29 Aug 1873
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1873
Page
1
A brief notice identifies Neri Dey Peay as an attorney and counselor at law. The item comments on professional designation and status within the legal community. No further details are provided in the fragment.
A collage of puns proverbs and witticisms drawn from a reader page. Jests about mispronounced words tea fortunes iron deflated young ladies and amusing gendered quips accompany anecdotes on elections love and a humorously misheard Lear line.
A poetic parody by Longfellow portrays Sir Christopher Gardiner as a polished knight who travels from Merry England to Puritan Massachusetts. His secret life with Mistress Mary is exposed, and a governor sends him back to England aboard a Salem-bound vessel.
The notice lists officers and bankers at Moline National Bank Illinois with roles including President Peribn Skinner Vice President and Cashier CF Eameswar. It names a board of directors such as John Good HW Candee George Stephens Porter Shotner Y b McClendon and others and describes the bank’s Main and Mill street location and draft practices on principal cities in the United States and Europe.
G. Eklund, watchmaker and repairer, advertises low prices and warranted work. A select stock of watches clocks and jewelry on hand at rooms in the Moline National Bank building Rodman Street.
Henry EF Barnes argues that railroad half fare to ministers is a respect for a calling, not mendicancy. He notes ministers sacrifice, poverty, and public trust, while railroads seek practical benefits and a lower fare seen as justice and support for churches along the line.
Medical branch data from 605000 draftees show 257 unfit per 1000 with 50 nationalities represented. Blacks born in America fared best, Canadians next, Scandinavians after. Irish and Germans most disqualified. Americans suffered dyspepsia as the leading cause. open air workers fared better than indoor laborers. physicians more often disabled than clergy.
The piece defends the Republican Party, arguing it has not outlived usefulness despite dissent within its ranks. It cites reforms in civil service foreign policy and civil rights, praises steadfast leadership, and condemns Democratic pivot on salary increases while noting a salary grab by several lawmakers. It lists lawmakers who returned back pay and those who kept it, highlighting regional patterns.
The list shows lawmakers who returned back pay to the Treasury. Names include R E Fenton W A Wheeler W R Roberts B S Cox Eli Perry and others from New York. G A Halsey F F Frelinghuysen John Hill from New Jersey. John Scott Washington Townsend from Pennsylvania. Hamlin J A Peters Eugene Hale W P Frye from Maine. W A Buckingham N P Hawley H H Starkweather from Connecticut. C W Willard from Vermont. James H Garfield James Monroe W H Upson Charles Foster A G Thurman John Sherman from Ohio. D D Pratt W S Holman R C Kerr John Cobuin from Indiana. C B Farwell John M Crebba J B Hawley from Illinois. G W Hazleton J M Rosk J Allen Barber Alex Mitchell Philetus Sawyer from Wisconsin. G M McGrary A R Cotton from Iowa. Carl Schorz G A Finckelsburg from Missouri. J W Ferry Oban from Michigan.
The Lexington Missouri paper reports a gang blamed for wrecking a Chicago Rock Island and Pacific train, killing and wounding officers, looting 118 treasure, and robbing banks in Kansas City and Missouri. Sheriff Young pursues them with no armory while the band is well mounted and connected. A $30,000 reward awaits capture.
The Stockholm Aftonblad reports the North Pole expedition wintered at 79 53 north 16 15 east placing a house to await depots and sledging parties. Severe early winter halted plans though scientific members moved into the shelter on October 4. Daylight diminished as the sun set on October 20 after a period of twilight.
The report notes health was satisfactory until ration cuts to aid starving ships' crews caused scurvy. Dredging continued despite cold darkness, with surface life and sea weeds thriving. The sun failed to appear Oct 20 to Feb 21 while the moon appeared every fortnight for ten days. Dispatch dated Feb 23 hopes to push farther north when possible. one ship returned to Norway.
The text argues for reforming the death penalty with a science based method and criticizes long drop calculations. It also condemns class prejudice in crime punishment, urging harsher treatment for the rich and relief for the poor to reduce crime, asserting most honesty lies among the poor.
A concerted attack on railroad finance condemns Commodore Vanderbilt for stock watering practices. The piece details inflated capital for Hudson River and Central lines, fictitious stock of 45 million dollars, and bonds totaling nearly 10 million with eight and six percent interest. It argues farmers suffer high costs and calls for disgorgement of ill gotten gains.
The event featured Miss Anna Dickinson about to speak on Joan of Arc. The chairman fumbled through a faltering introduction, misnaming the topic and speakers, creating a moment of embarrassment before the lecture on her life and adventures.
A reflective passage urges universal practice of kindness and mutual aid. It extols a simple sentence as a guiding rule, praising how assisting others eases burdens, inspires strength, and brings quiet gratitude to both giver and receiver. It frames helping as duty and reward, like bread cast upon waters returning in time.
A telegram from St Joseph Missouri reports a former almshouse resident, Henry Page, now twenty one, has inherited about fifty thousand dollars and land near Indianapolis. The 1858 arrival of J M Page led to poverty for his stepmother and siblings, later saved by citizens. A trustful heir and judge confirmed his identity in Buchanan County, with funds accruing from the mother’s estate. The young man begins claiming his fortune.
Anthony Gilbo a fireman at Syracuse Central Railroad shop died Monday after rushing back to a hot boiler to shut a valve. He collapsed and died a short time later despite nearby workers rushing to aid him.
A country man plans a city errand and carries a female produced list of buys. The memo covers tea copperas carbolic acid leaf sugar lemons lime ground mustard ginger coal oil whiskey and more with cautions to keep liquids separate and avoid well water. A humorous vignette ends as the husband heads toward the hospital district with a list pinned in his hat.
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