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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1901
Page
4
An aging professor plans a sudden Buffalo trip after a tense dinner with his daughter and her suitor Ropp. He reveals he will not consent to the match, citing Ropp’s lack of consideration, and retreats to prepare for a quiet night before a planned return to confront the situation.
The New York Herald's London rep quotes Mr Charles T Yerkes denying a £16,000 ($80,000) price for two Turner works. He says such sums are inflated, maintaining the paintings in his Hamilton Building office are early Bogosh pieces and not worth the figures. He criticizes foreign buyers and notes duties on art imports.
In a London Tit-Bits excerpt a man seized by the arm asks for a doctor, but the reply is a brusque no, followed by a retort about cucumbers. The snippet captures a sharp, humorous exchange with a local flavor.
In Boston Watchman’s verse, autumn scenes glow with radiant leaves across hills and valleys. The poem contrasts nature’s finished year with man’s lack of power to weave life into a leaf, as harvest readiness and sunset colors signal rest and seasonal change.
In Riverton a bashful farmer James Murchison woos the grain buyer’s daughter, hidden love sparking amid hardship. When a dog attacks the girl on Singing river bridge he strips his teeth to load his gun and saves her, proving character and winning her hand.
A child brightens a playful verse about a father letting his whiskers grow to ward off the cold. The poem contrasts father and mother, noting the mother’s softer cheeks and a teasing line about the father looking like a monkey when his whiskers sprout.
An angry tenant complains of failing heating arrangements and a thermometer showing only 10 to 15 degrees above freezing. The accommodating agent offers to furnish a better thermometer as a first step.
A fragment reports a dialogue where Jane defends a satchel while Mr Jobo instructs to keep an eye on it. The Chicago News text hints at a dramatic interaction with a servant or companion figure.
The fragment describes a rugged Mackinaw river valley tract known as the Lost Forty Therian in Tazewell County It notes continuous deep ravines fox dens wolves and turkeys and says land cannot be cultivated The area has a disputed ownership and has been used for trading with various parties pursuing a tithe or sale while many locals avoid it due to unknown owners and numerous springs feeding the Mackinaw river.
An English judge is cited stating that both divine and human law allow a defendant to defend. He recalls a learned remark noting that God questioned Adam before sentence and similarly asked Eve, “Where art thou? Hast thou eaten?” The comparison underlines the defendant’s right to defense.
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