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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1884
Page
7
The label reads if not marked from the date printed thereon. All finding themselves owing for a full year are urged to pay immediately. Sending $2.00 covers the past year, with $1.50 paid in advance to extend for another year.
Officials revise earlier report on Dixon break saying damage is limited and mills and factories are operating as usual with no major disruption.
In a nine to five vote last night the Galesburg city council raised the saloon license fee from 600 to 1200 dollars and shortened the closing hour from 11 PM to 10 PM.
Hubbard, the bank cashier, remains at large as defalcation tallies rise. Officials estimate the loss from the Monmouth Bank case will likely reach about $250,000.
The Republican primaries for delegate selection to the State and Congressional District Conventions take place this evening across Chicago wards and towns in Cook County.
Washington agricultural department reports 27,000,000 acres of winter wheat on the ground nationwide. The crop is described as looking as well as usual for this season of the year.
A train-load of corn donated by Butter county farmers in Kansas arrived in Cincinnati to aid Ohio flood sufferers. The corn will be sold and the proceeds distributed according to the donors wishes.
An aged couple named Fleetwood were murdered in their home by robbers who escaped. The sensational crime echoes a latest village horror in Winnetka. Police pursue suspects as residents fear for safety.
Thieves broke into the Waukegan Post Office and United States Express Company office Thursday night. The Post Office safe yielded about 20 dollars, while the other safe’s amount was not yet certain but estimated around 400 to 500 dollars.
Affairs in the Island of Cuba are described as in a very bad way morally and politically with demoralization. Commercially there is prostration and financially a chronic panic. Spain imposes heavy taxes, and the people are seen as ripe for revolution.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes the Morrison Tariff bill will likely favor English exporters to America, predicting its passage ends in their gain and Britain becomes the creditor while domestic labor suffers as capital moves offshore.
An analysis shows seventy eight Republicans backed restoring the wool duty while twelve opposed. One hundred fourteen Democrats voted against restoration contrasted with forty one in favor, signaling party stances on farmer protection.
A bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Brown of Colorado would require new freight cars bought or built after September 1 to be fully equipped to couple and uncouple without employees needing to go between cars. The measure aims to improve safety for railroad workers on freight trains.
The New York Court of Appeals holds that voluntary intoxication does not excuse homicide. A defendant, even if intoxicated or driven by an appetitive frenzy, remains subject to the same legal inferences on intent as a sober person. The decision emphasizes accountability for crime regardless of intoxication.
A remark condemns escaping punishment for law transgressions and notes many crimes are linked to liquor. It warns those who drink to excess to consider this decision before consuming alcohol, lest they lose consciousness or reasoning.
The readable fragments describe a window scene with a woman and a man gazing at each other in a ballroom setting. Vague images include a rosebud lace and a searched yet fruitless encounter, mentioning kerosene and an implied social moment.
The Peoria Journal reviews ex Congressmen B F Marsh and a rival in the eleventh Melces ressional district. Marsh’s two year bid ended with a district convention in Bushnell not naming him as a delegate. The paper condemns scorched campaign tactics and urges new leadership to unite the Republican party.
A Post-Dispatch interviewer quotes a scalp specialist warning that cosmetic hair bleaching damages memory appetite sleep and eyesight. He links prolonged use to insomnia lunacy and even infant danger, urging caution against fashionable light hair and praising natural brown hair as healthier and more intelligent.
A Virginia political portrait compares two U.S. House members John D Wise Readjuster and cousin George D Wise Democrat. It contrasts John Wise as a lively, casual stumpspeaker with Henry A Wise’s fiery oratorical legacy and notes their differing personas yet shared youth and activity.
Anna P. Stow details a nocturnal quilting frolic with a frame, candles, and beau threads. The event features a cake of meat and molasses, a band with a patter, and a kiss for the evening’s belle. It contrasts town and country practices and notes a New Year’s reception where a girl borrowed a pink silk dress.
Two young Kentucky men Thomas Crittenden and James Arnold, raised with prominent names, fell to drink in Louisville and frontier towns. Arnold, a cowhand, was killed on a western trail. Crittenden shot a man testifying in a misdemeanor case and is sentenced to three years in the Kentucky penitentiary. Whisky wrecked their lives and left grieving families.
An article describes the Austrian method of executing criminals. The condemned is strapped to a post with a neck rope loop and a leg rope, then raised by neck rope until suspended from a hook. Assistants apply force, causing death usually instantly but sometimes after up to two minutes.
A fragment references Henry Ward Beecher describing the past as the great aviary of the soul where memories are collected, indicating a reflective, philosophical line from a historical note. The source tone suggests a brief literary aside within a newspaper page.
An Erie reader recalls the 55 year old Vittoria charge of Carr and Smith, condemned for theft and to be hanged. Reverend Ryerson led a long prayer while Dr. Rolf rode to Toronto to seek mercy, a reprieve arriving as the crowd pressed.
Vanity Fair quotes a cynic on turning 40 and mocks the so called prime of life. The piece contrasts aging with vitality noting hair whitening and broadening waists yet claims real prime comes with strength and vigor before decline and death.
Oberstein Germany supplies almost all common marbles for boys. Agate refuse supports small mill processes turning blocks into rounded marbles in about fifteen minutes per bushel. One mill yields about 160000 marbles weekly, with the toughest pieces made more slowly.
In a Lowell barber shop a patron asked to change a $2 bill after the drawer ran short of small money. A bystander offered $1.90 and 10 cents for his share to total $2, but the barber exclaimed he would pay 20 cents to avoid shaving for free, returning the bill.
The New York Graphic claims Ward bequeathed his mother 600000 dollars though funds were lacking for funeral costs. The Cleveland Plain Dealer disputes the bequest, noting no proof and recalling Ward estate collapse. Critics note possible profitable tours and heavy earnings in London.
The Chicago Tribune reports that in 1883 about 3,200 British seamen died as shipowners pushed unseaworthy vessels or steered ships onto rocks to collect insurance. The piece condemns the practice as a brutal cost of profit.
The article estimates each president's fortune, noting Grant as the wealthiest ex president with about $200000 while others like Hayes, Johnson, and Lincoln are described as well to moderately wealthy. It mentions Van Buren Monroe Madison Jefferson and Adams with varied fortunes and ends by remarking that real worth dwarfs mere wealth.
In Mme Junot's memoir, a young Napoleon at 16 values his uniform and boots, resents jokes about his dress, and earns scorn from peers. His sister Cecile retorts insult with playful digs, provoking laughter among onlookers while Napoleon remains furious and vain.
Two miners on Alum creek set stakes then Pyrotechnic snowball grew into a massive rolling mass. It cleared a 100 foot swath, gathered rocks and trees, and buried the miners' cabin fifty feet deep in snow. They fled toward Hawthorne for shelter and blankets.
A Philadelphia Record item argues against the idea that waking after a full night of rest is a sign to hurry up. It notes that refreshing sleep may occur after seven hours, while some awakenings suggest longer or irregular durations.
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