19 Sep 1888
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1888
Page
1
An advertising notice promotes oil paintings offered as rewards for purchases. A $20 expense within six months earns a 14 by 22 inch painting while a $40 spend within six months yields a 28 by 42 inch painting. The ad urges customers to inspect the paintings and request a card to participate.
Schedule snippet lists Atlantic Express No 6 departing 3 10 am and Express No 5 Pacific Express with daily and Sunday exceptions. Includes No 1 Co Bluffs Pass and No 3 Limited with times around 7 and afternoon slots. Eastbound and westbound trains show multiple numbers and daily notes.
Fragmentary OCR shows train timetable references with passenger and freight service times. Mentions Amboy and various times around morning and evening slots, unclear destinations, no complete schedule data.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway announces cheap excursion tickets to Chicago with frequent return trips during September and October for the Exposition opening September 5 and closing October 20. For rates and sale dates, contact C N W agents.
The second Sioux City Corn Palace festival runs from September 24 to October 6 with a one fare round trip by Chicago and North Western Railway. Tickets are valid for return until October 10 and available from Iowa Dakota, Illinois Wisconsin points on specified dates.
A 140 acre farm two miles west of Dixon in Palmyra offers first class buildings a well and cistern three spring pasture and best for dairying or stock raising in Lee county northwest. Located one mile west of Condensed Milk Factory on Township road terms negotiable for buyers. Contact A Hennessy Dixon Illinois for details. We also note shop relocation offerings groceries crockery glassware at new building two doors south of old stand promising low prices and fresh goods. Tittson Hayden claim headquarter status for drugs paints oils and more with low prices.
Real estate alert offering fifty desirable building lots across the city with quick action urged as property prices are expected to rise. Potential buyers should call early to secure bargains. contact Joan M. Julien at 451f Galena St, oe 77.
Advertisements detail sale of Griggs' Glycerine Salve and various shop items. Includes removals, tailoring, a store for rent, and a broad mix of goods from lime and cement to wagons and hardware. Social notices and local updates follow with community events and upcoming meetings.
The Dixon Sun offers new subscribers a 40 cent cash price through January 1 1889. It promotes itself as the oldest Democratic paper in the district, conservative yet open to all viewpoints, and a clean family newspaper. Rev J F Howard preaches at Grand Detour next Sunday afternoon. banner presentation tonight at the opera house. Lee County Board of Supervisors proceedings on page five.
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