Dixon Sun announces September 5 1883 edition
Local Dixon Illinois newspaper notes its September 5 1883 issue date and price of two dollars per year in advance.
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Dixon, Illinois
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1883
Page
5
Fall Roads Favorable for Rainy Season Work
A compilation from Aorithina and Nachusa notes steady activity: land office threshing, Eugene Backman buys the Stone barn tract at 37.50 per acre, Nellie Pease begins fall school term, Franklin tile company to open kiln next week, 4000 six inch tile promised, five inch tile in about three weeks. Local trades show growth in groceries, blacksmithing, wool weaving, and lumber yards. Shaner and Slothower push windmill orders. Hart and Coleman supply beef. Wilson Seas offers carpet weaving. crews warn against excessive insurance agents in Cranberry swamps. Josh Billings quip about a handsome woman and the wimmin right.
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Aorith
China
Chillian
Eugene Backman
William Johnson
Nellie Pease
Franklin Tile Company
Samuel Dysart
Geo. Gett
Samuel Hart
Cyrus Coleman
Wilson Seas
McGuire and
Dysart
Coal fields in Shiawassee county draw hopeful prospectors
Shiawassee county Michigan contains a coal bearing territory of about 25000 acres with veins three to six feet thick across the central northern and eastern parts. The text suggests large fortunes await those who locate and claim the coal deposits.
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Shiawassee County
Michigan
Senator Davis Denies Consent Over Yet Debts Advice
A young lawyer sought court leave to marry a wealthy ward of a lady. Senator David Davis reviewed the case for a day and ruled he could not grant consent. He cited the suitor’s habit of incurring debts without securing means to repay them.
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David Davis
Ward
Davis
Darling Nellie Gray Song's Hidden Origin Revealed
A Cincinnati letter traces the origins of Darling Nellie Gray to B. R. Hanby of Westerville Ohio. At age about 20 he wrote the melody and later the words. a party bought it for five dollars, and the song sold over 200000 copies after publication.
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Nellie Gray
Cincinnati
South
Kentucky
B. R. Hanbey
D. Westerville
Ohio
Hanby
Counterfeit Presentments and Presidential Messengers
A Washington correspondent notes lookalikes among staff and diners. A Pruden clerks at the White House and a beer garden waiter resemble him, delivering drink orders as if bearing presidential messages. Similar echoes include a Waite Chief Justice twin and a Standiford double, with Herbert Spencer supplying meals.
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Pruden
White House
Congress
Abner
United States
Fifth Avenue
New York
Waite
Dr. Standiford
Herbert Spencer
Washington
Denver Tribune
Decisions in Commercial Law and Bank Attachments
In Bills vs National Park Bank the New York Court of Appeals ruled an attachment valid against a bank. A check to the company's assistant treasurer exceeded the balance, the bank certified it and charged the account days later. The certified check deposited into an individual's account did not terminate the company’s deposit, and the bank could not rely on payee good faith to defeat the attachment.
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Bills
National Park Bank
New York Court of Appeals
Cat toss at Oshkosh ends in chaos and a fleeing guest
A macabre tale from Oshkosh reports a man believed dead after workers toss a cat onto his bed. The cat’s disturbance awakens the man who emerges with wounds and a revolver, chasing the crowd downstairs before paying his bill and leaving by train. The incident sparks speculation about his identity.
Somber Lodger in Oshkosh Hints at Self-Destruction
Travelers recount a mournful man in an Oshkosh hotel who spoke nothing and drew fear that he might kill himself. A nearby guest, fearing a fourth suicide after prior incidents, stayed awake all night and, peering through a transom, prepared to confront a possible corpse or weapons in the room.
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Oshkosh
Peck
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