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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1879
Page
7
Professor W P Trowbridge spoke on the past present and future of engineering noting rail growth the mining boom and ocean trade. He urged greater focus on sanitary engineering as a vital public health field inviting scientists capitalists and philanthropists to pursue large public improvements for the common good.
An agent touts a new lawn mower as perfect with no talking needed. The pitch promises easy use, durability, and the chance to “sell for less than cost” while recouping losses through future accessories and a bold claim of mass production and giveaways next year.
The column urges readers to abandon costly doctors and cure-alls and embrace nature’s simple remedies. It promotes Hop Bitters as the great remedy for ailments and invites readers to see another column for more details.
Wallace's Monthly outlines harsh, ineffective methods to train a balky horse. It lists cruel options such as tightening tugs and whipping, pouring sand in ears, and beating until the animal submits, warning against humane, understanding training.
Farmers once feared hot weather spoiled butter but improved methods and Wes Richardson Co perfected butter color keep the product uniformly tinted. The claim highlights setting milk procedures and colorant to maintain standard appearance despite high temperatures.
A farmer's horse and wagon on Congress Street near Larned draw a curious crowd. A man weighs the hind wheel with a pocket rule, then the crowd grows to forty as everyone speculates what happened. No one is hurt, and the mystery ends with no incident.
The article explains how proof spirit got its name from an old method of testing by wetting gunpowder with spirit and igniting it. It cites a base composition of 49.24 percent alcohol and 50.76 percent water with a density of 0.920, defining overproof as twenty five percent above proof and underproof as short of that standard.
An advertisement promotes Kidney-Wort as a dry medicinal compound for liver and kidney diseases and constipation. It claims one package equals six dollar bottles of competing products and compares preparation to a cup of coffee.
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