Dixon Sun Publisher W. M. Kennedy
Local Dixon newspaper notes W M Kennedy serves as publisher for the Dixon Sun in Dixon Illinois with no further details provided.
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1889
Page
4
Local Dixon newspaper notes W M Kennedy serves as publisher for the Dixon Sun in Dixon Illinois with no further details provided.
A roundup of miscellaneous notes mentions 16 000 women in the English Liberal Association, Marytann’s factories employing 25 000 men and 1 500 can makers, a 140 pound meteorite found in Ellsworth Wisconsin, and Lorp Sackville slated as British Minister to Turkey. Other items include Williams College fundraising, Monterey coal mine reopening, Spain’s decline, Cuba travel caution, a historic birch rod, Canada England trade drop, Dr. Cuarto to St Petersburg, a Nebraska man’s mule bite death, a Missouri reporter injured, Johnny Martin’s marbles death, Roman street lighting discovery, a Washington warden, tar and feathers tale, and a San Luis church root disturbance from eucalyptus trees.
The notorious brigand Ho Ta Lao-no was captured and killed. He stood seven feet two inches tall and broad in proportion, and was implicated in numerous robberies and a large number of murders.
Captain Henry Jackson, Georata’s top attorney, reportedly earned about $75,000 in fees with regular retainers around $10,000 annually. He is said to have declined a $20,000 yearly offer to serve as counsel for an insurance firm in New York City.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that December 21 is commonly treated as the shortest daylight day, yet in strict fact the 22nd is equally short, challenging the usual consensus on year’s shortest interval of sunup to sundown.
The article notes a plan to form Waterbury County in Connecticut from the Sixth and Twentieth Senatorial Districts. It would include eighteen towns and total wealth of 22,458,093 dollars, with a new county government proposed and devoting funds to local development.
The article notes embossed silver and gold tones returning in style with parme a delicate walnut shade, infernal red vivid scarlet, and a gold thread necklace from a pendagat. Evening wear features peach blossom with a reddish tint while New York ladies pair Directoire gowns with chatelaine watches in colors Arr aEN perle mage.
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