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Local Dixon notes paint a busy political and civic scene
Reports from Dixon detail Union Hall entertainments, water power debates, dam work, church and Bible Society events, polling and conventions, and a flurry of meetings. Highlights include Oglesby and Greeley gatherings, Dixon Seminary reopening, and a Liberal Convention selecting delegates amid sharp editorial exchanges.
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Greeley and Brown
Preston
South Dixon
Abram Brown
E. B. Stiles
E. H. Groh
Geo. L. Richardson
Amboy
Fassoldt’s Hall
H. Keeling
J. B. Tuttle
J. D. Broadman
L. Richardson
F. R. Dutcher
W. Brent
Henry Reinhart
A. J. Carnahan
C. Durkes
J. R. Adams
Charles Falvey
David Griggs
John Shaw
M. J. Dolan
J. A. McCamant
Robert Sproul
J. F. Lawrence
Chas. Dement
Elijah Austin
F. RK. Dutcher
Wm. Barge
Chas. Falvey
E. L. Stiles
Chas. Demen
S. W. Carnahan
J. H. Preston
A. D. Moon
Congress
A. Tooker
Chas Hansen
Joseph Gardner
Sherwood Dixon