24 Jan 1883
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1883
Page
1
A vintage page lists mixed offers including a discount on Tue Sun with other periodicals at various prices. It invites an Illinois detective agency pickup, promotes Boots and Shoes bargains, groceries like New Family Mackerel and Roasted Coffee, and advertises Emmert Life Line mounting. Also notes Cole's Veterinary Car bolaalre for horses with price details.
A lengthy praise of The Complete Home by Mrs Julia McNair Wright highlighting its practical help for young housekeepers and mothers facing modern life challenges. The Elgin News quotation and Mrs Gleason as local agent are noted, with additional local notices and advertisements interspersed.
Advertisements for Ayer's Pills Griggs' Glycerine Salve and various winter goods sell stock at reduced prices. An Illinois Central Rail special Mardi Gras excursion from Dixon to New Orleans departs Jan 25 with round trip fares to Florida and Texas, limits on tickets and berths, and stopover rights.
An advert touts Higgins Pectoral Cough Syrup priced at 50 cents. The promotional note claims it provides relief for chest coughs and related symptoms, urging readers to buy now.
An old item promotes Dr. Bigelow's Positive Cure at Eberhart & Co. drug store claiming a cure for coughing. It also advertises trial bottles and a New Feed Mill opposite Becker Underwood's mill, plus Keyes & Chiverton photograph frames.
Rockford reports 203 telephones and notes Hazel Kirke on Saturday evening. Chas A Gardner, the German comedian, performs tomorrow at the opera house. Donavan's Tennesseeans play Friday February 2. The wife of Mr A Morse died Saturday night with funeral this afternoon. An oyster supper is planned at Nelson Station school on Saturday. Aurora faces two $5,000 suits over defective sidewalks. Lyons mill produced 1000 tons of paper with $100000 in sales. Polo merchants to close at eight on Saturdays. Grand Detour and flax factory suffer burst pipes from extreme cold. repair costs expected to be substantial.
Notices on recent marriage licenses for John W. Mans and Elizabeth Wolf, Albert H. Parks and Florence Gilbert. Reports cover civic events, theater notes on Hazel Kirke, fire alarms, a man found dead near Byron, and local industry, colleges, and public affairs in Whiteside, Ogle, and Lee counties.
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