Dixon Sun Oddities and Local Weddings in 1900s
Pedagogue Allen departs for the Oregon teachers' institute leaving his mother's chickens to forage at home. Miss Carrie Richard marries Prof. John A. Kitz of Kingsley Iowa at the Nachusa House in Dixon on the ninth. The Ogle County Institute thrives in Oregon with many youths in attendance and plans for a picnic. A Sunday trip to Eldena to see a sweetheart ends with a horse eating weeds. the lesson echoes watch as well as pray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Richard
Woosung
Nachusa House
Dixon
John A. Kitz
Kingsley
Iowa
Ogle County Institute
Oregon
Eldena
Dread of Death Cited by Medical Icons and Adventurers
Sir Lyon Playfair notes in a Forum letter that most eminent doctors, including Sir Benjamin Brodie and Sir Robert Christison, saw no cases of true fear of death. He recounts three friends—Livingstone, Rustem Pasha, and Sir Edward Bradford—who faced violent deaths with no fear, only curiosity or anger as they were mauled or devoured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon Playfair
Junius Henri Browne
University of Edinburg
England
Benjamin Brodie
Robert Christison
Livingstone
Rustem Pasha
London
Edward Bradford
Coal Mine Owners Cast Push To Lower Wages Cited as Barbarous
The argument for lower miner wages is deemed false as workers and families face starvation while coal buyers push prices. The piece notes miners’ pay raises coal prices for consumers and accuses mine owners and dealers of price-fixing to sustain large profits, calling the lockout barbarous tyranny.
Local Bargain Linen Yard Sale List Prices
An old advertisement lists yardage and fabric prices including 5,000 yards lawn at 3 cents per yard 8,000 yards Standard Calicos at 3 cents per yard 2,500 yards Toile Du Nord Seersuckers at 7 cents per yard 1,800 yards Fruit of Loom Bleached at 4 to 7 cents per yard 2,000 yards Standard Muslin at 6 cents per yard 1,000 rolls wallpaper at 3 cents per roll 150 pairs Ball's Corsets at 65 cents each.
Great Linen Sale Items and Prices
A dense list of linen and fabric bargains including Turkey Red Table Cloths, Indian Head Muslin, Men’s Neckties, Sample Gloves and Hose, White Shirts, Swiss Flouncing, Summer Silks, All Linen Damask and Towels. Multiple price points across dozens of items with half price offers on samples and a push to view goods on 5 10 and 25 cent counters.
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The
Dixon Sun
Woosungc
Allen
Teachers’ Institute
Coal Baron
Turkey
S.C. Austin & CO
Dixon, Illinois
Citizens OF
M. Cahill
Main Street
Freto
Rence
Brubaker & Carpenter’s
Galena Street
Dixon, Ills
Wiaitrie
C.gonnerman
Main and
Galena Sts
Dixon Ill
C. Connerman
D. Appleford
MAIN
J. Miller
T. J. Miller
East Main St
Dixon, Ill
Dimicks Block
Ciroicke
C.C. Godfrey
Main St
Learange
S. Rosenthal & Son
Poison
L.D. Pitcher
Paris
Champion
Ramsey
Whitely
Tiger & Thomas
Eagle
Evans & Brown
D. S. Horton
Troy
Newton & Spies
W. L. Foote
Gluottafa
Bamngo
Baldwin and Wright
Thomas Dolan
Merchant Taylor
Opera House
Calena Street
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