urwis
Albart
Jobabudd
Lewis & Johnson
Laswis
Court House Square
Dixon, Llinois
James H. Preston
Schouls
Amboy
Til
Dixon Marble Works
W. Latimer
Ceater
F. F. Dixon Knight
Don
Case Main Street
H. J. Drewman
Galeos St
Pixon
D. W. McKenner
Hacestr Livery Stable
D. W. McKenney &Oe
Waterstreet
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