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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1889
Page
6
Senator McMillan of Michigan is noted for fine lunches and expensive wines while abstaining from inferior cigars. M Cortex, France’s Director of Posts and Telegraphs, reports experiments aimed at telephonic links between Paris and London.
A policy line notes importing a razor with a handle costs 15 percent less than one without a handle. The remark frames the broader view on government policy as frugal and practical.
A search pea dispatched to locate a child wandering from a Reno Nebraska home found the youngster several miles away in a thick sage brush thicket.
A bank cashier who refused to hand over cash during a holdup faced a fatal shooting. The assailant brandished a revolver, but the employee’s actions were deemed improper by some readers. Authorities have opened an investigation.
This item notes two interpretations of Oklahoma. It claims that in Indian tongue the name means Beautiful Land, while in English it equates to A Stampede of Idiots. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek line about paying and choosing.
Estimates put American tourists at risking a $40,000,000 European summer spend. The Indiana State Treasurer reveals only $10 in the treasury and requests a burglar-proof safe to guard against theft.
George Francis Train asserts he is not dead nor an asylum inmate but 100 years ahead of the world and liable to misunderstanding. He implies isolation and possible abuse due to his advanced views.
Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, a late Prohibition candidate for president, emphatically denies rumors of leaving the Prohibitionists for the Republican party. He asserts the Prohibition party is never in better condition.
Ten years after being dismissed from the railroad an Iowa tramp becomes the road’s superintendent. The former booting official now runs a restaurant and treats him to lunch, reflecting a full circle of roles and odd justice.
In the future every great iron-clad will have its suite consisting of two first class torpedo boats a fast gunboat ram generally towed and a very fast 200 ton turn about torpedo catcher fitted with the latest improvements for destroying torpedoes.
The government plans a roundabout reward for Kina Maraara of Samoa for bravery and care of sailors during the recent Apia harbor disaster. The idea of a suit of clothes as the proper token is mentioned as a possible option.
Henry Denison, a 25 year old New Englander, is described as the most influential foreigner at the Japanese court. He serves as adviser to the State Department in Tokyo and has been granted a fine house and court rank by the Mikado.
The Duke of Cambridge will unveil a monument in Brussels in June honoring officers of Wellington’s troops who died from wounds at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. In Arkansas City a dramatic chase story ends with journalist James Cox outrunning a cowboy to reach the telegraph office, the rider missing.
A fragment notes the date is barely visible on an old printed page with antique typography, far behind contemporary amateur printers in quality and clarity.
Rev. Dr. Brooks, a late Prohibition candidate for Vice President, rejects Easter calling it a relic of barbarism tied to pagan and Christian rites. He claims the festival was authorized neither and is unscriptural.
A Boston group forms the Nationalist club proposing sweeping public control of railroads telegraphs machine shops ships wharves groceries drugs and liquors. The piece also reviews William Dean Howells praised for his literary stature and describes a liquor stash unearthed in Gardiner Missouri hidden under a building foundation revealed by workmen.
The wife of Admiral Febiger recounts a family's tragedy from a Washington runaway accident. She once married Lieut Riley, a handsome Navy officer, in a grand society wedding. He sailed on the President and disappeared after leaving New York, leaving her a widow for fourteen years with only a son for company.
A lyric portrait portrays Pearl Eytinge as a dainty sweet girl who would rather wed a millionaire and ride in a gilded coach than care for simple pleasures. The verse frames her as a pure ingenue with a worldly wish to a life of luxury.
A doctor relates a tale of filial obedience that saves a boy named Jim from a harsh demand. Years later Paul Gerrett's dream to be a painter is rekindled by his sister Louise and Mme Teresa, leading to Rembrandt's emergence through patient perseverance and a portrait that softens his father Jacques Gerrett.
In a Leyden area hamlet near Leydendorup, Greta a seven year old girl helps her mother Teresa Herman with meals and visits elderly Mother Vander Hyden. Greta’s curiosity draws her to the Gerretts where Paul Gerrett secretly paints a portrait of the beloved child Gretchen, revealing her beauty.
Reverend Brown notes a flood of slang invading youth and sport, with terms like stand Sam stunner and mizzles. He cites harmless uses alongside objectionable words, urging readers to judge slang by its effects.
The dialogue frames a writer and friend discussing a prior story titled Evil Deeds. The author mentions the work has returned in some form, with the friend noting the unlucky nature of the title and its foreboding implication that misdeeds come back to haunt.
A long mock advisory letter urges Prince Abe to cultivate friendly diplomatic ties with Col. John C. New, editor of the Indianapolis Journal, advising him to subscribe and engage with the U. S. press. It recounts Col. New as a prudent, democratic figure and recounts a tale of poker stakes and a revolver warning to illustrate his caution under pressure.
Boston police arrest a burglar found beneath an India ink picture gravestone marked In memory of my father and mother. The suspect mutters about loving a homely girl while a contrived display raises questions about motive and context.
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