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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1881
Page
4
In Naples notes tell of a royal ride when a countryman misread the pageant and praised the Queen as a fairy. She later grants him a gesture, then adopts two motherless children who had asked her to be their mother, under her patronage in an institution.
The article surveys attitudes to cats from the Middle Ages to modern times. It notes medieval persecution as pagan symbols, cites Egypt and the East as places of feline reverence, and mentions rulers and writers who cherished cats such as Richelieu Montaigne Colbert Fontenelle Perrault. It highlights Puss in Boots as a literary symbol of industry and skill.
A satirical article discusses a new scientific approach to kissing, contrasting it with older rough methods. It mocks the modern style as tepid and unfulfilling, while detailing a refined method and ending with a quirky cooking recipe fragment.
A miscellany of notes explains the Browater kaleidoscope, Arista Asia share, nickel composition, and Harvard endowment. It recounts the Savannah steamship voyage of 1819, oil on seas debunking, Gulf Stream origins, Nihilism definitions, and Bakunin’s Geneva speech urging freedom from belief and social bonds.
A reader reports that horses convey precise intelligence through sounds from neighs to snorts. He recalls a dying horse at one end of a stable triggering fear in a timid neighbor and notes horses saluting and greeting across miles via a chain of responses, suggesting interhorse conversation.
Two three foot snakes, a black runner and a viper, were found in the swamp behind Western Land Depot in Mechanics town. Each had begun swallowing the other tail first, ending with only the two heads protruding from the others' mouths.
The London Echo notes Swiss government stability and France under a Republic amid deficits in Italy Austria Spain and Prussia. It claims the United States, the greatest Republic, advances rapidly, urging that republican institutions guide prudent business progress.
Correspondent reports George B. Perkins United States detective details counterfeiting by R. E. Johnston and family. Father an old, jailed master engraver. five sons, mother and two daughters implicated. Notes, plates and forged signatures traced from Indiana to Ontario. several members convicted or at large. Five thousand dollar reward noted for final plates. authorities claim the arrest ends the gang’s era.
The article discusses nervous exhaustion and its common outcomes in the United States, including sleeplessness depression melancholia and a tendency toward inebriety. It links heat exposure bereavement and financial stress to neurasthenia and advocates outdoor exercise fat-rich diet and certain medicines as remedies.
Bolivar returns home finds his mother and recounts the morning tale of Me Braley who rose early, felt unusually well, did chores, ate a hearty breakfast, then suddenly collapsed dead just before water bucked. The family voice and local reaction amid the shocking event.
The notice promotes Cuticura and Cuticura Soap with promise to cure skin ailments from pimples to scrofula. It invites readers to send stamps for an illustrated treatise on the sun and mentions testimonials. Remedies are prepared by Weeks & Potter, Boston, and mailed free on receipt of price.
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