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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1889
Page
8
In Bellevue Ohio a rural crowd gathers around a corn ear contest turned dangerous as Nettie Mahone and Mattie Mulholland vie for Jasper McTutter’s kiss. A fatal mishap leaves a girl injured and onlookers racing to help while the crowd shifts to fear and gossip.
Lieutenant Hartwell of the Union army, wounded earlier, escapes guerrilla capture in a cane-brake near a Confederate home. Elma Starlton hides him in a clothes-basket and misleads pursuers with quick wit. Hartwell later returns after the war to marry Elma, honoring his promise.
May Sing a Confucian disciple and Miss Ida Wagner a German girl wed in a solemn ceremony near Hip Lung's Hotel Chicago. About a score of Chinese guests in holiday attire attended as a four man Celestial orchestra played odd strings and a gong. Moy Sing 23 a Canton native and cigarmaker at Sam Moy’s met Miss Wagner in Streator years ago.
George of Ex eter Pa, sent on an errand, found a boat across the river without oars. He swam ashore in inadequate clothing and rested five hours in shrubbery before a search party found him asleep, sparking reports of his drowning.
A seedy man retorts after a coat insult that it had not had a nap in years. He replies the coat lay in his wardrope for twenty two years until today, long enough for a proper rest.
The Washington Critic notes doctors push back against the public belief that ice water is dangerous. It argues that peril may lie elsewhere including alcohol and toy pistols, while noting the broader debate on risks and safety.
A collage of jokes and sketches from a bygone paper. Punny lines on lawyers Sioux reservations tailors and grave diggers mix with family quips about beards misadventures in travel and a playful riff on a new cocktail title.
The Burlington Hawk Eye describes the Walled Lake in Wright County Iowa as a stone barrier rising 10 feet high and 15 feet wide at the base encircling 2.8 acres of water. The stones vary from 100 pounds to three tons and no source of the materials or builders is known. A half mile woodland belt surrounds the lake and a 1856 storm breached the wall necessitating repairs. The lake is up to 25 feet deep with clear cold water of unknown source.
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