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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1889
Page
7
Chicago moves toward natural gas from Indiana to supplant coal and curb smoke. legal battles won, Rail line leadership debated, and Governor Fifer issues Thanksgiving proclamation as diverse Illinois concerns from pensions to a new racetrack arise.
Milkman Mertes testifies he saw two men drive to the Carlson cottage on May 4 one entering the house while the other waited in a buggy. He identifies John Kunze and Dan Coughlin as the men seen in association with O Sullivan and the Cronin murder proceedings.
Eva Katharine Clapp reviews the allure of Wagner and a new musical school versus comforting fireside harmony. The piece extols home music, morning laughter, canary songs, kettle hums, and a mother’s lullaby as the true, enduring melody of life in contrast to high art.
Two men in a hotel dining room observe a hungry man who orders fried perch broiled bass and then asks for more. They note his longing to eat after being away on a fishing expedition and the abundance in markets does not help him.
Quotation contrasts greed driven wisdom with a newborn’s instinctive strength, implying some claim sagacity from wealth while a child displays innate power from birth. The line suggests skepticism toward supposed insight gained through riches and points to raw potential in early life.
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