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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1882
Page
5
A lyrical portrait of autumn in rural life as frost, pumpkins, fodder shocks and turkeys frame a morning on the farm. The speaker notes joyous, homey scenes from harvest time and recalls Benj F Johnson's Indianapolis Journal verse celebrating seasonal color and rural work.
In Cranston Belle Winters stirs a social whirl with Joe Richards and twin brothers Henry and Ashton Kingsley. After a playful deceit by the brothers, Belle reveals she will marry both, shocking the Cranston Benevolent Sewing Society and ending with a joyful engagement to the two suitors who shared her heart.
Three Garrison range workers reported a bluish gray sea creature about fifty feet long near the shore yesterday morning. The monster surfaced with a hairlike crest and a eel like head before swimming south toward a steamer, then toward Exhibition wharf before fading from view.
New York reports hotter weather this summer than New Orleans, while Memphis considers boosting its appeal as a summer resort. The remark frames Memphis as a potential getaway spot in comparison to its hotter northern and southern peers.
A reflective piece describes a Cape May visit filled with play and affection from aunts and elegant companions, yet the narrator laments missing dear Papa and Mama at bedtime. Emily Huntington Miller notes homesickness and a child’s longing for parental near.
Sixteen year old Jimmie Davis of Jacksonville with his father Alligator Davis chases gators in swamps then traps them for sale. He raises young gators from eggs, sells live specimens for ten to fifty dollars, eggs for fifty cents per dozen, and uses teeth bones skin and oil for various trades.
An English writer describes the Prince of Wales as jealous of his brother-in-law the German Crown Prince's military renown. He longs for warlike acts but is kept from action by his mother's fears for his safety.
A Brompton Ontario minister faces a lawsuit from a girl who claims he kissed her two years ago. She waited for him to act and says her patience has run out as the matter surfaces in court.
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