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Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1883

Page

3

The Three-Cent Stamp Poem by Eugene J Field

A nostalgic farewell poem to a three cent stamp by Eugene J Field printed in Chicago News. The speaker recalls the stamp's long service bringing smiles tears and memories across many lives while bidding it a final goodbye. The verse reflects on memory and time and ends with the author’s heartfelt farewell.

Eugene J. Field Chicago News

Be Careful of the Frankenstein Trestle A Railroad Tale

Edward H. Crosby narrates Bob Jennings’s near disaster on the Portland and Ogdensburg line. A midnight winter express faces a gale and a cursed trestle as Bob is warned by his wife Nell. A blown switch and a last minute brake save lives, earning him honor and a gold watch.

Bob Jennings Bob Portland & Ogdensburg Dan White Mountain Crawford's Portland Nell Late Express Fabyan’s The Nellas Dan Smith Fabyan North Conway Sebago Lake Station Bartlett's Bartlett’s Montreal Frankenstein Trestle the Express Edward H. Crosby Boston Courier

The Weed Among the Boers and Chinese Tobacco

A critical survey of Boer and Chinese tobaccos detailing odor, texture, and effects. The piece contrasts Boer leaf dry harsh and corking to the tongue with Chinese leaf that burns cool and aromatic, and notes red Indian tobacco adulteration using willow bark and sage. It cites a crude Navajo preparation from the Rio Virgin area and ends praising a traditional clay pipe.

Leeward Rio Virgin St. James

What fruit is a stream The cur rant

A playful question implies a pun about a fruit that also names a stream. The setup hints at wordplay around stem and stemmed.

Rock River M E Conference appoints dozens of clergy

At the Chicago session of the Rock River M E Conference Bishop Foss announced appointments across Chicago districts and Rockford to Freeport and Joliet areas. Presiding Elders led assignments for dozens of churches with ministers named for each station and several transfers to other conferences.

Rock River M. E Chicago Bishop Foss Luke Hitchcock Arlington Heights E. M Bo Austin Robert Pate Ada Street A. W. Patten Centenary P. H. Swift Clark Eves R. M. Hatsfield Dixon Street H. Edmondson Emmanuel J. A. Ma Fulton Street J. B. Brushingham Grace William Fawcett Grant Place M. M. Parkhurst Halsted Street W. ©. Willing Jackson Street J. W. Richards Langley Avenue A.C. George Lincoln Street Porter Michigan Avenue M. E. Cady Northwest Warrington Park Avenue M. Davis Paulina Street T. B. Hilton St. Paul's William Craven State Street Watson Tranter Trinity F. M. Bristol Wabash Avenue T. P. Marsh Western Avenue W. H. Burns Winter Street J. W. Phelps Chicago Missions Genary Chapel Brighton Park Indianatreet Milwaukee Avenue New City Pooley Englewood N. H. Axtell Evanston Lewis Curts Grand Crossing W. H. Holmes Highwood W. F. Atchison Maywood J. C. Butcher Northfield M. E. Dix North Prairie Benton C. Horswell G. M. Barnett Oak Park Hainesville Centennial Harvard Chemung H. Schwartz Libertyville J. M. Wheaton Mc Henry Kingwood Silas Sei Orengos J. M. Clendenning New Milford G. H. Wells Nunda J. M. Conlee Palatine Poplar Grove Capron W. A. Adron Richmond Hebron G. ©. Clark Rockford G. R. van Horn Court Street T. R. Strobridge Winnaba Street W. H. Smith Ninth Street Harlem Robert Bell Rockton M. A. Sunderland Roscoe W. H. Haight Solon Spring Grove Warren Circuit Woodstock Franklinville Albany G. L Amboy T. R. Satterfield Ashton A. H Betel and Flag Center R. H. Wilkinson Blackberry Coleta M. M. Bales Courtland F. B. Hardin Creston W. Otgen de Kalb H. T. Clendenning Dixon F. Mattison Eric Samuel Hewes Franklin Grove Grand de Tour P. C. Stire Fulton John Hitchcock Geneva David Hampshire and Harmony M. L. Norris Harmon Kaneville J. T. Robert Kingston J. G. B. Shadford Lee Center Frank Lines Lighthouse Point W. Carr Lyndon Edward Breen Malta W. H. Locke Apie Terk Dayton Case Davis Milledgeville M. W. Satterfield Morrison Thos. Sweet Mt. Morris G. L. Wiley Oregon F. Kryder Plato Center A. B Sterling Broadway R.M. Smith Fourth Street Cantine Sycamore William A. Smith Aurora John Williamson R. D. Sheppard Galena Street Montgomery R. M. Stokes Batavia John Ellis Compton Earlville Fletcher Potteroy East South Paw Paw J. M. Cormack Freedom Alonzo Newton John O. Foster Hinckley Bri Naperville Warrenville Wellborn van Orin James Bush Northville Somanauk P. S. Lott Oswego Little Rock Jericho Thomas Cochran Paw Paw J. H. Tibball Plano C. C. Lovejoy Prairie Center Triumph Princeton W. D. Atchison Wyanette West Bureau J. B. McGuffin Orkville EB. W. Adams T. J. Bassett Jennings Seminary Caleb Foster J. M. Goodfellow Joliet J. M. Caldwell Presiding Elder Blue Island Morgan Park William Osborne Charnahan J. B. Brayton Crete J. F. Kellogg Dalton and Thornton W. Lauck Deselm C. W. Cordiz Elwood Scout Caldwell Frankfort New Lennox G. W. Winslow Grant Park Sherburnville T. H. Hazeltin Ottawa Street F. A. Hardin Richard Street J. T. Ladd Kan Peru J. N. Hall Plainfield B. C. Arnold Platteville A. H. Kistler Sheridan A. M. White Wilmington Rufus Congdon Wilton Center West Peotone W. H. Strout Worth D. B. Kellogg M. C. Wilcox G. B. Cruse Spencer Lewis China A. D. Traveller H. M. Springer W. F. Minty Dakota W. H. Daniels New England R. M. Pilcher Upper Iowa C. M. Stuart Detroit F. W. Merrill Central Illinois W. F. DeLap West Wisconsin Isaac Whitcomb Minnesota

Mount Pulaski Landowner Loses Calves to Blackleg

Illinois report notes Elias Buckles, a leading Mount Pulaski landowner in Logan County, losing his prime calves to blackleg while surrounding stock shows varying illness. John C. McArthur, a brakeman, was crushed to death after falling between cars while coupling on the Indiana Bloomington and Western Railway.

Elias Buckles Mount Pulaski Logan County Blackleg John C. McArthur Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway

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