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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1876
Page
2
The Italian parliament, after extended debate, decides to abolish the death penalty. The move marks a major shift in criminal justice policy, aligning with decades of anti capital punishment stance.
A newspaper article presents a portrayal of President Rutherford B. Hayes, titled The next President, outlining his policies and public reception. The piece emphasizes Hayes's leadership style, reform efforts, and impact on national issues as observed by the writer. It reflects contemporary views and contextual details from the period.
The collapsed Security Insurance Company reports assets totaling 1 943 000 dollars against liabilities of 3 340 000 dollars. The note emphasizes a widening gap between assets and obligations.
The article notes the victims’ average age is 21 years and five months in the Brooklyn horror. It contrasts the Newark dispatch on sleighing, better times, and prayer meetings. It reports the official results showing Tilden 104,755 votes and Hayes 44,800 with 61,026 fewer votes than the prior election.
The editorial expresses a broad seasonal greeting from The Review, noting goodwill toward most readers while singling out book sellers and life insurers as exceptions.
The public questions ongoing failures in life insurance handling and asks how many more missteps must occur before realization that insurance affairs involve human error and oversight.
The national House of Representatives will adjourn today until Wednesday for Christmas and again on Friday of next week until the Wednesday following for New Year. Pity the poor congressmen.
On Monday eastern bound railways advanced freight rates from Chicago to the seaboard by 10 cents per 100 pounds on grain and 15 cents on fourth class freight. The move is in accordance with the eastern combination.
It is deemed probable that the current armistice between Russia Turkey and Serbia will be extended to March 1. This extension would give the Conference of Powers in Constantinople time to adjust the controversy if possible.
The Brooklyn theatre fire is reviewed by the fire marshal who cites inadequate suppression means and poor crowd control as the main factors. Exits and apparatus were generally sound for a theatre of its type, but the deadly loss of life resulted from insufficient fire suppression and an excited, densely packed audience.
Joliet State Prison houses over 1600 convicts, well above its intended capacity by five to six hundred. The rapid inmate growth raises questions for the upcoming legislature on providing adequate provision and space for the overcrowded Joliet institution.
The Chicago Tribune is praised as the most readable morning paper in the northwest. It highlights its timely news, strong political analysis, and unmatched literary department, noting the Saturday issue includes a four page supplement.
Returns show 144 Republicans and 146 Democrats elected to the next House. New Hampshire will elect three in April and is likely to give Republicans all three, bringing GOP seats to 147 and a one vote majority. Several Republican seats may be contested by Democrats.
The text urges the duty of every person to care for children and the poor during Christmas. It praises the season’s generosity as a means to restore kindness and brotherhood, encouraging the well to share wealth and wisdom with those in need and to teach compassion across age groups.
The Review shows strong advertiser support with 237 distinct ads from 108 businesses in Moline Rock Island Davenport Chicago New York and beyond. It claims high readership with over eleven thousand copies sold and repeated orders, asserting ads in The Review deliver full value and often multiple times the spent sum.
Alderman John A. Shallene of the First ward has erected a one story frame building opposite the First ward school house to be occupied by Hedin & Co. as a grocery. Possession taken. Numerous ads note cheap prices on shoes, boots, glassware and holiday goods at N Chester & Co. and Knell's, plus local notices about the Congregational church Christmas tree and a Colorado zephyr scene on farm implements.
We highlight a wide stock of holiday presents including chromes mottoes frames wall pockets writing desks and more. The display at 502 Clendenin & Martin invites citizens of Moline to view their diverse selection and thank you for three years of patronage.
Shoppers urged to inspect N Chester and Co's stock before buying elsewhere as holiday jewelry offers appear unusually cheap at this store.
A letter warns that business and industry face fearfully low spirits as winter approaches. Parents are urged to protect family health and finances, recommending Bochhee German Syrup to prevent coughs and lung diseases and Castoria as a safe substitute for Castor oil for children and adults.
A catalog of illustrated editions and classic volumes listed for sale including Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Gustave Doré edition priced at $10 and a range of works by Shakespeare Dante Homer Hawthorne and Dickens with prices from $1.25 to $25 plus numerous series and illustrated collections by various publishers and artists. Many titles feature deluxe bindings such as morocco and full morocco with multiple editions and library bindings offered.
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