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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1882
Page
3
A speaker, cradling a baby, sets aside ornate verse to kiss the child’s face. The poem contrasts poetic skill with the baby's charm, declaring the infant more precious than soaring thoughts, and ends with the motherly claim that Heaven dwells in the baby's presence. Mrs. M. bE. Blake.
Lina Leigh, long mocked as a coward, defies danger when burglars target Aunt Margaret. She traps them with a pistol, aided by Sir Robert who arrives just in time. Parkins betrays the plot, but Lina's bravery saves the estate and earns a wedding to Sir Robert two months later.
A bear, convinced the world cheated him, retreats to a den to hide from humanity. He finds no earthquake or riots, meets a hare who reassures him the world stays the same. He realizes the moral: the cynic cannot escape himself and must still face others.
The Post-Office Department adds twenty-five auxiliary carriers for Chicago. Fatal accidents include John Walden by a freight train in Watseka and a boy’s death from a stab wound in Carlinville. August Chicago deaths total 1,460 with many under age one or five. Mayor Harrison wed in London to Miss Marguerite Stearns. Several legal troubles, farm disputes, and public notices appear across counties.
A Philadelphia socialite Mrs. Moore dazzles at Saratoga in a sleeveless lace gown worth 20000 with diamonds worth hundreds of thousands in solitaire crescents and pendants. Her husband guides her as a discreet private detective watches, and onlookers dub her the Diamond Queen.
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