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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1884
Page
2
Pious verse praising the resurrection and atonement. The speaker expresses gratitude to the Iying King and laments sin while proclaiming the Lamb slain. Imagery includes lilies and the Easter dawn as believers kneel and strengthen faith.
The Women’s Christian Association of Moline met April 8 and elected officers. A constitution was approved outlining membership categories, dues, and duties, including officers, directors, and a board of managers with one year terms. The group aims to promote welfare of women and children and assist new residents.
The document outlines duties to engage church connections and recruit women, details board and committee structure, meeting schedules, voting by ballot, quorum requirements, vacancy fills, and amendment procedures. Frora N Candee serves as Secretary.
Mrs. W Langdon Sanders departs the city next Tuesday for England in a brief social notice.
In a casual exchange an unnamed companion debates beer as a remedy after work. Gragle defends the drink calling it a helper of nature while the friend objects. The remark elicits a scowl but Gragle remains unaware of offense. The text ends with a quip about youth and age.
Northwest residents push river and rail plans to Liverpool and New Orleans routes. Proposals include a Winnipeg to Fort Churchill railway through rich ore regions and a Red River to Mississippi waterway linking Wahpeton Sioux Traverse Big Stone and Lakes Traverse to New Orleans.
An insurance agent boasts of big inducements while a client snubs the offer saying another firm suits better. In Plymouth, Massachusetts workmen uncover the Pilgrim watch-tower foundation dating to 1043 while exhuming Miss Judson's grave.
A Paris scene described by a Philadelphia correspondent shows well to do investors and agents hiring others to hold spots for the issue. A poor widow with seven children slept outside since 10 o clock, eight places sold for a day, and a charitable donor provided hot coffee bread and meat amid evident privation.
An experienced architect after tours of England and America declares all theatres unsafe. He urges separating auditorium from stage with a chimney over the stage and concrete floors, arguing theatres can be made fireproof as easily as built now.
A playful exchange in a primary class as a child pretends to answer teacher questions with a joke about pauses. The fragment hints at a humorous caption or item from a New York Journal page.
The Dakota region endures brutal blizzards with small dry flakes driven by fierce winds, freezing victims unseen by distant papers. Reporters note many disappearances amid sparse coverage while locals cling to the delusion that the cold is not felt.
The Chinese cook Ah Sam from the Jeannette Arctic expedition will be exhumed from Woodlawn Cemetery New York and sent to Canton China for final burial. The voyage covers about 25 000 miles from death to interment, tracing a path from Lena Helta Arctic region through Russia to the United States and onward.
A recent New York ball sent a bouquet of cabbages and turnips tied with oil-cloth streamers to a German leader. The remark about Shakespeare suggests a public prayer for the individual who has not read the playwright.
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