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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1882
Page
1
URIAH STROUPE attends all trains day and night with hacks ready to carry passengers to and from stations. Orders may be left at J. C. Mead's book store or at the Keystone House where a hack stands in waiting for service across the city.
Local business offers wood coal salt lime cement and plastering hair for sale. About 150 cards of second growth wood ready to deliver. Orders invited from customers.
Advertisement for Tunison's Maps and Charts offering a 36 page catalogue free. Address H. C. Tunison, Jacksonville Illinois or Columbus Ohio. Also promotes Cole's Carboni salve for burns and Hoosier Lifting Jack for wagons stating it is the wonder of the age.
Coughs and lung diseases are addressed with a free trial bottle offer at Eberhart & Co's drug store. The ad claims the remedy cures colds coughs consumption whooping cough and all lung diseases and invites readers to visit the store to obtain a test bottle.
Amacy Lex Co announces a summer teachers drill in Dixon from June 6 to August 25 1882 at Northern Illinois Normal School and Dixon Business College. Tuition 1 dollar weekly board 1.80 dollars weekly rooms 0.30 to 0.50 dollars weekly. James H Pauston superintendent invites inquiries with return stamps.
Notice details 140 acre parcel one mile west of Amboy Illinois on Sterling road with good fencing water and dwelling. Easy terms offered. Apply to Chas Dethloff Amboy Ill.
Mr JeA Rob bing visits with an iron lifting jack praised as ideal for lifting wagons buggies and any heavy object. He will stay about a week selling the device to local farmers and townspeople.
An old saying about finding an honest man with a lantern becomes a boast for Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic. It claims to cure all blood diseases, remove pimples, and quickly affect the liver and urinary organs. Sold for 50 cents a bottle at Eberhart & Co.
An assortment of advertisements notes Masury Railroad Paints as cheaper and durable. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil praised for throat ailments and burns. Burdock Blood Bitters promoted with health claims. Real estate, loans and wallpaper patterns listed with local contact in DixonIllinois. Includes sale of a Thoroughbred bull and seed corn.
Mrs Barnhart of Buffalo cured after twelve years of rheumatism by Thomas Eclectric Oil. Also listing Osage Plants at Appleford's agricultural warehouse Dixon and a New Lime Kiln for sale in Dixon Illinois with delivery options.
Farmers and lumber buyers urged to contact Fieroner Bros. for savings on sash doors and blinds. A. H. Tillson advertises top white lead and linseed oil at low prices, arguing now is a good time to paint. Dixon Illinois vendor note.
J W Thomas of Dixon Illinois represents The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York the world’s oldest and largest life insurer. The notice advertises agency services and invites inquiries.
An English Chatterbox subscription offer from Estes and Lauriat Boston promises 32 page monthly issues with 16 full page illustrations and a steel engraving for new subscribers for $1.00. Griggs glycerine salve advertised as a cure for cuts burns scalds wounds and skin eruptions priced at 25 cents sold by Eberhart and Co.
Gladstone's Change of Policy and The Assassination of the New Secretary of Ireland and his Assistant in Dublin are noted. The Land League Manifesto is also referenced as part of a broad week’s political developments and international tensions.
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