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Dixon Sun July 4 1888 Senate River and Harbor bill fights at home
The Dixon Sun reports the Senate passed the River and Harbor bill with the Hennepin clause boosting appropriations to 22,474,783. It notes postmaster salary changes in Illinois, seed postage reform debates, security concerns about local tramps, a funeral procession for L. M. Rosebrook, and details a Dixon Business Men's Association meeting on advertising Dixon. It also covers Republican temperance clashes, campaign oratory in Dixon, and local editorials on party platforms and tariffs.
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Senate
L. M. Rosebrook
Harmon
Dixon
Palmyra
Rosebrook
Bright
Silas Ackert
New Hampshire
Mt. Washington
Illinois
Gap Grove
Lee County
Woosung
F. D. Rosebrook
Rock Fails
Andrew Ackert
Lucius Rosebrook
Ottumwa
Iowa
Hattie Williams
Manson
Emma Hawley
Swan
Dixon Business Men’s Association
O. B. Dodge
Estee
California
New National Committee
Perry H. Carson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C
Geo. R. Davis
Chicago
Springfield
J. S. Clarkson
St. John
Prohibition
Liquor Dealers
Harrison
Morton
Northwestern
Farrand
Republican Township Committee
Hallowell
Kansas
Assembly
Blaine
Andrew Jackson
Cleveland
Thurman
Cherokee
Crawford
Heermans
Virginia
Republican Party
H. D. Dement
the Sun
Palmer
Henry
S. H. Bethea
Bethea
Ephor Sun
J. H. Hallowell
Wichita
Daviess County
Mathiesen & Hegeler Zinc Company
la Salle
Galena
Missouri