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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1882
Page
1
Readable bits show trains going east and west with times 8 30 pm 12 15 pm 12 15 pm 1 3 45 pm 2 25 pm 6 25 pm 7 09 am. Details unclear due to incomplete text.
A compilation of small ads and notices including sales offers for a residence and horse and buggy, corn business with scales and cribs, clothing and hats at Chas A Todd, hardware and building materials, and farm land for sale near Amboy. Also includes flowers for Decoration Day, a tonic promotion, paint pricing, and medical remedies with various local merchants cited.
A cyclone roared through Arkansas. Illinois pages detail weather, local commerce, and civic happenings. Reports cover economic shifts, new industries, and social events across Dixon, Sterling, Rock Island, Mendota, and nearby counties.
The Illinois Central Railroad offers round trip tickets to St Paul via Dubuque on the Flying Dutchman train along the Mississippi for health and pleasure seekers. Prospective travelers may obtain pamphlets and rate information from A. V. H. Carpenter of C M St Paul railways and W. C. Woolver agent of Illinois Central Railroad in Dixon Illinois.
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