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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1883
Page
3
A mourning poem reflecting on the unrealized futures for a deceased child Susan Coolidge assigns to Heaven the choice of the best for the little girl. The speaker weighs possible joys and sorrows that never came to pass and concludes God chose the best for her in Paradise.
A tale of a Luxembourg-born boy who follows his father’s thrift by becoming a skilled shoemaker. He works from sunrise to night, endures poverty in Paris and hardship in California, and finally sends for his aging father to join him in San Francisco. The old man retires at last in a loving family, passing away after witnessing his grandson begin the same craft.
Reports from Nassau describe a hurricane on September 8 that destroyed wharf property and sponge exchanges, with over a hundred ships lost in Nassau harbor and around nearby islands. Seventy lives were reported dead, including several named vessels and passengers, while relief efforts began with dispatch of the Wanderer and rescue of survivors.
The National Convention of Colored Men in Louisville adopts resolutions praising emancipation and honoring fallen soldiers. It urges enforcement of civil rights laws, critiques laws that fail to protect rights, and calls for education, labor reform, and moral training for African Americans, with focus on southern conditions and gendered education.
W P Winfeld a Buena Vista Indiana agricultural implement dealer arrived in Indianapolis and stayed at the Sherman Hotel. After retiring he blew out the gas rather than turning it off and apparently suffocated within minutes. His body was not found until late last evening.
At the Illinois Methodist Episcopal Conference in Danville, bishops announce appointments across districts including Atlanta Bloomington Lincoln Jacksonville Decatur Champaign and Springfield. Presiding elders and numerous pastors are named for circuits and churches with several positions listed as supply.
Rockford police officer George W. Glynn acquitted after a deadly arrest incident in Belvidere. Contractor John Davis near Daviess County dies by suicide in his barn. Carmi laborer Green Graham dies from a thrashing accident after machine entanglement. Jewelersman Joseph Baker killed in buggy crash near Rock Island. Zenobia post office established. Roland White County appoints Thomas Norman as solicitor master.
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