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Dixon Puts In First Electric Light and Sparks Community Debate
The Dixon Sun reports the electric light debut at the Planning Mill of George Fletcher with six lamps powered by a water-driven dynamo. It notes local reactions and discusses public belief versus demonstrated fact, canal schemes, Keeley motor hopes, and Dixon’s growth prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiess
George Fletcher
Godfrey & Steel
Plein’s
Turney & Hennessy’s
Petersberger’s
Austin Bros
Becker & Underwood
Hennepin Canal
Dixon
Rock River
the Sun
Springer
W. H. Benguard
United States Army
Hennepin
Illinois
Michigan
Mississippi River
Marais D’osier
Watertown
Rock Island
Michigan Canal
Maj
Benguard
Mr. Springer
Maj. Benyuard
Keeley
Michigan and Mississippi Canal
Hope
Printing House Square
Mount Copernicus
Moon
Earth
Tae Sun
Republican Party
Tae Suy
Tue Souy
Bis
George W. Cable
Dr Sevier
New Orleans
Thirteen Colonies
Edward Eggleston
Henry James
P. Langley
H. H. Boyesen
Uapar
Robert Grant
New York
Mediterranean
Ulysses
Garfield
Enginia
Europe
Silverado
Robert Louis Stevenson
England
John Burroughs
Dante
Alphonse Daudet
Charles Dudley Warner