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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1889
Page
7
A verse laments diffuse news coverage and chores, urging concise modern reporting. It hints at indorsement by the door and the need for present tense clarity. The piece plays with rhythm and repetition to critique media prose.
A reflective verse on life's bliss found in pursuit not in current riches. It envisions hope as the true wealth guiding us through sunshine and sorrow toward what we wish to become tomorrow.
Two commercial travelers in Chicago consider advertising for board to escape hotel life. A quirky classified yields two replies. James Barclay visits a Michigan Avenue home and meets Susan Pedford and her brother Harry Bedford, leading to a life-changing outcome.
A New York Herald table compares public park acreage to population in cities across America and Europe. The piece then recounts a humorous travel anecdote about St Louis arrest rituals and a mishap aboard a river steamer involving abandoned trousers, a missing man and a tailor’s details.
A German land agent in Newton, Kansas, Schmidt, guided capitalists from New York and abroad across the prairies praising Kansas soil and climate. When asked what could not be grown, he claimed pumpkins cannot be raised because vines grow so fast they drag them along the ground. The tale remains visible in the land.
Mary Yountz a 12 year old girl suffers facial paralysis from three months of constant jaw use. Doctors say chewing gum caused nerve damage. her face twists and settles into a contorted state until family helps, with plasters and head bandage to align the jaw. Dr Hites leads treatment with slow improvement.
A new process to generate hydrogen for balloons uses heating slaked lime with powdered zinc in a cartridge. The apparatus yields enough gas to inflate an ordinary military balloon in three hours for safe transport.
A collection of jokes and light verse from a past issue, with puns about daily life, marriage, prohibition, and social quirks. It features brief exchanges, humorous lines, character sketches, and a short poem about a maiden seeking a husband.
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