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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1882
Page
3
A poem from Mrs. E. O. Jewel in Cambridge extols a mother’s love as undying amid life’s trials. It reflects on memories, kindness rewarded, and the enduring banner of heaven, with imagery of harps, storms, and celestial signs never dying.
Sidney Dayre’s story follows Bill Ned and Sammy Brayton. They abandon farming for city fantasies, face poverty and trouble in New York, and are helped back by kindness from a farmer father and a forgiving mother on Thanksgiving.
The will of the late Mary M Perkins leaves property to her husband Ezra G Perkins though not named. John Hardy, claiming he is her lawful husband from a contested divorce, contends the estate should be divided between both men after the probate court ruled for split.
The London Echo recalls a Lincoln anecdote about a clergyman delegation asking if the Lord is on their side. Lincoln answered that his concern was not whether the Lord is on their side but that they are on the Lord’s side.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson has inherited four thousand dollars from a Memphis admirer of the Confederate general. The bequest to her poses as a clue to the admirer’s intent and adds a southern Revolutionary era name to a modern estate.
A compilation of brief notices on figures across the United States and Ireland. Highlights include Lt Cdr John G Thompson planning a naval memoir, Rev Leonard Withington aged 93, a proposed monument to Colonel W T Thompson in Georgia, Samuel Read of Watertown NY famed for 70 years of health, Nancy Lee of Lexington KY at 170, John B Gough canceling lectures due to illness, H W Garland of Cincinnati editor dying at thirty-two, Whittier Maud Muller pronunciation lore, Mrs Dwyer Gray of Dublin noted for romance and heroism in rescue at Ballyrock.
A humor filled collection of quirky clippings noting: rock salt formed inland rather than from sea water, a near miss with a falling baby, extravagant Austin gifts, protoplasm jokes, a desert-spoon hat miner, editors fumbling with scissors, an Irish shooting gag, and a wife guessing who in the street is not a flirt.
The table shows official returns for state offices with Hall the Greenback candidate for Secretary of State getting 13 402 votes and Brown the Prohibitionist receiving 9 460 votes.
News briefs report a Cairo barber William Allea suicide amid election stress. Thomas Foster elected president of Merchants National Bank at Galena replacing the late Captain Augustus Estey. Mollie Hobbs suit against Litchfield dismissed. State sheep count down 35 902 from 1881. Lexington flour mill destroyed by fire, loss six thousand, insurance two thousand. A Chinese dwarf in Chicago sparked protest after a New York visit due to priest’s refusal to unite couple. E H Wise named postmaster at Macedonia. Lincoln US Express burgled. currency parcels stolen. McGrumphy, son of Lincoln University president, arrested. A father near Dixon Springs killed his child at supper over a table dispute. Haineis Railroad debt 48 000 per mile. Cook County sheriff race with many patronage posts. Rioters held in Monmouth cattle seizure case. Postmasters commissioned: Humphrey at Troquois, Johnson at Winters. Earthquakes disturb Greenville Vandalia Pana with bright discharges.
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