Mettamica Association Meeting Schedule Details
The Mettamica Association announces its No 1 section meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month in Druid's Hall. This notice outlines regular meeting cadence and location for members.
01 Aug 1873
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1873
Page
1
The Mettamica Association announces its No 1 section meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month in Druid's Hall. This notice outlines regular meeting cadence and location for members.
Attorney Brughene Lewis operates publicly regarding matters with Molite National Bank Morse Prisers and related legal affairs. The notice outlines involvement in a vehicular incident and ensuing public records.
Fragmentary OCR shows a roster of individuals associated with government bonds and drafts. Names include GLILLMORE, Gould, Keator, Lane Baws, Deere, Dimeoack, Vinton, Huntoon, Browning, Athitaan, Barnard, Rose, Shaw, Galanor, Guttemberg, Horton, Bremen. Referenced as collectors or traders across European cities.
The Moline National Bank in Moline Illinois announces its officers and staff including President Perrin Skinner Vice President W Lowaktz Cashier Tawen and Assistant Cashier AkTORS Joan Good H W Candee and a list of staffers Porter Skinner Y E McClendon CH Stoddard and others. The bank operates at Main and Mall Bre7 and offers prompt attention to collections drawn on principal cities in the United States and Europe.
The Moline Savings Bank in Moline Illinois sets a 6 percent per annum rate on deposits starting January 1. Office hours are 9 am to 8 pm daily and 7 to 8 pm on today and Saturday evenings. Offices at the Moline National Bank Building list S W Wueroe as president and C W Lobdell as cashier with a slate of trustees. The bank claims to be the only chartered savings institution in Rockland County.
GG Balyond offers low prices and warranted work for repairs. A select stock of watches and jewelry, including Molten N Jes jewelry, is available for inspection.
A first person fragment recalls a faithful dog saving a sick man and a bricklayer facing a perilous Chicago chimney climb. The narrator describes fear of heights, a brutal early morning cold, and the dog’s quiet vigilance by his bedside as he battles fever and life peril.
The letter notes light betting among travelers over trivial wagers like sugar lumps while praising a New Haven train conductor who helped an old man without money. The writer, H E Barnes of New York, reflects on humanity and ends with casual sign off from July 23.
A man clinging to brickwork high in a brewery chimney endures a fierce wind and collapsing scaffolding. He watches a rescue plan fail as a kite and rocket misfire, then survives after a rope and cord reach him and rescuers pull him to safety.
In calmer weather and on a sturdier scaffold the narrator describes recovering after a fall from a tall chimney. He credits his careful wife and others for support as he travels to work, recounting the moment of the near fatal climb and the fear that rose with each passing second.
The piece argues the Republican party stands creditable on transportation and back-pay questions, condemns the opposition as desperate, and predicts the party’s durability. It notes leaders tied to the Credit Mobilier windfall were discarded, while new leaders rise. A humorous closing paragraph contrasts political talk with a summer picnic scene.
A speaker contrasts life with boys and household disorder against a quiet, orderly female home. The speaker insists on the joy and bustle of raising four boys, valuing their presence over a pristine, quiet domestic ideal. The poem laments gendered roles and celebrates lively family life.
A man bursts into a scene yelling you will be eaten if not leaving. He jumps fences with speed, frightens train passengers who label him escaped lunatic. Once home he patches his hands with court-plaster and vows never to picnic again.
The article recounts Governor Stanford's attempt to photograph the Pacific slope trotter Occident in motion using a rapid shutter. It describes a two board mechanism with a spring and double lenses to capture a fifth of a second, creating a near perfect image of the running horse. It also notes experiments by Fox Talbot on wheel imagery and references to presidents' fathers witnessing inaugurations.
The New York World describes the cable system with Sir William Thomson’s refracting galvanometer and a light spot scale box. An operator reads tiny magnet swings from Valencia to spell letters, translating electrical pulses into words at rapid speed.
Gerrit Smith, famed temperance advocate, doubts that laws are best to curb drinking and favors moral influence over government coercion. In a New York temperance convention letter he asserts the people should govern themselves without heavy state restrictions and warns against overreach by authorities.
A customer complains about high prices and long waits while a Yankee grocer is pressed to donate to a new church. The grocer signs a humorous note offering eleven pounds of sugar for one dollar as part of the town fund.
The text notes that when political talk favors farmers and independent nominations, many Democrats seek office and Republicans fear losing spoils. It highlights factions jockeying for influence as reform ideas surface.
A Democratic organ in Alabama the Limestone News declares it cannot improve while fighting under the Democratic banner. It laments the old party emblem is too worn to mend and urges an end to the resentments stirred by last year’s folly, likening a revival to singing hymns to a dead mule.
The new U S cruelty prevention law, to be enforced October 1, requires cattle horses and other stock in transit to be properly fed and watered. Owners who fail to comply face fines proportional to the offense. Congress passed the act to curb cruelty in transport.
The pneumatic tube system linking Brisbane to Washington collapsed, wasting 10000 in treasury funds. The experiment proved unsuccessful and the promised ten minute round trip could not be achieved.
Leading capitalists and businessmen propose a steamship company to run vessels between New Orleans and Europe carrying Mississippi valley products and redirect emigration inland. A capital of 10,000 pounds will finance a substantial fleet and trade of great magnitude. A London society with similar aims is organized by prominent capitalists and manufacturers.
Dr Letherby concludes moderately hard water is safer and healthier for city use than soft water. Hard water appears clearer, colder, and more pleasing to the eye and taste while less likely to absorb organics or affect iron or lead pipes. Dr Wilson of Edinburgh supports the same conclusions.
The Chicago Legal News reports the Laois Supreme Court decision on lay over railroad tickets. Purchasers receive a thirty day window. after expiration the conductor can refuse passage. The ruling holds ticket holders must use the issued term or lose the right to travel.
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