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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1889
Page
7
A humorous verse depicts a railway sleeper car porter who expects tips. It notes his learnings and usefulness, promising favors for tips like a pillow and bottle. The speaker warns against refusing a tip and hints the porter’s eagerness and efficiency before departures.
Leo Gordon, a young Southern adventurer, joins fellow Americans to aid Tula Velasquez from an arranged marriage to Col. Henrique Fernandez. After note reading and a moonlit escape through a guarded garden, Leo fends off guards, wounds a foe, and escorts Tula to safety as Juarez’s forces capture Fernandez. Tula and Ezualdo unite.
Historical measurements describe the deepest ocean point midway between Tristan da Cunha and the Rio de la Plata at 46 200 feet, surpassing Mount Everest by over 17 000 feet. Other soundings include 4 580 fathoms south of Newfoundland and 34 000 fathoms near Bermuda.
Puck notes a comic contrast as Mr. Gerome Parke discusses American women speaking concisely while Michael mocks Irish speech. The dialogue highlights gendered language and ethnic stereotype in a tongue in cheek exchange.
The piece argues that high taxes on raw wool push mills to import cheaper cotton for woolen goods, undermining domestic wool and raising substitution. It contends taxes curb consumption, increase substitutes, and provoke resistance that lifts prices only as long as buying power remains, noting mills use more non wool content.
Washington special reports Senator Butler hopeful on tariff reform growth in New England after witnesses in Boston urged free trade with Canada and lower duties on coal iron ore pig iron and lumber. Observers warn that without these reforms New England iron and glass sectors may perish while cotton may suffer under tariff shifts.
Washington dispatch reports jealousy-driven schemes amid Ohio Republicans to derail Foraker. Leaders McKinley Foster Grosvenor and Butterworth allegedly target Foraker’s nomination by replacing him with Foster for Senate and Butterworth for Governor while using Tanner’s dismissal as pretext. Concerns arise over Foraker’s mental stability and the impact on the party’s 1890 campaign.
Chicago headlines question police presence after another murder. The piece hints the husband may be the killer, reflecting sensational coverage in the New York Weekly.
A quip asks why a church organ has little chance of escape in a fire. The punchline: the engine cannot play on it.
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