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Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1872

Page

4

Spring's Banquet In The Meadows And Woods

A lyrical tribute to spring describes crocus cups violets and dandelions as the season's feast. It portrays blossoms birds and colors in a festive invitation that ends with a playful warning that spring lures us out then leaves us hungry yet invites all to celebrate the season.

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Return of Sylvia Dare Sparks Baybrook Inquest and Tragedy

Sylvia Dare returns to Bayberry Brook after years away stirring village gossip. In the baptismal day drama she meets her past love Phil Thorpe and his fiancée Mary, leading to Sylvia's despair and a fatal plunge in Bayberry Brook. Her death is ruled a peaceful baptism of death, and she is buried near the brook while the town mourns and remembers.

Sylvia Dare Baybrook Mis’ Wilder Mis’ Philbrick Hopsy Pris Hepsy Sylvia Phil Thorpe York Miss Dare Jehiel Forbes Sylvie Jehiel Miss Dave Jebiel Miss Clark Mr. Clark Cretur Mrss Philbrick Squire Welch Bayberry Phil Orsta John Wesley New England Philip Thorpe Philip Mary Allen Quinn Allen Mary Bayberry Brook Tom Orphan

European Gossip and World News Notes

European royalty travels and experiments stir interest. Empress of Brazil home after Europe trip. William of Prussia seen in Berlin with plain carriage. Gravity tests planned in Mount Denis tunnel. Cuban sugar exports fall in 1871 vs 1870. Turkish sultan to revisit Europe. New Zealand mutton cheap. Moscow supports female physicians. English inventor offers premium for a compressed air coal cutter. Baron Liepíc discusses America. Levy describes extraordinary sensory perceptions amid reflections on schools and republics.

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