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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1882
Page
4
The Dixon Sun reports 1880 census placing the U S voting age at 21 and up. It notes St Louis public schools teach language for precise statements. A joke item mentions a Springfield genius stealing neighbor’s beets, displaying them at the state fair to win a premium before being arrested and the prize rescinded.
At Ben Hill's funeral a reconciliation occurred between Senator Lamar of Mississippi and General Robert Toombs who had not spoken since Lamar condemned Toombs with a Sumner eulogy. In Paris the Archbishop's refusal to permit a duel victim's burial rites in Catholic churches is viewed as a major religious rebuke to dueling.
The article notes a three year old British bill allowing opening of temperance retreats. It reports that only two have started and those inmates are tightly restricted, while Mr Gladstone is criticized for unconventional street crossing methods.
In Grass Valley 105 men sought 21 delegate seats for a state convention. Names were drawn from a hat and the 21 winners claimed it as the finest representation Grass Valley has had in years. The report also notes Vanderbilt’s trotting team and tax collection troubles in Virginia City with Chinese residents and tax evasions.
The Rev. J C Sullivan of a Salem Methodist church wrote to a parishioner’s wife praising her lips as persimmon like and was dismissed by the congregation. The rebuke notes the preacher’s failure to meet Beecher’s standards and his inappropriate comparison.
The total currency outstanding in the country on September 1 was 798,288,440 including treasury notes national bank notes silver certificates and all paper money and silver fractional currency. Gold believed at about 400,000,000 and silver dollars not represented by certificates 100,000,000 bring total circulating medium to about 1,400,000,000.
The man on the Canada Fair grounds in Toronto created a stam pede by claiming the gallery was unsafe to scare spectators into leaving. With most people gone he sat in a comfortable chair and joked that there would be less danger if everyone else departed.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company tested an electric lighting system for passenger coaches using a Faure accumulator. A Jersey City to Philadelphia test run carried seven lamps of two burners, with railroad officials and electricians aboard. The lamps produced a soft, clear light, and the experiment was unanimously deemed a success. Dr. Dudley led the trial and is expected to report favorably.
The report praises individual feats by British troops in Egypt. An Arab trooper versus an English guardsman ends when the guard cuts his foe in two. Gunners toil under the sun with water poured on them. Lieutenant Carysfort of the Orion fires on a railway line, using an azimuth compass to strike a coming train.
The New York state race affects national prospects with Democrats seen as united in 1884 while Republicans face internal dissension. Cornell faction allegations of forgery and bribery fuel Republican weakness, shaping the contest over the governor election and state machinery. If Democrats win New York, they may secure the presidency in 1884.
O H Rothaker addresses Kansas editors arguing journalism is a plain, methodical trade. He blames inexperienced amateurs for sensationalism and misplaced cynicism, calling for honest work free from intrusion and vandalistic copy demands.
The Chicago Tribune says the Tariff Commission acts for protected industries and ignores non protected workers and farmers. It argues witnesses favor wealthier capitalists and free traders and notes a potential minority report as a threat to expose bias.
Ayeer's Sarsa- PARILLA is presented as a powerful vegetable remedy with iodides of potassium and iron claiming to purify and renew the blood. It is advertised as effective against scrofula, skin diseases, and other blood disorders, with benefits for liver issues and female health, sold by all druggists for forty years.
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