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Newspaper

Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1883

Page

6

Locomotive Crash Kills Four On Philadelphia Street Car

A southbound train struck a crowded Union Horse Railway street car at Susquehanna avenue and American street. Four people died and ten were seriously injured. The crossing lacked a safety gate. the driver, a boy, failed to notice the other train on the adjacent track. Ambulances rushed to Episcopal Hospital as witnesses described a horrific scene with bodies and debris strewn across the street.

Philadelphia Susquehanna Avenue American Street Union Horse Railway North Pennsylvania Branch Pennsylvania & Reading Railroad Episcopal Hospital John McKeown James Hammil Henry Schultz Jacob Iseminger Adam Kramer Charles Young Henry Postol Mary Sellers James McHenry Miss Annie Shaw George Fredericks Frederick H. Young Andrew B. Little

Daring burglary at Adrian businessman’s home shocks town

Adrian Michigan October 6 a daring burglary struck William Dutton a wealthy investor and former bank president whose Butler Street residence was entered through a bedroom window. Thieves stole cash jewelry and bonds including seven thousand dollars in Monroe and Sheridan bonds, and stopped payments on the papers taken. No arrests reported and clues scarce.

Adrian, Mich William Dutton Mr. Dutton Monroe Sheridan Dutton Lenawee County Savings Bank Gratiot County Rts Lenawee County Sayones Bank

Illinois Central Conference Chooses Methodist Appointments

At the Central Illinois Methodist Conference in Rock Island Bishop Andrews announced the year’s appointments. Districts named presiding elders and pastors for Kewanee Macomb Monmouth Normal Onarga Peoria Rock Island Streator and other areas with several posts listed as supplied.

Central Illinois Methodist Rock Island Andrews Kewanee M. W. B. White Altona R. Bareton Atkinson W.J. Merriam Bradford W. A. Cumming Buda Millsap Galva P. A. Cool Henry J. E. Taylor J. H. Cumming Lafayette L. Springer la Prairie Center W. Matheny Lawnbridge Neponth. Wilson Sheffield R. Y. Ames Sportland A. Bower Tiskilwa J.art Toulon T. J. Wood West Jersey Whitefield J. A. Rinson Wyoming G. M. Bassett Macomb Evans Post Ofice Bardolph B. C. Dennis Bentley A. L. Morse Blan Vagyly W. W. Carr Burnside Dunham T. P. Henry Bushnell W. F. Wilson Carthage M. Z. Gilmer Colchester A. C. Calkins Dallas City A. L. McDowell Elveston Hamilton J. A. Sanders Goodhope D. Tasker Spava W.C. Randolph la Harpe J. H. Sanders C. W. Ayling Pennington’s Point G. H. Shover Pleasant Mound D. Streeter Prairie City Raketon C.T. Cady Terre Deer Creek J. R. Watson el Paso J. J. Walter Eureka J. W. McCord Graymont H. Tiffany Gridley H.C. Birch Groveland Thomas Moots Hilton H. Apple Hudson and Danvers W. R. Wiley Lexington van Pelt Manito J. F. James Metamora Low Point B. W. Baker Normal Connpaney Pekin L. F. Cuttom Roanoke J. I. McLaughlin Selma M. P. Lackland Sibley Strawn P. Alford Towanda Francis Smith Washington William McPheters H. B. Clark Illnois Western University Onarga G. W. Gue A. K. Tullis Hampton D. E. McCown Milan J. B. Delle Reynolds J. Q. Adams Flist Church G. R. Pearce Ninth Street N. Spurock Rock River Valley G. L. Robinson Taylor Ridee H. Brink Woodhull J. Wilkinson Streator District R. D. Russell Presiding Elder Belle Plain Larose W. R. Blackwell Braceville Braidwood C. W. Green Cornell G. I. Bailey Dwight E. S. Wilson Gardner Grand Ridge M. Dunlevy Hennepin H. A. Peters Lacon A. Smith Minonk T. Doney Nevada E. C. Wayman Odell G. L. Taylor Pontiac E. Wasmuth Rutland M. M. McCreight Streator M. A. Head Tonica M. W. Crumbaker Verona Washburn G. J. Blair Venona Circuit J. Rogers Zion Enone G. L. Reid Mason C. E. Rowe Magpolia F. W. Merrill

