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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1879
Page
4
The late session costs tally 273700.73 dollars sparking debate over value received. Attorney General Edsall states he will not seek further election after his current term, citing his record as a competent official.
CurcaAco lists ninety lumber yards with tallies of 357,328,200 feet of lumber and timber and 186,326,150 shingles pieces. It also records 30,080,165 lath pieces, 107,213 feet of pickets, and 352,456 cedar posts across the yards.
Mississippians declare their determination to send Jeff Davis to the United States Senate to fill the term of Bruce which expires in 1881. They present Davis as the great representative Democrat of the South and question why he should not be chosen.
Last week Father Van de Moortel an eminent Jesuit in Chicago renounced Catholicism joining the Episcopalians. He has returned to his first love and the sensible conclusion is that the man is insane.
Jas A Wilkerson a Democratic candidate for Jennings County Indiana treasurer was fined 1000 dollars and sentenced to a year in the penitentiary for conspiracy to import illegal voters into the county. Tilden's reform remark is noted.
The piece argues the United States cannot sustain a foreign minister at major European ports without private support. It notes a 317,500 annual salary plus additional official costs. The resignations of Ministers Welsh and Stoughton are blamed on these funding pressures, one heading to England and the other to Russia.
The Daily Vers of Chicago, once a strong Harrison supporter for mayor, denounces him as a demagogue without one redeeming feature. Harrison was favored as a workingman's candidate and shares a similar view with the Rock Islander editor, though Vers sees Harrison as more capable and principled.
Democratic Governor candidate Dr Luke P Blackburn is credited with wartime misdeeds while treasury strains rise from sheriff defalcations and state revenue shortfalls. Tennessee debt repudiation gains momentum as voters reject a 50 cent on the dollar compromise. Senator Blaine predicts a Republican win in Maine and Ohio campaign kicks off with Carl Schurz in Cincinnati.
The piece notes testimony by Gen Banning and other Democrats about campaign payments and hiring practices. It criticizes the Congressional investigation into business depression as a failure, while listing various political, economic, and social events from across the country. It mentions Tilden’s busy campaign prospects, Dalton, Salt Lake, and state affairs, plus crime and public health updates.
Albany scientists unearthed a twenty five foot diameter mound exposing stone drinking vessels skulls and bones. The Davenport Academy of Science collected relics and a report was sent to the Smithsonian. The mounds show cone and oblong shapes with trees indicating age and pre Indian inhabitants.
Judge Dillon announces resignation effective September 1. Chicago hosts a National Archery tournament. River packets begin southward travel. Colorado seeks removal of Ute Indians from borders. Muskegon Michigan ships 5,560,000 feet of lumber in a single day. The G P reports $182,000 more in July 1879 than July 1878. Kansas governor opposes arrival of destitute refugees. Reports from the German Empire circulate.
The author describes Eureka Colorado as a quiet mining camp with 30 to 40 log cabins, a mercantile row, and a post office in the saloon. The valley lies between steep ranges with volcanic porphyry rocks, red mountains, heavy timber, and high peaks. The journey from Alamosa to Eureka is recounted with mule trouble, camping at hot springs, and scenic passes toward the Pacific slope.
An old subject notes decent material cost from three to five dollars each and comments that many dealers have forgotten changing times. The piece recalls a period when shirts made a certain level of value and price.
A promotional note claims a nearly proportionate price for a fine shirt line and promises a set of gold rolled plate buttons with each order to boost reader interest in the enterprise.
A new historical volume by J T Headley chronicles the achievements of Henry M Stanley the famed explorer. Headley known for Napoleon and his Marshals and Washington and US Generals adds vivid biography with nearly 100 full page illustrations. The work is sold by subscription through N D Thompson & Co Ju hate ers St Louis Mo and advertised in another column.
The Library of Universal Knowledge appears in 20 volumes at 50 cents each, or 10.90 for the set, reprinting Chambers Encyclopedia with American additions. Volume one due September, later volumes follow. direct sales cut commissions. Special subscriber incentives offered. related titles include Chambers Cyclopedia and other reference works from American Book Exchange at 55 Beekman Street, New York.
THE REVIEW office is ready to execute orders for all varieties of printing and binding. Blank books with or without headings and special ruling are provided at the lowest prices. Bankers merchants and manufacturers are invited to call and obtain figures for any printing or binding work.
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