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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1872
Page
2
A letter-like verse warns Zipy the cat may attack spring chicks after Love Puffy Allie Grey’s cat ate a chicken. Billy Jones is blamed for killing the cat and a fate feared for the chick farm. The narrator promises to guard Zip and prepare her for the coming brood.
A copper penny travels widely while a gold ducat pursues grand dreams. The penny enriches a beggar, aids a pilgrim, and helps free a prisoner in Jerusalem before crossing paths with fate and empire.
A magical penny changes hands from a sultan to an Emperor after battles and betrayals. The coin later reveals poison in a goblet, leading to the servant’s execution. The penny then is placed in the Emperor’s crown and is praised for saving lives and fortunes.
The McDonald boys killed a farm rooster after a lengthy, futile gun battle. Despite numerous shots and a hot revolver, the bird refused to die, finally meeting its end when a girl wrung its neck as the attackers pondered a new method.
The article explains why aquatic animals need more convex lenses and describes how different species adjust vision across air and water. It notes that vision is processed in the brain, not the eye, and contrasts insect eyes with vertebrate brains, mentioning specific brain structures and the surprising absence of a brain in some eyes.
An Ohio farmer argues deep plowing to ten inches plus subsoiling yields 25 to 50 percent more corn than shallow tilling, especially on well-drained land. He warns against overdeep plowing in first-year converts and notes longer blade greenness, durability, and better long-term soil performance.
A jumble of anecdotes and quips on hypocrisy, baldness, lodging, sea sickness, fashion, and social foibles. Characters range from a deacon to a beggar, with puns about shoes, noses, and aging, plus snippets on faith, politics, and curiosities.
House cleaners are advised to avoid sweeping the floor after lifting a dusty carpet. Instead first take a dust pan and fill it with moist earth from the garden or another source, then scatter to neutralize the dust.
Subscribers total $230000 for the new Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. A $100000 site has been purchased at Broad and Cherry streets to house the academy.
The piece reflects on farewell feelings and urges self care as the coach departs. It contrasts earnest parting words with jokes and advice while musing that personal self-control governs life’s benedictions and ills.
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