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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1882
Page
2
A fragmented verse segment describes a small creature boasting strength and a warning to arrogance. The speaker, a stout underdog figure, asserts resilience and a biting, righteous stance against proud foes while hinting at revolutionary or rebellious undertones. The text references a colored republican and nihilist fearlessness within a satirical landscape.
The tale centers on Presidio County Texas frontier life and Apache George who tracks a lost boy, Willy Daulton, captured by Victorio's band. After a perilous chase through Sierra Diablo and a rescue mission, Willy is reunited with his anxious mother Moneta and the Lone Cottonwood ranch becomes the setting for the dramatic return.
A collage of jokes and quips from early American papers. Topics include patriotic railroads, fashion harmful effects of tight lacing, night walkers avoiding guards, a judge’s contempt remark, a mock language of food, and rival Bowery clothing stores with a humorous exchange between Isaacs and Blumenthal.
The excerpt surveys Walter Besant at work on a new novel All in a Garden Green and discusses his critics’ view of his potential. It also mentions Garfield writings edited by a Boston firm, Hawthorne and Longfellow memories, Mr Hale’s forthcoming Retrospect of a Long Life, and a Parisian society portrait of Mme Bernadale with florid description as a future Paris queen.
The Life-Saving Service receives new schemes including an English inventor Fox from Ohio proposing The Vacuum Gun of 82. The device uses a catapult to fire a relief boat containing a life-saving crewman who deploys life preservers and air-bags to drowning mariners after impact.
Illinois state news recounts Cameron Tay a wealthy Warren farmer vanishing at midnight with a large local pursuit ending in his being found with relatives in Glasgow Scotland. Hay who fled to Scotland killed himself after learning a cablegram would return him to America. the Nevada steamer will ship the body home for burial.
John Ray and George White were jailed in Springfield after a trial in which the Circuit Court found them guilty of breaking into Samuel Jones's residence and sentenced them to fifteen years in the penitentiary. The Illinois temperance and other local notices follow.
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