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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1883
Page
2
Poem extols an every day girl named Hxeophine Pollard in New York praising her as patient wise and nurturing. It emphasizes honesty dignity modesty and steadiness as ideal traits. The speaker vows devotion and praises her practical support and reliability for daily life.
In a New England cottage, Priscilla and Mary Brown, aging twin sisters, hang laundry as spring blooms. Priscilla, more spiritual, begins speaking of dying and angels, alarming Mary. Priscilla falls ill and dies. Mary later clings to the idea of hearing music after her sister’s death, believing she must hear it to join her. Mary's grief deepens, and she eventually dies listening by the window.
In Illinois state news a detailed crop report outlines 1883 wheat yields and prices, plus oats rye and hay production. The piece then shifts to a vivid park scene observing the Princess of Wales driving from Marble Arch toward Kensington with continuous bows and a restrained, regal air, noting Alexandra's simple elegant dress and quiet demeanor.
A boy sends five dollars to the Williamsburg Gas Company conscience fund, explaining he once broke the glass in street lamps for fun and now, after being converted to Christianity, wants to atone for the panes he damaged. The note is printed by the New York Sun.
A farmer near Marshall reports a heat-stricken steer with peeling skin yet normal appetite. Obituaries note Henry Warfield’s death in Gale na and Frederick Mason’s corpse found near a Jo Daviess Cemetery. Macon County fair premiums total $1000 with $1000 receipts. Paula Heil’s death followed a printer’s marriage to another woman. the printer Johann Schilling is insane and institutionalized. Bishop Patrick Riordan’s Chicago consecration drew major attendance and a $7000 purse. A new con artist swindle targets farmers with itinerant dentistry. Derrida farmer Erhard Dittman, a Civil War veteran, committed self harm. Lincoln wedding sparking Chicago gossip as Alma Lacy, heir to $40,000, eloped. Tea Inspector Nelson Draper dies. Minnesota Senate veteran leaves wife and two sons.
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