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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1882
Page
2
The Providence Journal recounts how editor Jim True tricks a farmer with a wager over the newspaper’s content. The farmer bets on the editor admitting readers ignore lines. The editor prints two lines about James True and a sales boast, prompting neighbors to read and a playful outcome.
A tall tale from Harpers Bazar recounts Isham Coombs courting Salindy Ann under Mammy Isabel a feared witch oman. He seeks her hand, is mocked by the elder, is trapped in a moonlit serenade and devoured by Mammy Isabels grim verdict and a white form.
A New Jersey Times report describes Allen J. Cuming dying after a rose thorn scratch on April 30 led to infection and blood poisoning. Despite surgery and treatment, erysipelas, abscesses, pneumonia, and pleurisy followed, with physicians unsure if the thorn was the sole cause. A cynical adage about women viewing themselves in mirrors contrasts with men studying their noses.
Reports from Pittsfield and Mount Vernon describe deaths and violent acts. A two month old dies in a wrap near Pittsfield. a City Marshal, Robert A. Smith, fatally shoots Charley W. Yost in Mount Vernon and flees before capture. A Denison blowout and theft in Decatur are noted. Other items include forgery charges against John B. Murray and a Belleville saloon keeper's suicide. A horse thief, Lizzie Barton, is confined after an escape attempt. An Ohio River drowning and a bath tub accident in Orchard Iowa claim casualties.
The Auditor presents the fourteenth annual Illinois life and accident insurers report. Admitted assets total 436,154,029.98 with liabilities 386,819,658.30 and a surplus of 49,334,?1.68. Premiums reach 57,952,105.11 while losses and endowments total 31,879,036.72. Policies issued 109,539 and new insurance 226,341,606.51. in force 674,402 policies totaling 1,549,588,964.31. Net assets stand at 428,109,736.66, or 27,638 percent of risk. Illinois issued 7,877 policies in 1831 covering 20,484,205.37 value. statewide premiums paid 2,970,679.76 and losses 1,723,353.64.
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