Moline's Industrial Power and Local Institutions
The article highlights Moline's booming manufacturing base and powerful water power on the Mississippi. It notes proximity to St Paul and St Louis, the inland arsenal on Rock Island, and extensive local facilities including a high school set in 1875, a public library with 6 000 volumes, and a bustling economy employing thousands. It lists city officials, aldermen, and local organizations, plus county and state government figures serving Rock Island and surrounding counties.
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Moline
Tinole
Misalesippi River
St Paul
St. Loniz
Aaa
Great Inland Arsenal and Armory Works
United States
Great River
Atina
Maline Public
Mixed Bits and Gossip From a Curious Era
Fragmentary miscellany features quirky lines about public figures like Halliday and Blair, notes on Vermont celebrations and Burgoyne descendants, jokes about politicians, and random cultural asides. Mentions Rev Mary Pomeroy Glendenning, Mary Mapes Dodge, and Le Verrier. The piece wanders through oblique vignettes and society barbs.
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Burgoynes
Mary Pomeroy Glendenning
New York
Mary Mapes Dodge
Nicholas
Brunetty
Local Moline Business Directory Excerpt 1870s
A dense listing of Moline Illinois merchants and tradesmen includes attorneys, bankers, grocers, jewelers, bakers, barber and hairdressers, cabinet makers, blacksmiths, and manufacturers. It notes office locations over banks and shops, with many firms offering plumbing, harness, groceries, hardware, and veterinary services.
Disproved Plow Promises Superior Farm Tool
Advertises a plow model named Disproved Plow with claims of best construction strength lightness easy draft and broad recognition for the coming season, urging readers to call and see the product.
Misfit Varnish Plot At Morris Household Sparks Mayhem
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a jagged tale of Miss Morris hosting seventeen suitors who consume varnish and chairs after a failed engagement attempt. Her father, Morris, ejects the crowd amid a scramble over furniture and splintered upholstery.
Deere Gang Lightcat Draft Gong Plow Wins First Premium
The article reports First Premium awards for the Lightcat Draft Gong Plow at Tinote and lows State Field Trials in 1374, with the Iron Beams and Iron Fries winning Grand Gold Medals at Indianatar and Indians State Trials in 1878 and 1874 respectively. The Boss plow also earned First Premium for two consecutive years at the Iowa State Plowing Match.
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Tinote
Lows
Iowa
Advance Walking Cultivator Wins Indiana 1876 Gold Medal
The Advance Walking Cultivator emerged supreme at Indiana State Trial in 1876 defeating twenty cultivators and earning the Gold Medal. It also captured the first premium at Iowa State Trials, with broader acclaim noted from successive yearly shows.
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Indiana
Children in a Tight Place at boarding house
A one and a half year old named Jimmie Russell wedged between two nearly touching buildings at a boarding house foot of Aston street. His twelve year old sister attempted to help but became stuck. A crowd formed while workmen cut a three foot square opening in the house to free them.
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Gsth
Aston Street
Jimmie Russell
Impro ei or 1877. Wa Galtivater.
The fragmentary OCR item mentions a 1877 date and names such as Galtivater, with limited readable context about a riding or walking event. The readable portion hints at a historical account or note but lacks clear actions, participants, or outcomes.
Traveling Bath House On Wheels Delights Train Passengers
A novel Yankee concept brings a Turkish bath on a railcar that tows behind an express train. The car features a Russian bath plus Turkish facilities with bathing rooms, shampooing, a dining area, and sleeping compartments. Temperature varies 80 to 160 degrees and blue glass lights the roof. It can be detached at towns for short stays.
How the American Aborigenes Disposed of Their Dead
A Septembers issue surveys Native American burial methods. It lists four main modes and details tribal practices. It notes mound and cave interment, stone tombs by Lenni Lenape, and varying cremation practices among Pueblos and Gila River tribes. Embalming is rare, with cave mummies in Kentucky and exsiccation aiding preservation. Aerial burial appears, including tree suspensions and canoes, while Sioux practice elevated bodies on platforms or in trees.
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America
Biwin
Delaware
United States
Breckenridge County
Kentucky
Utah
Anzona
New Mexico
Verona
Snd
Gila River
Akzona
Minmoth
Salt Cave
Atlantic Pacific Ship Canal Proposed by Lt Wyse
Lieutenant Lucien Wyse reports on a Nicaragua route for a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific. The plan follows a 65 mile gap and a high gorge route between rivers with a 160 foot summit, promising improvements over Selfridge surveys and Nicaragua designs. A rockless tunnel option could cost up to 1 million dollars per mile.
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Lucien N Tb Wyse
Dacien
Benent
Cape River
High Plains
Contrefuorta
Puyra
Payah
Cue
Puquia
Atraty
Cordilleras
Atlantic
Point Gandi
Do We Eat Too Much Summer Diet Debate
The Washington Star reports a debate on summer eating habits. The Philadelphia Ledger argues the summer diet should replace winter fare to ease digestion, noting people often add summer luxuries and overburden the stomach. It cites reduced flesh intake in heat and warns overload harms health, especially in hot weather.
