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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1878
Page
3
A Boston Post verse fragment depicts a solitary ploughboy rising at dawn to meet his love. He wanders through dewy fields and woods, awaiting the beloved along rustic paths and a running brook, as the morning light breaks over the countryside.
Miss Gracie seeks quick cash and turns to acting but fails to win steady parts. After auditions, a Lost Child of the Prairies role leads to mishaps on stage including a cave scene and a wild Indian. A water-throwing mishap ends her acting career and she heads toward San Francisco for new work.
A man with mud on his boots boards a train near New York using the last half of an excursion ticket for a trip beyond the stop. The conductor explains the ticket allows only a single continuous journey, since the train does not travel the entire route, prompting the weary passenger to question if walking over the old road on an excursion ticket is allowed.
A fragmented report traces a troubled progression from a somber start to a murky sequence of incidents. The text hints at confusion and misfortune surrounding individuals and organizations without clear conclusions.
A Greenfield letter recalls Rev Stephen Mix of Wethersfield Ct seeking a wife in 1600 Northampton. He meets Mary Stopparp after being presented to Stoddard and offers his heart and hand. She asks for time to reflect, he smokes a pipe with her father, and she sends a laconic reply by letter approving marriage. The couple wed December 1, 1696 in Hartford.
In 1800 Napoleon neared Brno Moravia and must pass the Old Gate. A Tyrolean apprentice in a nearby loft aimed a loaded gun at him but was disarmed by the master before the shot could be fired. Napoleon rode on unharmed as danger loomed on the steep hillside.
An unruly man smoked persistently in a station waiting room in front of women, one woman becoming ill from the odor. Her husband confronted the offender and sought action. The incident highlights complaints about conduct in public transit spaces.
At about 5 AM last Sunday a blaze destroyed the Bry an Mining Company works. Six men in the 600 to 880 foot drift climbed to safety. seven others at 390 feet escaped through the old shaft works. The engineer hoisted the cage to the surface as flames raced through the mine.
A Luttsburg Commercial correspondent complains that Washington’s climate and diet ruin appearance. He cites pale, yellowed skin, flat breasts, and poor physiques among young women, blaming poor food, grease-heavy Southern cooking, furnace heating, and foul sewers for a supposed urban ugliness.
The piece argues that many actors cannot sustain irrational roles without adopting them offstage. It cites Siddons Cushman Matthews Tooke Florence and others as examples of performers whose public personas mirror their stage antics, illustrating the mind’s tendency to turn talents toward silliness. It notes irony in a once serious figure becoming unable to act beyond his onstage roles.
A Eureka Nevada hunting party left a dog tied at camp. The dog broke free with the chain and became stuck on rocks miles away, effectively a prisoner until the hunters returned and freed him.
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