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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1888
Page
5
The article notes forty nine personal crisis reports setting a new record for the past two and a half months. It mentions eight million francs of Limoges china produced last year with half reaching America. It cites Paris slang, the word lifer meaning a person who must struggle to earn a living.
A recent storm in Ontonagon Michigan drove hailstones the size of hens eggs with such force the sheet metal roof was perforated. The holes were clean and bullet-like in appearance.
A Macon Georgia man converts a zinc lined coffin box into a bathtub. The box, bought for a song, was originally meant for a neighbor’s coffin but proved too large to fit in the grave.
Cardinal Manning apologized for tardiness at a public dinner saying he was very busy and never finishes work for the day. He added that with him the sun never goes down on completed labor.
The French sugar industry launches a campaign against saccharine produced from coal tar. Experiments show no harm, but the Society of Agriculturists asks the Government to ban its manufacture as prejudicial to the best root sugar trade.
An English resident of Paris challenges Mr Caird by noting he knows most Parisian literary men. He argues that despite French literature portraying marriage as intolerable, the authors themselves live respectable married lives.
A mirage city is said to appear above the glacier in Alaska after June’s moonrise, photographed by a Juneau resident who reports its yearly appearance. Separately, the Vienna Congress notes the world wheat crop is about 200 million bushels below 1887 and 120 million below the five-year average, a roughly 10 percent drop, with rye and potatoes also down in Europe.
A recent writer depicts the Austrian emperor as reserved and punctual, living a solitary life but present at official ceremonies. His sole passion is grouse shooting, with elk alpine retreats to hunt. He is charitable with a large fortune, and enjoys excellent health from constant occupation and sobriety.
An elderly Leominster resident awakened by noise seized his pistol and searched his home after midnight. He checked the upper rooms and then went to the parlor where more noises were heard near the front steps, but the intruders were not found.
A reporter from Mexico City describes President Diaz riding in Chapultepec in a black cutaway coat and top boots, praising his noble appearance and signaling belief that four more years of Diaz and peace will follow, amid a busy, progressive nation.
Crazy Head of the Crow Nation, over sixty, attends Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania as the institution’s oldest student. A bold warrior and former chief, he shows vigor and a patient, eager desire to learn white man ways before he dies. He will attend classes this coming winter and pursue blacksmithing.
An English reporter asks Mme Bernhardt about her late “young lions” in Paris and a satin lined coffin. She confirms the coffin still exists in Paris and recounts sleeping in it beside her ill sister, then states she will not be buried but cremated.
New York's Miss Mae Orr wins the Toronto typewriter tournament with 987 words in ten minutes while F E McGurrin of Salt Lake takes second with 951 words. Orr runs a busy copying business earning 3000 to 4000 dollars yearly and dictation is her forte.
A historical note recalls the 1873 Bank of England forgeries led by George Bidwell with partners Austin Bidwell Edwin Hills and George McDonald. Sentenced for life, Bidwell later left Britain, lived in Hartford, wrote a cautionary memoir at age 55, aiming to deter others from crime.
The scene describes a cap wearing Dame Cricket and her ten little crooked nosed boys playing in Babyland. Babies giggle at sounds from the chink where the creatures live. The tale ends with Dame Cricket vanishing back to her chink.
Two brothers of Lyons in 1780s France develop balloon flight after a petticoat spark and a sugar loaf tale. Stephen Montgolfier leads experiments with hot air and hydrogen, first animals then humans, culminating in the Paris ascent by D Arlandes and De Rozier and noting the lack of guided balloon propulsion.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes lactic acid in buttermilk as a remedy for peptic issues and liver troubles. It suggests the buttermilk cure can benefit many out of sorts and claims it offers rejuvenating effects particularly for old or wornout individuals.
In a Virginia church revival an elderly sister near death was absent due to harsh weather. A lay brother prayed fervently for her, invoking the phrase that she teeters “one foot in the grave and the other galloping on to eternity.”
A fragment from the Nebraska State Journal features a playful exchange about poetry and chores. Johnny asks Willie for verse and the reply quotes a line about measuring heaven and a mother's love.
A critique extols novels over other genres praising the imaginative liberty and variety in fiction. It notes readers hunger for novel shaped heroes and improbable transformations, contrasting with rigid facts in science and history, and salutes contemporary fiction as rapidly produced literature for all ages.
Minnie Wootring of Delaware Ohio swallowed a needle over six years ago. A letter from Berea Ohio describes a needle stuck in her leg and finally drawn out by her family, revealing a long black needle No 8.
The record lists 49,485 prisoners held at Andersonville as of August 9, 1864, the peak inmate count. It shows 33,006 total deaths, 12,462 average monthly deaths over thirteen months, 958 the highest daily death toll, and 97 escapes reported.
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