Electric light on steamboats and varied 1882 notes
In the Dixon Sun dated June 21 1882 dispatches cover Mississippi steamer electric lighting adoption on over sixty boats, sorghum sugar costs, a Kansas editors excursion, concerns over Garfield Memorial Hospital funds, and humorous anecdotes from Weather Prophet Venor to a tale of Christiancy divorce and civil service reform debates.
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Mississippi River
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Washington
Venor
Civilizing Indians Through Roads and Homes Policy
The article argues that disarming Indians is only the first step toward civilization. It urges schoolmasters to replace hunting and gambling with road building, house construction, and tidy settlements on reservations, aiming to instill daily discipline and organized labor.
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Dixon Sun
W.™ M Kennedy
Dixon, Illinois
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Topeka
Weil
Illinois
Eg Smith
Ohio
Christiancy
E. C. Ingersoll
Peru
Ingersoll
United States Circuit Court
Kentucky
Congress
Brubaker
Carpenter
Hamburg
Rockford
GLOBE
Gossimer Coats
Dixon
Knight OF the Shears
F. F. Dixon
Geo. G. Rosbrook
CEO
Rosbrook
Main Street
Economist
Richmond
Madre
Wateville Cuttlery & Shears
Ceorce Dee
M. Cahill
G Smith
Dixon, Illinis
Oregin
Ogle & Lee Counties
T. J. Miller
Dixon, Ill
Connerman
RSEK
Ard Manufacnrer
Rattan
Chatra
LU Konds
Gonamewak
Doon
Tlie
Norris
Age
J. M. Caldwell
Chicago
J. O. Peck
D. D
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. J. Ingall
Stein
Milwaukee
Ross C. Houghton
D. C
Cleveland
Norris Scrap Cabinet Company
Randolph &T
Celiae@o, ILL
A. C. Specht
Burt Shoe
W. J. Carpenter
Ives Sie Aed
Lee County National Bank
Dixon, Ille
JOS. Stern’s
Adies
Fanagon
Newport
Jos. Stern
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