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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1883
Page
2
The week brings prairie fires along the Blue Earth River in Minnesota burning hay and grain. a major snowstorm hits the East. the Kimball House in Atlanta collapses killing a man. a Pittsburgh teen takes arsenic. severe shipwrecks, rail accidents, and fires devastate multiple states.
Admiral Chrelanton of the United States Navy died at Morristown New Jersey on the 18th from heart disease. Andrew McLelan claimed to be 116 years old was married to Mrs Martha Wedison a widow of twenty seven years recently at Ruthwood South Carolina. The National League a secret orga
St Petersburg journals barred from war discussions with Germany. A Mexican rooftop tragedy kills a mother and child. A Canadian sailboat voyage ends in drownings. Executions and suicides occur in Russia while a Mexican clerk absconds with funds. Ireland limits gatherings. Winter snow hampers Lacan and Halifax. Winnipeg labor platform calls for reform. A Panama general strike hits wages.
News notes a double murder in Brookville L L Mrs Garret Maybee and her daughter Annie FE Maybee killed in their barn. husband blinded and beaten. The thief stole two watches and $100. Fire destroys seven tenements in South Chicago. Peter Moiitz perishes. The steamer SS H Parisot burns near Natchez with $200000 loss. one deck hand drowns and three passengers missing. Tlaxpam Mex cotton factory burns. five workers die. Jacob Neuina lynched at Oxford after conviction for Ada Atkinson murder. NJ Central depot fire at Communipaw destroys twenty box cars worth $125000. New standard of time adopted nationwide. Two Illinois Central passenger trains collide near Bradford Station. three killed. British steamers Condor and Hyme sink in storm. many lives lost. Kerr of Preston Kean & Co sentenced to ten years. Wolfville dykes breached. acres under water. Justice Harlan dissents in Civil Rights cases, criticizing the majority’s reasoning.
A passenger train on the Fox River branch of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad was telescoped by a freight train at Otter Creek near Streator Illinois. Six passengers were killed and twelve injured as the boiler exploded, with a rapid hospital response and a crowd gathering at the scene.
The Mount Deseret Railway survey from Bar Harbor to Green Mountain foot is complete. The route shows an excellent grade not exceeding 150 feet per mile and a 1000 foot natural opening through the mountain. Everything connected with the project is progressing satisfactorily and it is proposed to run the road by electricity.
A Toledo Blade excerpt compares modern American politicians to Cincinnatus who returned to plowing to show honesty and simple virtue. It notes how candidates stage humble farm scenes like pruning trees to win trust, while modern farms become wine shops and sidewalks fill with beggars.
Miss Belle Fisher expresses sorrow while Young James from Indiana recalls past rejections. He notes he often proposes before others are ready, but Miss Fisher remains assured this time. The scene ends with a light exchange about the pleasant afternoon.
A Santa Barbara collector stores multiple sets of false teeth exhumed from graves on the Santa Barbara Islands. Each piece is shell crafted to fit the upper mouth roof and can be adjusted outside the gums.
Police matrons have not been appointed for New York stations as Captains and Sergeants resist being bossed.
The Houston Post notes an audience at a Fort Worth, Texas theater set fire to the venue after a sensational play by firing pistols in celebration. The incident highlights risky postplay exuberance and public safety concerns.
The Washington Post reports that repairs to the White House have totaled 272000 dollars over thirteen years. The spending covers ongoing upkeep and modernization projects overseen by the federal maintenance office.
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