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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1882
Page
3
A poem laments a mother death with images of snow and home vanished. The speaker recalls her care, lost bloom, and angelic rest while guiding children through memory and mourning. The verse blends seasonal motifs with spiritual solace, urging preservation of love and family.
The Whirligig Club boys ride at night to the railway crossing and stumble on a rockblock on the track. Johnny crosses the trestle on boards to signal the approaching express with fire, sparing passengers from disaster. He is injured but praised by engineers and passengers, and later receives a silver cup tribute from grateful travelers.
From the edge of the 1872 crater a threefold cone arrangement is seen with a lava tunnel cave containing a glistening stalactite and stalagmite forest. The cave walls show colors from bird's egg blue to reddish brown while a hot air plume and hydrochloric vapor hinder entry. The author retrieved about thirty stalactites to Naples for preservation, noting their deliquescent nature and chemical composition of chlorides and sulfates.
A letter addressed to gin o shed mastusit in Champlain New York was forwarded by a sharp witted clerk to Indian Orchard Massachusetts and found its owner.
London Truth argues six murderers could have planned the Dublin killing by choosing a driver and car, watching victims, then fleeing by circuitous routes. It suggests the group would burn stained clothes and vanish to America, noting how careful plans hinder police pursuit and leave no obvious clues.
A New Haven Register mockingly portrays a family lamenting high prices for steak butter and lamb. They joke that amid silver dollars they eat money, imagining a meal consumed by finance rather than nourishment. The piece satirizes rising costs and consumer worry among households.
It Do es and It Don t. The Iowa State Register notes pays to be honest and at peace with neighbors and to practice practical thinking. It pays to improve stock quality, complete farm work on time, and maintain good credit for selling farm products. It pays to keep home cheerful. it don t pay to grumble, keep poor implements, hire ignorant hands, waste day in town, scold workers, keep poor stock, or run for unqualified office. It also cautions against bonds with town office holders and against stinginess or extravagance.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin cites J M Chapman of Chicago recommending testing sugar with muriate baryta to detect sulphuric acid. Dissolve baryta in water then mix with a sugar sample. clouding proves acid presence while remaining clear proves absence. It warns of diluted sulphuric acid as a dangerous poison.
Department of Agriculture reports oats show better condition and promising yields across most counties. Total area sown is larger than last season, with Southern Illinois expecting the highest per acre yields. Hay prospects are weak due to cold spring and heavy rain, with meadow acreage and yields declining in several divisions.
An elderly bachelor was found murdered in his Vienna area home after assailants tied him to a chair and burned him with a lamp before brutalizing him with an ax. Suspects Bridges, Sanders, and youths Church were under scrutiny as investigators moved through a string of county reports on fires, bonds, deaths, and local incidents.
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