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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1889
Page
5
Quinine is recommended by doctors but onions are touted as the next best cure for chills. Other notes include the King of Bavaria earning 1 million dollars yearly from Hofbrauhaus profits and a Maine inventor marketing an asbestos kerosene labor saver device.
A sea turtle ten feet long and five feet wide, weighing 1000 pounds, was trapped off South Harwich on Cape Cod. Experts estimate the age at about 200 years with fore flippers spanning over ten feet. The nearby note recalls the first recorded continental lighthouse built at Boston harbor in 1716 funded by a penny per ton lighthouse tax.
MeEnNelik II, son of a beggar woman, ascends as king. He favors Europeans and seeks to introduce their arts, while showing a strong interest in machinery and implements of all kinds.
Report from Van Wert Ohio notes men at the fair biting lemons bought on the ground and enjoying the fruit. An aftertaste of rye spurred an investigation as three lemons allegedly felled a man, leaving him stiff as a mummy.
The article claims the new cruiser Vesuvius can dump about 1500 pounds of dynamite per minute on a target a mile away, making any city vulnerable to bombardment within thirty minutes by a fleet of such ships, likening its power to Pompeii's eruption.
Large waves of Chinese emigration reach South America but Ecuador prohibits Chinese immigration. Britain appears more welcoming, while British Columbia stands out as a rare exception openness.
Mr Monevre Conway is conducting personal investigations in Virginia for his historical biographical introduction to the volume of unpublished private letters of Washington edited for the Long Island Historical Society in Brooklyn. The work will critique existing traditions and is said to offer new insights on Washington’s early love affairs.
The piece recalls New York and Brooklyn reevaluating claims that imported sparrows killed caterpillars. It notes the 1888 blizzard nearly wiped them out and that their current numbers are small, suggesting impact on caterpillar control.
Purpres & Co deploys an immense hydraulic press in Pittsburgh to turn steel plates into railway ties at one per minute. The invention promises a perfect track for high speed and safety, citing European use but noting American fastening needs.
The article portrays Mark Twain living nine months of leisure, writing in summer and resting the rest of the year. His Hartford Connecticut home is a red brick Queen Anne villa with a grand first floor library. Twain is often found in an armchair by the window, smoke clouded, while Mrs. Clements cannot share his humor.
A Norfolk Terrace claim reveals Prince Lucien Bonaparte has inherited the entire estate of his late nephew Paul Amadeus Coutts Stuart, a fortune described as a windfall of 150000. The tale reads like a romance tracing links from Lucien’s ancestry to 19th century British society.
In the Olive Branch excerpt, a student named Benjamin reports a tramp in the hall who took the teacher's gold-headed parasol and left. The scene shows the teacher silencing motion and waiting five minutes before asking what was said.
A short poem recounts a child who climbs to a bedside prays for her sick mother and seeks divine comfort after the mother dies. The verse ends with the lesson that God comforts those who weep as the girl prays for guidance and strength.
Ten year old Charley and his baby sister Daisy walk in a pasture. A mad dog attacks. Charley blames himself but restrains the dog while Daisy runs for help. John the hired man arrives with an ax and ends the creature as Charley safely holds the dog. Philadelphia Press.
A columnist muses on boys dreaming of escaping home wrongs and the lure of distant lands. It contrasts romantic sea and frontier fantasies with reality, noting iron ships diminish romance and warning that no land of Way Off exists to retreat from life’s struggles. Texas Siftings.
Henry offends Clara s parents by praising her father at the Stock Yards provoking a family rift. Miss Porcine explains the quarrel stems from mamma misreading the remark about bristles and good sense. Chicago Herald notes a domestic contretemps in witty dialogue.
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