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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1889
Page
1
The fragment lists multiple train times for passenger and freight service with southbound and northbound directions. It notes a passenger timetable around mid morning and afternoon with several departures and arrivals, including Amboy and Cove stops, plus a 2:15 a.m. sidetime and 6:21 a.m. start.
The ad touts Ayer’s Sarsa pasrilla as the first blood purifier offered to the public, noting imitators faded and demand grows. It also promotes Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonic as a gentle thorough blood purifier, claiming quick value and 50 cent price from D. S. Horton, with milk wagons featured nearby.
J J Mittenbuhler announces an expert Pinno Tanner will be available in November. Customers may leave orders at Music Parlors on Second Street opposite Court House Park for service and appointments.
The American Horse Show opens October 30 and runs to November 9 with excursion tickets to Chicago at one and one third fare plus fifty cents admission, limited to five days from sale. The American Fat Stock Dairy and Poultry Shows run November 12 to 71. Tickets and details are available from Chicago & North Western Railway agents.
A testimonial extols Ayer's Pills as suitable for every age, sugar coated for easy taking, searching and thorough in effect, yet mild with no injurious results. The piece also notes local notices and various town happenings including arrests, school thanks, millinery arrivals, fires, travels, fences, Thanksgiving, a wagon accident, and a stalled depot promise.
Classified notice offers to buy a skeleton or body road cart open or top buggy jump two seat surrey or phaeton with canopy top or harness. Declares savings by purchasing from L. D. Pircuer and repeats the name 451f.
Ice delivered citywide with flexible service. Orders via Tillson & Hayden or Geo. D. Laing. Horton drugstore offers Dr. Bigelow's Cough Cure at 50c for children. McCleary & Long promote a gold watch giveaway for $250 purchases after October 10. Gronp Detour Plant Co. seeks iron and castings. Subscriptions warned against editor-cheating. Dr Jones' Red Clover Tonic advertised for blood and liver issues.
Special sales on Tuesdays and Thursdays promise great bargains as property prices begin rising. Call now to secure deals before the increase. For sale by Joan M Julien 451f Galena St local listing notes a large house good barns and outbuildings and an elegant lot in central North Dixon. 45tf
The ad promotes Griggs Glycerine Salve as a safe speedy cure for cuts bruises scalds burns wounds and sores. It claims to cure piles tetter and skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Sold for 25 cents by D. B. Horton.
An advertisement touts Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic as a superior blood medicine. It claims prompt, safe and pleasant relief and sells bottles at fifty cents, with nearly a pint capacity, through D S Horton.
Dixon residents hear of deaths births and marriages as well as social events and civic matters. Readers learn of a 65 year old death near Dixon St Patrick’s church, a local marriage in St Marys Oregon and numerous license issuances. Community notes cover fairs tuxedo balls and theater, with daily life updates from schools churches and clubs.
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