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Dated Dixon Sun notices on dairying and local life
Mr F A Truman visits Elgin dairy plant and discusses profits per cow while milk receipts run 60 000 pounds. Obituaries include Patrick McCann of Maytown and John K Robinson of Mendota. Social notes cover Miss Mabel McPherron’s party and Mrs Alonzo W Mead’s death after 75 years in Dixon. Teachers Association discusses school rules and geography in education. Local politics and farm institute previews weave through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Truman
Elgin
John Lord
C. H. Hughes
Dixon
Truman
Patrick McCann
Maytown
McCann
County Tyrone
Ireland
Mexico
The
Sun
John K. Robinson
Mendota
Melugin’s Grove
Robinson
E. B. Baker
Lee County
Father Dixon
Buffalo Grove
Melugin
Teachers’ Association
G. W. Berge
Maybank
Smith
America
Lancaster
Gaston
Quillan
Lee County Farmers’ Institute
Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company
Opera House
W. B. Page
Anglo Swiss Condensed Milk Factory
S. Wilcox
Ill
James H. Thompson
KK. C. Smith
Frank E. Stevens
Huron
Dakota
L. B. Neighbrrous
L. W. Mitchell
Woosung
Ills
S. G. Paddock
Princeton
Elis