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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1884
Page
3
A local rail and retail note proclaims The Paris Range tops all rivals with low prices. Since September first 1883 sales reach twenty seven units, demonstrating the store’s lasting appeal and claimed advantage over others in town.
The Cleveland Leader recounts a sensational tale that millionaire Charles Howard Evans, famed as a Paris dentist, secretly aided Empress Eugenie and Napoleon III. It claims Evans brokered stock moves using insider knowledge, amassing immense wealth through royal connections and a hidden go-between role.
A London Haymarket ruse lured sixty men with a ladies handwriting letter inviting a meeting in the stalls. Scarlet geraniums replaced violets as tokens, many victims wore flowers in hats to hide their affections. The box-tiered audience, including nobles, observed the social sting of a clever scam.
The text recalls Cetewayo's dying dispatch to Mr Grant announcing his death and naming Udanzulu as his successor, asking that European friends be told he is dead and that Queen Victoria be informed. It notes Cetewayo's affection for the queen as a maternal figure and reflects on youth and wealth.
A speaker defends the Sweets lineage claiming connections to early families and a bosom friend of Shakespeare. He humorously cites ancestors marked by perfumes and social daring, including a 1645 Connecticut pirate, while noting many were successful farmers whose crops inspired the Sweet potato.
The Judge recalls a bruising encounter in a gallery where Bjinks and his bulldog invade. A failed attempt to photograph the beast ends with the narrator sustaining injuries and lamenting his misfortune as the dog causes notable damage and chaos.
A 30 year old married woman in Belmont New Hampshire chops wood with her husband, claiming to haul a cord daily. The anecdote, cited by the Chicago Herald, contrasts with scenes of wives mopping floors and jokes about gender roles. The Exchange item notes clerks grabbing coats during a shop fire and comments on women and politics, as echoed by the Philadelphia Call remark about men.
A discussion on early proposed names for northern and western U S territories from 1784 and the evolving border terms. Includes mapping like Sylvania Michigania Assenisipia Metropotamia Illinoia Washington and Polypotamia Pelisipia with notes on what was adopted. Also a Hartford Journal vignette about a woman seeking four cent stamps and twenty cents worth shipped as a single bundle.
A reporter notes early self cocking pistols failed due to weak springs and mass firing. Modern designs solved the spring issue and now fire five shots in three seconds with consistent reliability. While not more dangerous than other pistols, risk rises if a nervous person pulls too hard on the trigger.
Rev. George W. James of Reno Nevada can recite Southey's Cataract of Lodore forward and backward and name any quoted line. He claims to have mastered the poem in less than two hours, a feat regarded as the most difficult to memorize.
A Butler County Kentucky man, a somnambulist, left his bed at night mounted an old log with a saddle and rode for two hours before returning to sleep without waking.
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