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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1883
Page
8
Reports of bromide mix up causing death, a Bloomington youth's self inflicted suicide, and a Carbondale murder follow a string of Illinois incidents. Other items note cattle disease, defalcations, rail and railway news, fires, a major walnut tree harvest, medical society meetings, emigration patterns, and postal figures.
The Illinois Senate and House adjourned multiple times amid quorum issues and political fights. Bills moved include taxation, state buildings, pension provisions, and the General Appropriation bill with limited progress.
The Iowa State Keaister warns against selling potatoes exposed to sun, detailing solanine levels rise with light exposure. Grocers selling sunlit potatoes risk indictments for selling unhealthy food, though the piece notes lawyers alone may escape fault.
A long tract extols the discovery of disease causing germs and their pervasive presence in air, food, and bodies. It credits Pasteur and Koch, cites global deaths from germs, and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption, scrofula, and numerous chronic diseases, with related remedies.
Lobster prices have dropped from a peak of twenty five cents per pound in March to fifteen cents with further declines likely this summer. An expert notes annual catches now only about forty percent of a decade ago while demand rises, aided by Coney Island resorts. Overfishing and lack of regional law enforcement threaten future supply with Maine still the main source year round. New York trade moved 2,330,000 pounds in 1880.
The Chicago Journal notes cedar is supplanting black walnut for fine house finishes and rising in value nationwide. Demand has increased cedar's worth in both Northern and Southern states as forests look up.
A young woman from inland country, at the West Cornwall railroad station, attempted to enter a car through a window. She had never seen a railroad train before and believed that was the proper way to board. The scene puzzled travelers.
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