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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1883
Page
6
An extended look at steel pen manufacture detailing blank shaping by presses, annealing, hardening, nib grinding, and slitting to produce forty six styles. Also a London Truth piece on Letitia’s celebrated waist and Mirza’s affectations highlighting social pressures on beauty.
A satirical portrait compares Miranda, Lesbia, and Nora focusing on arms feet and fashion. Miranda flaunts her arms and favors short sleeves while warning a husband about admiring other women. Lesbia intrigues with feet and high heels, interrupts conversations, and craves style. Nora stands quiet with strangers and lacks flamboyance.
The piece argues pedestrians trespass on railroad tracks despite warnings, noting laws in Europe and the lack of strict U S enforcement. It highlights dangers at shared depots and busy curves near factories, where workers trespass daily and accidents occur. It condemns running or jumping from moving trains as reckless and avoidable.
A Chicago News feature quotes a conductor’s view on the railroading life. Spotters hired by companies monitor conductors for fare theft and ticket fraud. Conductors may skim cash or resell unused tickets to scalpers, sometimes in secret partnerships, risking dismissal when caught by Pinkerton spotters.
In the Sand which Kent area near the Stour river mouth archaeologists uncover the half buried hull of a forty ton smuggling lugger. Wood shows petrifaction evidencing centuries underwater. Inside jars of antique shape decayed tobacco and a fourteen pound shot in the hull hint at contraband trade. A sealed jar preserves a strong liquor awaiting analysis.
Judge Rutherford of Paris Arkansas upheld a $1400 fine for selling brandy peaches without a license. A Alabama boy mistakenly given morphine survived after walking for twelve hours. London hotels expand as seven new 1000-bedroom houses rise. A pigeon beat a pony in a Bedworth England race. Josiah Keen found $85,000 in gold from a late benefactor’s hoard in Maine. Lucrative lamp expansion cautions from the New York Times. Porpoise, moonshine lore, and lunar visibility changes across Europe also feature. A North Carolina moonshiner tale describes a roadside exchange for illicit whisky. Defective hearing and teeth issues rising in US children spark caution against quack dentists. Harvey’s plum duff saga ends with improvised cooking aboard a ship.
Cleveland Herald describes three stages from rough stone to finished diamond. A steel circular saw with diamond dust shapes the stone, then a cutting table and wheel grind facets while diamond dust and water cool the edge. The final polishing uses a tin wheel with tripoli and rotten stone to finish all surfaces.
A downtown museum keeps six boa constrictors in one cage and other reptiles in two large cases. The keeper bathes each snake weekly in a warm tub, describing it as a careful, tender process. He explains snake behavior, feeding habits, and his own path from piano playing to animal handling.
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