Dixon Sun carries W. M. Kennedy as publisher
The Dixon Sun of Illinois names W. M. Kennedy as publisher. This brief note identifies the newspaper and its publishing leadership in the Illinois locality.
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1889
Page
6
Diverse claims mix faith, industry and satire across nations
The article notes vast heathen lands untouched by missionaries, recalls Jay Govupls History of Delaware County as a critique of monopoly, and mentions Folsom the engineer and Ingersoll’s Kansas City lecture with a quip about paying two thousand people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Robert Ingersoll
Paper pencils win out over wood in new process
An improvement converts paper into a lead pencil material rivaling cedar wood. The key is a new process that changes molecular cohesion so the paper can be cut as easily as wood, overcoming previous toughness of the paper covering.
Arkansas confidence man sells orchid bulbs that grow turnips
A quick confidence man in Arkansas sold bulbs to enthusiastic ladies claiming they would yield rare orchids and exotics. Buyers paid from 75 cents to $5 each for the magic roots, but the bulbs produced only common turnips after planting. The vendor departed for unknown parts long ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Smithsonian Receives Congo Warrior Outfit Artifacts
A Congo warrior ensemble received by the Smithsonian at Washington from Lieutenant Taunt, US commercial agent in the Congo State, includes a six foot bamboo shield, a four foot spear, a pruning knife like knife, a bow with bamboo strings, and two iron tipped arrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Taunt
United States
Congo State
Man’s snake kills flame returns with 1624 Mexican coin
In Leighton Mississippi John Davis shot a moccasin 16 feet 5 inches long and 21 inches around. He skinned the monster and found a Mexican gold coin from 1624 secreted in its body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton
Miss
John Davis
River Seine Dead and Animals Recovered in Large Toll
Over the past year the Seine yielded car casses including 2 021 dogs 977 cats 2 257 rats 507 chickens and ducks 22 puppies 10 sheep 66 pigs 5 hogs 27 geese 609 birds 3 foxes 2 calves 3 monkeys 8 goats 1 snake 2 squirrels 3 porcupines 1 parrot 130 doves 2 peacocks and 1 sea dog plus many human bodies and 3 066 kilometres of refuse removed. A 21 year old man in Leeds died by his own hand after writing of intending a Wednesday death to miss his cousin Annie s wedding on Monday and attend his funeral in heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seine
Leeds
Annie
Two Little Girls Die After Roses Insect Poisoning
Two young girls aged seven and six fell violently ill after playing in the yard and eating red roses. The roses were found to be full of green insects, suspected by physicians to have caused the poison. The older girl died that night while the younger died next morning.
Calamity Warns Against Ruthless Harvest Eating Habits
A sharp editorial urges readers to curb destructive farming or foraging practices that threaten crops and gardens, citing a recent disaster as a warning. The piece emphasizes prudence and restraint in consuming growing resources to prevent further loss.
The Career and Death of Terry as a Bully
The piece argues Terry embodied a dangerous worship of physical courage. It claims his bravery turned him into a bully who died while acting on his own life theories, refusing retreat or cowardice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
Reporter Walks Five Hours Through Philadelphia Sewers
An ambitious reporter wandered through a Philadelphia sewer for five hours seeking news in a quiet town. He emerged exhausted yet triumphant, claiming to have uncovered something dirtier than Schuylkill water, at the risk of his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Congress
Indiana
Schuylkill Water
Evarts Goes to Europe Aids Eyes While Royal Language Quips Mirror Cultures
The piece recalls Tur Evarts visiting Europe to honor a noted eye expert and warns of a Boston woman's misadventure with a London jurist. It imagines Princess Sophia of Prussia studying Greek for a wedding and Queen Emma of Holland learning Dutch quickly after marrying a German courter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Evarts
Europe
Boston
London
Dr. Blake
Sophia
Prussia
Greece
Emma of
Wanamaker Brick Drive and Bruno Controversy
Postmaster General Wanamaker told Philadelphia Sunday school boys to bring a brick for the new church building sparking jokes about bricks. English monthlies discuss Italy after a statue to Giordano Bruno, seen as a challenge to the Roman Catholic Church. The Tablet argues Italy’s politics and church tension persist with Bruno’s legacy vexing Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Giordano Bruno
Roman Curia
Rome
Bruno
Italy
Letter to Ruskin Finds Correct Address at Brantwood
A missive sent from Leith on November 21 1887 travels through Edinburgh Kendal Rye Lane Peckham and London offices before the Edinburgh postmaster resolves the mystery and identifies the correct address as Brantwood the home of John Ruskin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruskin
Leith
Mr. Ruskin
England
Edinburgh
Kendal
London
Rye Lane
Peckham
Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham
Carlisle
Chris Church College
Oxford
Brantwood
NYE AMONG ROYALTY AT LONDON WEDDING
A wandering American observer recounts his royal wedding visit in London. He travels from Paris via Calais and Dover to attend the ceremony at the Victoria Hotel district, notes rain and crowds of 60 000, and describes the royal procession, guards, and coaches. He records gifts to the bride and quirks of hotel life and ends with a personal reflection on the day’s emotional impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bret Harte
Euchre
London
Paris
Calais
Dover
Channel
Victoria
Mme. Tussaud
Vic
Bobby
Prince of Wales
Gift items from various donors for a wedding couple
From the bride's mother a set of doglies and nut-crackers. From William E. Gladstone to the Earl of Fife a base drum and stereoscope for the sitting room. From Ireland a bushel of early rose potatoes and a motto worked in green yarn on perforated cardboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Gladstone
Earl of Fife
Ireland
Humorous Wedding Gifts and Ocean Steamer Tales
A column humorously catalogs wedding presents from various notable figures and recounts a steamer voyage anecdote. The narrator recalls Harte and Nye, Chinese labor remarks, and the clash of card games amid a dying stoker, while a traveling photographer captures American travelers abroad.
No Booms Need Apply
A Buffalo man asks about Pacific City in Dakota and hears from a red headed Real Estate agent that the town is growing slowly on merit. He describes the city’s modest growth, no boom, and claims of future railroads universities and a million dollar public building, urging no hype.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific City
Buffalo
Dakota
Washington Avenue
Congress
West
Phrenology Exam Draws Witty Wealth Remark
A humorous exchange shows Tom, a professor of phrenology, declaring the speaker knows nothing of money’s value. Dick asks if the exam cost a dollar, and Tom confirms paying in advance, prompting the punchline that any other would have said the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
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New Orleans
Georgia
Royal Palace
Bill
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Persia
Prince Bismarck
Punch
Sayler’s
Ret Harte
Gulf Stream
Stoker
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