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Washington Star
The
Philadelphia Ledger
Costs of Transportation Before the Rail Road
Edward Howland discusses historical transport costs and methods from Philadelphia to Erie in 1784 and 1789, detailing pack-horse trains, a New England Ohio canal project, and early water routes. He notes wartime needs, river connections, and price scales, including a freight charge of three dollars per hundred pounds and the premium to Detroit. He also covers torpedo defenses and naval implications of early steam and ordnance ideas.
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Philadelphia
Erica
Ohio
New England
Ohio Compans
Marietta
New Haven
Connecticut
Yuughogheny River
Samel
Murietta
Virginia
Angerstown
Maryland
Brownsville
Pennsylvania
Ohtu
Hegerstown
Lakes
War
the Treasury
Detroit
Monastic Capuchins Arrive at Metamora for New Monastery
Four Capuchin monks arrive in Metamora to establish a monastery on sixteen acres. They will build schools and hospitals for needy guests with no pay, accept voluntary gifts, and limit women from the establishment. The order is strict on celibacy, head shaving, coarse garments, and non conversational demeanor. Public services are held each Sabbath attracting visitors.
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New York
California
China
McMahon
Tie
Pio Nono
Evarts
Washington
AL Hutchinson
Fifteenth
Chigng
Eneh
Dpperband Ai Jaan
Rene Rooia
Morris
Ane
Monroe Universitye
Misa Morris
Ter
Lim
Mogg Morris
Murgis
Olina Pee
Wen
Astor
Cazelletus
Muorris
Abustau
Order of Capuchings
Metamera
Biswarck
Metamora
Peru Mine Tunnels Promise Vast Silver Riches
Mining revival in Cerro de Basco Peru uncovers a submerged ore body in a six decade water-logged deposit. Henry Meigs endorses a tunnel plan to drain the lake, exposing vast silver ore likely worth millions and potentially surpassing Nevada in output within a decade.
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Cerro de Basco
Peru
Henry Meigs
Spiners
Abe
Lima
Thur
Nevada
The Whitehead Torpedo Explained
Popular science monthly describes Britain manufacturing its own Whitehead torpedoes with secret internal machinery. The 4 plus foot cigar shaped weapon uses compressed air power, explosive charges, and a tube launch to travel underwater at about twenty miles per hour, surfacing to neutralize if it misses.
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Bitish
Buun
Japanese Children Seen Through Foreign Eyes in London Letter
A London Spectator letter argues Japanese children show great happiness and light heartedness. It cites four causes: loose warm clothing, open air living, spare furniture, and balanced parental restraint plus a fifth about stronger elder child bonds. It notes Japan as a paradise of babies with shared play and public amusements.
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Japan
London Spectator
Tokio
England
Russian Women Rally Behind War Amidst National Mobilization
A Manchester Examiner dispatch from Saint Petersburg describes elite Russian women, including Madame Narischkina and Countess Shouvaloff, working in a charitable dress society near Fort Nichols. The report praises their dedication, noting noble and peasant women alike donate jewels and time to aid wounded soldiers, portraying war as a national effort opposed to British self interest.
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St. Petersburg
Manchester Examiner
Kacivah
Fort Nichols
Suichern
Rete Ma TV AM
Madame Narischkina
Princess Kourakini
Countess Schouvaloff
The Early Rising Delusion in Rural Life
A rationale against strict early rising, arguing seven to eight hours of sleep is vital for health. It dismisses the idea that greats sleep only a few hours, notes individual schedules for rising, warns against sudden wakeups, and calls for gentler routines for children and public life. Blankets of vapor enwrap Zeaterh penshore cities.
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Swander
Olice
Ee Adulph Guttsuche
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Gralner
Kodman Avenue
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Harley Collins
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Akank Gunnell
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Dour
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Reese
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Sud
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Muse
Walker & Son
Fourth Ward
Urocery
Grovaree Fonvimione
Nhus
Wells Street
Hodman and
Bynde
Moline Manufacturers’ Directory
Northwest
Be? & Leal Mill CO
Viuur Mui
Beat Qrauers
Supssesurm
Smulters
Kren Aun F.vnr Packers
Gori
Guuld & LU
Livak Manu
Bakers
IRUN
Rl &P Depot
Ms To0s Bros
Neee
M. Christy
Knator & Bon
Kerns
General Repares
Post Ofice
Ancashire & Turner
Ilinola
Wisconsin
Missouri
Edward
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Adison Bros
P@ Sau and Tobacco
Sarm Ang Pudmco
S&s Trumble
Jalle
Ij Ox "Malleable Iron CO
Lliams
Mandpactuere
Vang Low
New York Times
Detroit Free Press
Kou
Oscar Dean
Uthereek
Pat ‘Kame
Doorn
Gang Plow
Gilpin
the Boss
Towa
Abcot
Impro Ei
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Pacific
Edward Howland
Harper's Magazine
Gme
Whitehead
North Sea
Black Sea
Sailora
Wouford County
Lacan Home Journal
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