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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1872
Page
2
Poem extolling the heavenly city and eternal peace for believers. References the Seer of Patmos and prophetic vision of God dwelling with men. Imagery includes jasper walls pearl gates crystal river and the faithful as kings and priests.
A six-man party from Minnesota clashes with naked Osages over land claims along the Verdigree. Texican kills a rival in a rifle duel at twenty paces, but is fatally wounded, dying after urging surrender and cross-river burial for both combatants. The Osages honorably entomb the slain foe with the American, and both sides depart in mourning.
The plan would create a women’s college program costing $500 000. The piece also notes varied 19th century opinions on women’s roles, fashion, and public life, citing beekeeping earnings by Wisconsin women and dress reform ideas in Boston.
A malicious act in a pantomime left nearly twenty performers hoisted above the stage as ropes failed. Investigators found four of five strands cut in each rope, risking a forty foot fall and instant death or severe injury. The plot was narrowly thwarted by luck.
In Rutland county Vermont there are 20 mills with 200 saws gangs and about 50 idle gangs due to capital and payment issues. Active gangs saw 33,000 feet of marble every twelve hours totaling 9,900,000 feet yearly with an estimated 1.5 million dollars of marble sold annually.
A New England engineer dreamed one forward truck of his engine was cracked. He awoke with a premonition and checked the real engine, finding the truck exactly as in the dream, necessitating substitution of another engine for safety.
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