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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1889
Page
3
The Grand Haven fire early today destroyed Washington Street buildings and property valued at over three quarters of a million dollars. In Dixon Illinois political and labor unrest is discussed with blame cast on Republicans and miners in ongoing disputes.
Emmons Blaine married Miss Anita McCormick of Chicago at Richfield Springs New York last Thursday. Mrs Emmons Blaine inherits $3 000 000 and is warmly welcomed by her parents while Mrs James Blaine Jr is left destitute and cast aside. The son chooses wealth over his wife and is admitted back to the family table.
The piece critiques Republican claims about miners’ benefits in Illinois and notes the Independant News of Streator debunking those efforts as vote manipulation. It then compares English pension lists with United States pension proposals, citing General M. M. Trumbull’s Pens ions for All and the Financial Reform Association of England to argue for larger military and civil pension expenditures and wider recruitment.
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