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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1879
Page
2
A letter from a Seychelles correspondent warns of a small but deadly fish known as the jar, whose back spines inject poison that can cause death and excruciating pain. The piece cautions sailors to avoid handling strange fish in the tropics and notes the danger of bites while aboard boats.
A plain boardinghouse maid assists Miss Hutchins, the veiled beauty who hides her true self with makeup and teeth, as Horace Waters learns of her secret. After a perilous night fire and heartbreak, Waters chooses honesty and wedlock, aiding her recovery and a hopeful future in San Francisco.
A Poughkeepsie Eagle correspondent laments filthy New York streets after frosty weather. He notes mud, deep street sludge, and sidewalks ruined by constant traffic, urging cleaner conditions and decently kept city thoroughfares as a mark of civilization. He contrasts the public neglect with New Yorkers’ pretensions and calls for improved urban hygiene.
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