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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1889
Page
1
An 19th century advertisement claims boils and skin eruptions prove the body needs a detox with Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. It asserts the product as the most reliable blood medicine and urges readers to ask their druggist for it and refuse alternatives.
The undersigned will sell at his farm six miles west of Dixon and seven miles east of Rock Falls on Monday December 9 1889 at noon. The catalog includes two horses fifty cattle forty five shoats and more. Cash under five hundred dollars credit ten months on larger sums with note and security. 7 percent discount for cash. No removal before settlement. Son Bearp Auctioneer Teeevee.
The Chicago and North Western and Union Pacific announce joint services. The Limited Fast Mail departs Chicago 10:30 P M to Portland in eighty two hours then to San Francisco in eighty five hours with sleeping cars. The Overland Express runs 10:30 P M Chicago to Portland in four days with coaches and colonist sleepers. The Denver Limited departs Chicago 5:80 P M to Denver in thirty eight hours with vestibuled cars and Pullman sleepers. Dining cars on all services.
The Dixon Sun reports a wide mix of classifieds and notices from real estate bargains and tonics to local infrastructure and personal updates. It notes property sales, construction plans, court dates, and community happenings around Dixon and surrounding towns with names like Tillson Hayden, Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic, and George Wiemer.
Mrs. O B Dodge visited Chicago last Saturday. Rock Falls organized an electric light company promising light power and heat soon. Daniel D Decker had a severe right wrist fracture after a fall from a tree while chasing chickens. He delayed treatment until this morning. fracture reduced by Dr Law.
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