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Dayton, Oct. 3d, 1884. – Politics are quiet at present, but our town will show up on the 4^th of November with a good Cleveland majority.

The Chicago and Dayton Brick Co. have three large kilns built and are laying foundations for three more kilns. They have just set up a large Eureka Dry Press Brick machine, weighing 18 tons, and will be ready to run as soon as they can get in their new water wheels.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Allen and family, of Des Moines, Iowa, were visiting in Dayton the fore part of the week. They took in the sights of Chicago for a few days.

Mrs. Wm. McMillan, of Clinton, Iowa, is home on a visit.

Miss Myrtle Stadden, of Chicago, who has been visiting in Dayton for a few weeks, returned home Friday morning.

Mrs. J. W. Channel and daughter will leave next Monday for the great fair and exposition at St. Louis.

O. W. Trumbo “takes the cake” on small grain. He threshed out 26 ½ bushels of wheat, machine measure, to the acre, and 180 bushels of pure buckwheat to ten acres. Who can beat that? The buckwheat is at Green’s mill where it will be ground and sold out to be made into the most delicious cakes. For good pure buckwheat you must call at the mill.

The Dayton tile are taking the load and the works are overrun with orders.

Quite a number of our young folks are attending the Ottawa High School this fall.

Occasional¹

1. The Ottawa (Illinois) Free Trader, October 4, 1884, p. 8, cols. 1-2

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