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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1888
Page
7
A short verse inscribes a plea for freedom of skies and conscience. It laments serfdom and creedal servitude, calls for spiritual liberty, and envisions emancipation from tyranny and greed. The piece closes with a geographic tag Semanks Iowa 83.
In a Western village, Madge Morley climbs a cherry tree to reach fruit and falls into the arms of Lee Barnard, a visitor who rescues her. Her father Thomas Morley, a famed "man chaser," initially frets over who may court his daughters but accepts Barnard after the rescue. The match unfolds as Madge and Barnard declare love, ending the elder Morley’s single-woman rule.
A Boston group of six married businessmen plotted weekly dinners at Taft's on Point Shirley, but their wives discovered the plot when a button led to a kitchen-table sting. The six men were surprised by six wives arriving with a duplicate dinner and a $120 bill paid without complaint.
A vivid portrait of a gaunt beggar with a military air who stalks along a country road. He discusses poets like Shelley Keats and Shakespeare, slipping books into his ragged coat as he borrows and returns them, his smile hinting at mortality as he recites verses. The encounters reveal a curious blend of charm, wit, and quiet decline.
A medical student recounts overcrowded classes and crowded amphitheaters at a major medical college. He notes scarce personal access to professors and paying five dollars for a salts prescription after gastric distress. Also mentions Ferdinand of Bulgaria with the nickname Fer dinand the Silken.
The ad urges readers to try Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for consumption in early stages after other remedies fail. It claims thousands cured and encourages a renewed life, while noting it is not a miracle cure. It includes a stray question about whether political soft soap is made from campaign lies.
Advert provides Scott's Emulsion claiming quick relief and lasting benefit for consumption scrofula bronchitis and debility. A testimonial from Dr W A Hullbert endorses its palatability and effectiveness in children. The ad promotes B F Johnson & Co Richmond Virginia agents boasting high daily earnings and urges readers to contact them.
This adv describes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for seasonal fatigue. It claims the medicine purifies and enriches the blood, clears the head, boosts appetite, steadies nerves, and restores strength and vigor throughout the body.
G F Jackson of Roxbury Station Conn reports improved appetite sleep and relief from pains after using Hood's Sarsaparilla described as a spring tonic by C Parmelee of Brooklyn and Hood & Co Lowell Mass. Priced at one dollar for 100 doses or six for five dollars.
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