Illinois Items Highlight Odd Treasure Hunt and Local News

A McLean County Spiritualist seeks 100000 said to be buried by Spanish pirates as others join the digging effort. J M W Jones Printing Co raises capital from 150000 to 300000 dollars. Colonel Holloway’s prize Clydesdale Prince Frederick George dies costing 10000. State Fair profits total about 43000 with 35000 in expenses. Mabes of Moline marks eighty eighth birthday by officiating at a wedding and funeral. David Vance crashes Adams Street viaduct injuring several. Edwards of New Holland buys a tent to travel five hundred miles to Kansas. Frank E Barnard’s Tea Inspector salary set at 2000 per year.

McLean County J. M. W. Jones Printing Company Chicago Holloway Alexis Warren County Prince Frederick George Mabes Moline Rock Island County David Vance Adams Street Edwards New Holland Logan County Kansas Frank E. Barnard Folger

The Negro Vote and Persistent Misconceptions

The Columbus Ga Enquirer quotes the New York Times to challenge claims about Southern black voting. It denounces mischaracterizations of Negro suffrage, credits racist distortions as truth, and asserts that black voters would cast ballots despite threats from Ku Klux Klan and tissue ballots. It argues federal officials aided, not hindered, equal suffrage, and condemns the self-serving use of Black votes by politicians.

South New York Times Times Idee Ku Klux Federal Civil Service Columbus (Ga Enquirer

Massachusetts Democratic Platform Adopts 1854 Principles

The Massachusetts Democratic State Convention endorses national and state platforms, pledges unity to regain power, and supports reform measures. It reaffirms equal rights, civil service reform, limited tariffs, and worker protections, while praising Governor Butler and urging his reelection amid scrutiny of Tewksbury affairs.

Massachusetts Othe Democrats Couness Democratic Party Ojneinmatt Commonwealth Board of Arbitration Tewksbury Butler

Baggage Handling Debates End Without Consensus

Chicago News reports baggage agents in session debating handling methods with no conclusion. The baggageman favors the old method of sliding a trunk through a depot wall into the baggage room, which pleases owners but worries officials. Portable cyclone ideas are dismissed as folly.

Chicago News

Arkansas Circuit Court bans sale of brandied peaches without license

A Circuit Court in Arkansas ruled that brandied peaches cannot be sold without a proper license, shaping local food commerce and licensing enforcement. The decision clarifies regulatory requirements for infused fruit products and may affect vendors and markets within the state.

Arkansas Chicago Times

Autumn farming tips and kitchen recipes in Germantown Telegraph

The Germantown Telegraph offers early autumn farming advice on pruning fruit trees and mildew control, notes on pear trees bearing sooner than apples, and guidance from the Detroit Post and N Y Herald. It also shares horse-raising observations, a white cake recipe with chocolate frosting, a chicken pie method, and dusting hens with dry road dust for lice control from the Mirror and Farmer.

Germantown Detroit Post N. Y. Herald

Weight of Revolutionary Officers at West Point

A Bangor newspaper discovers a 1820 letter from Joseph May to General David Cobb. It includes a weight list of West Point officers from 1788, with Washington and Knox among those weighed, and notes on friendship and reflection as they near an afterlife.

Bangor Whig and Courier West Point Joseph May David Cobb Boston Gouldsborough Hayes General Jackson Westpoint Washington Lincoln Knox Huntington Greaton Swift M. Jackson H. Jackson Cobb Humphries Ceneral J. May

Nautical Curiosity Canoe by Frankford Youth Shapes Muslin Vessel

John Crankshaw Jr of Frankford builds a fourteen foot canoe from muslin and barrel hoops with pine knee knot posts. The craft features oil soaked muslin decking, two watertight compartments, a light board floor, and weighs 38 pounds after finishing. It has passed tests and is used daily on the river.

John Crankshaw, Jr Frankford Philadelphia

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