Dixon News Roundup Mixed with Local History and Development
The Dixon Sun recounts a string of incidents from a milk wagon accident to a Dixon House hotel history. It covers a Saturday School knife incident, a priestly funeral, street-post damage, a prominent Dixon pianist’s death, local rail supervision changes, a bankrupted boot shop, and a major block renovation plan with a new two story brick store front and extensive architectural details.
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Dixon
Frink & Walker
Rosenthal
Pete
Henry B. McKenney
Daniel
Trumbull
Washington
Silence
Issac S. Boardman
Galena Street
I. B. Countryman
Boardman
Old Shell
Tennyson
Ring out the old ring in the new
A brief cheer echoes as New Year celebrations replace the old year with hopes for better days. Citizens gather for community events at dusk, sharing resolutions and lighted displays across town venues.
Tus Sun Office Offers Business Stationery Services
All persons in business should use Envel opes Letter heads Bill Heads Note Heads Statements and Business Cards. Tus Sun Office is the place to go for this work it will be done neatly cheaply and promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed in every particular.
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Tus Sun Office
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Dixon Sun
Dixon, Illinois
Arthur Stanard
Orin Groat
Maytown
Stanard
Groat
Morrison
Anna T. Welty
David and
Seraphina Welty
Peoria Street
Miss Welty
Episcopal Church
John Wilkins
Second Street
Ottawa
Peoria
Dixon and
J. F. O. Smith
Prof. Smith
Norfolk
Virginia
Naval Post
Academy of Music
Heaton
Smith
Boston
United States Marine Hospital
Palmyra
Third Ward
Frank
A. C. Specht
John E. Moyer
Specht
Sterling
D. L. McKenzie
West Coloma
Rock Falls
Phoenix
Charles Murray
Galena
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Oak Park
W. A. Edwards
Minneapolis
Mr. Murray
Wheeler
New York
Galena and
Chicago Union Railroad
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Murray
Woodmen
J. C. Root
Echo
Order
Fulton
Elgin
Chicago Times
P. L. McKinnie
Moline
Root
Allie Parks
Parks
County Court
Lee County
Illinois
de Bonis
Thomas Boyd
Sarah Boyd
David H. Law
A. C. Bardwell
Criffiths & Williams
Main St
Dixon, Ll
Union Company
J. A. Campbell
Gen’l Agt
State of Illinois
Olas Epolines S
Charleys Hat Store
J. Brady
Main Street
South Side
Peoria St
Pratt
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van Epps
Theo
Cor Main & Hennepin Sts
Theo. McEller
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