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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1883
Page
4
A Denver Tribune poem extols advertising as the path to prosperity. A bragging advertiser boasts that bold, frequent promotion draws customers while a rival shop with no ads remains unseen. The piece asserts the business secret: if you have good wares you must advertise.
The article outlines a compact guide to creating living statue acts for church or charity events. It details makeup using velvet chalk, costuming with cotton sheets and simple undergarments, draping patterns, and staging with boxes and pedestals. Sample scenes include The Monumental Group and Simple Simon in the Art Gallery with diagrammed poses and props.
The article surveys white fish in Lake Erie and Lake Superior, noting averages of three and a half to fourteen pounds with rare giants up to twenty-five pounds. It cites lake herring under a pound on average, sturgeon around fifty pounds with exceptional catches, and catfish averaging twelve pounds but reaching fifty pounds or more.
An anecdote recalls the late Duke of Buccleuch stopping at a toll gate. The gate-keeper begs the toll and asks if the Duke’s arrival will be in a coach or on horseback. The Duke hints at testing the man by asking for change and mutters that he will not be tricked out of a few pence.
David Dudley Field is in his seventy ninth year and stands as the oldest practicing lawyer in the State of New York.
The article argues that trees near property lines drain roots and cast shade into neighbors’ land, harming crops and gardens. It cites apple and black walnut trees as examples and calls for legal amendments to address these boundary disputes.
The author compares Dutch street dress with London and Paris styles, praising a London blue coat boy as picturesque and historically accurate. He notes Amsterdam half orphan school costumes of black and red, and describes the Aan Spraaker bearer in 18th century black cloth, cocked hat, and silver buckles. George H. Boughton, in Harper's Magazine.
The law of Washington Territory requires every incorporated city or town to form a single school district and provide graded schools. Seattle, Olympia and other towns now building new school houses are preparing for grades as required.
Fragmentary lines describe exasperation after forgetting overshoes and returning for them. The tone hints at a tedious, perhaps humorous moment during a routine errand, reflecting common urban daily frustrations.
A reflective poem by Adam S. Cummings urging a new year’s motives to cultivate good deeds. It contrasts evil acts with harvest imagery, urging steady effort, positive growth, and a life that yields meaningful results when judged by the Angel Reapers.
Tinkey tests a fairy’s one‑wish rule with ice cream and outfits then tries for a million dollars. A sequence of misfires ends with a dramatic downfall as the fairy reappears, thumps him, and he ends back under the apple tree seeking shelter from a looming storm.
Mr. Cable, in The Century, discusses Creole identity as the French speaking native ruling class of Louisiana. He notes origins among French and Spanish descendants, social rank tied to mixing with enslaved people, and commerce broadening the term to objects and people alike.
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