05 Sep 1888
Page 1
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1888
Page
1
Purchase twenty dollars worth of goods within six months to receive an oil painting 14 by 22 inches. Spend forty dollars in the same period and obtain a large 28 by 42 inch oil painting. Readers urged to examine the paintings and request a card to participate.
Fragmentary OCR of a railway timetable lists trains with times such as 7:50 am 6:00 pm and 3:15 pm daily and notes daily or daily except Sunday services. The legibility is poor but indicates multiple east and west bound trains with varying frequencies.
Various ads announce store moves and openings in Palmyra and nearby towns. Listings include 1888 notices for Palmyra Insurance Company by law revision and fire loss claims, new groceries and goods by J. H. Morris & Son, Tillson & Hayden drug and home goods HQ, and C. M. Huauer offering horse tackle and carriage work after removal to Dimick's Block. calls for old and new customers.
The ad extols Griggs Glycerine Salve as a sure safe and speedy cure for cuts bruises scalds burns wounds and all skin sores. It promises piles tetter and skin eruptions relief with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Sold by D B Horton. Also notices furniture lime cement plastering hair McHenry brick and Portland cement goods.
Numerous listings for store rentals and sales of groceries and fixtures plus notices of nurses and housekeepers. Advertisements for Red Clover Tonic and local goods, building lots for sale, and upcoming community events with names and addresses. Includes death, marriage and town updates, school openings, and a political paper description.
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