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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1888
Page
1
Ads announce free oil paintings with purchases within six months. A 14 by 22 inch painting comes with twenty dollars in goods. a 28 by 42 inch painting with forty dollars. The notice invites readers to inspect the paintings and request a card to participate.
Fragmentary timetable lists east and west runs for I B Countryman and Co line and Illinois Central trains. Notes special dinner stops and freight car passenger service with odd times for Marsh'stown Sterling Pass Denver Amboy and other stations.
A local event invites residents to a Chinese cultural program at the Lutheran church on Tuesday night the 119th. Four native Chinamen will describe life in China with costumes curiosities and music followed by a Chinese Tea Party in the lower room with genuine tea ginger napkins and decorations. Admission 25c upper room 25c 15c for children.
The item lists C N W Railway excursion tickets to Chicago and Cincinnati for upcoming conventions with limited dates and returns. It notes local ads for goods and services, climate and market updates, obituaries, births, and community notices from Dixon Iowa Illinois area papers with names, places and events including auctions, real estate, and civic appointments.
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