The Cabinet That Won A Mother's Legacy
Theresa Curtis, tied to Miss Dillingham by years of service, schemes to steal a coveted ebony cabinet after the elder woman dies. A will appears in a letter, naming Theresa, but the cabinet holds the final proof of a hidden fate and a sudden death ends the tale.
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Theresa
Theresa Curtis
Miss Dillingham
Miss Curtis
Searca
Mrs. Spear
Sally Spear
Key
Mamma
Onis
Vli
Sand Industry Booms on Long Island North Shore
The sand business on Long Island's north shore has expanded massively. Five years ago four firms operated with $80,000 capital. now investment tops $2,000,000. Approximately 4,500 tons are shipped daily to New York and Brooklyn, with sand selling for about $1 per cart load.
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Long Island
New York
Brooklyn
Swindling a Settler by Trade in Wisconsin Skirmish
A pioneer in a northern Wisconsin county courts a deal with a ragged covered wagon crew seeking land. After an uneasy barter for a trade, the wagon departs. Within a week the woman becomes stone blind and dies. the settler seeks legal guidance on recovering losses from the deceptive transaction.
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Wisconsin
Dan Tucker
Bears
Detroit Free Press
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W. M. Kennedy
LHF
Solark
the Star Grocery
Main and
Hennepin Streets
Dixon
Thomas Dolan&son's Merchant Tailor's
Galena Street
Dixon Brige & Tile CQ
Chicago
Milwaukee
Isaac Means
Dixon, Illinois
D. B. Raymond
Manaver
Dixon, Ills
Business
Irver
Co. C. Hunt
Dixon, Iinois
Pinckney
Means
H. J. Brooks
Galena
J. H. & Ola Todd
Peoria
6Th Sts
David H. Law
M. D
Hine
Tillson’s
Dr. Everett
W. I. Brown
Ofice Over Petersberger’s
Main Street
Edsali Place
Hean¢pin and
Seventh
Blackman
Morris
O.everets & Son, Physicians and Surgeons
Tilison’s
Lixon
O. Everett
J. M. Everett
Harriet E. Carrison
Second Street
Court House Square
Dixon, Sinois
W.W. W. Wren
H. E. Paine Ors
Wynn & Paine
Physicians and Surgeons
Niggins Drug Store
Ills
Dr. Wyan
James McKinney
M. E. Church
Peoria Street
di Paine
South Universalist Church
Chas. J. Turney
Belfast (Ireland
Veterinary College
Offee Tsurvey & Kennessy
Qily
Law
J. F. Sanford
Countryman's Store
Dixon, Liinwir
A.C. Bardwell
Union Block
Lee County
D. B. Auries
Charles Wooster O’brien
John D. Crabtree
Oper
House Block
Ill
Sherwood Dixon, Son
H. Bernes Dixon & Bethea, Lawyers
Exchange Block
A. K. Trusdell
Eschenge Block
Dixon Nation Bank
Daniel B. McKenney
Justice of the Peace
Malin Street
Rosenthal
Jason
Ayres
James A. Hawary
Cashie
Dixon National Bank
Jason C. Aynes
Theron Cumins
J. BR. Pompior A. O Warner
Jambo A. Mawley
LEE County National Bank
Illinois
C. Priva
Cas
Ziotels
Washington House
Main
Ottawa Streets
H. Remmens
Keystone
Galena Streets
Dixon, Hs
Mra
KE. Brautigam
Cnarves
American Express
V. Hackett
D. W. McKenney
D. W. McKenney & Co
Waterstreet
Dixon, Ill
John V. Thomas
Opera House
Wm. Smith
Samuel J. Howe
Todd
Dixon, Lil
Ashton
Alexander & Howell
River
Fires
J. H. Morris & Son
West Side
Ina W. Lewis
Albert Johnson
Lewis & Johnson Abstract
F. F. Dixon Knight
Caash
H. J. Drew
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