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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1882
Page
7
President Mitchell voices gloom over the prolonged railroad conflict. Stocks slide, grangers weaken, and no settlement appears near as disputes spark sweeping freight rate cuts and cautious commentary from railroad executives.
In the Criminal Court Frank James faced two indictments. The first alleges complicity in the 1870 Independence robbery and the second accuses him of murder of Detective Witcher. A trial date is set for January 22, the fourth Monday, with James taken back to Independence on the evening train. He declined to discuss the case beyond casual remarks.
John Toblin former Hudson Pier Railroad president and Wall Street figure, arrested for drunkenness near the Staten Island ferry. He was jailed, then discharged with a reprimand by Justice Morgan. Once a millionaire who moved markets, he is now described as a wreck both physically and financially with sobriety rarely seen.
Berne advertises Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as suitable for a wide range of conditions. The copy claims the pills operate without disturbing constitution diet or occupation and list symptoms such as sick headache constipation impure blood dizziness sour stomach bad taste bilious attacks kidney pain and internal fever.
An English lady at the Berlin court flattered by one remark asks why an imperial highness dances. The reply is blunt and humorous, the empress stating she dances to perspire, denying that dancing is for pleasure or flattery.
A fragment praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescripting as a remedy for painful maladies and weaknesses that embitter lives, noting its availability from druggists. The text presents a favorable view but remains fragmentary about specifics.
A gale on Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay endangers numerous crafts. The propeller Founded City, last seen at midnight, faces heavy losses. The CB Benton ran aground near Colchester Reef with crew lashed to rigging. The iron propeller He J Jewett and the Panamea are also reported high or aground. A Morning Light schooner rescue ends with lifeboat capsizing and crew swimming ashore before a tug reaches all on board.
A distressed man laments heavy losses and twelve buried children amid financial strains. A bystander notes elders who have buried more, while a undertaker offers grim pragmatism about managing sorrow and inflation in troubled times.
The town of Dunlap, Morris county, Kan, settled by colored colonists, has grown to 275 to 300 families. All settlers must own property. there is no renting. Land parcels from 100 to 160 acres are sold with four year payment plans. About 175 families own 40 to 80 acres each. A successful academy, a busy church, and a popular public library define the community.
Ina Jones醉, at Corwin Olio, asked a pious man in a saloon to pray for him. The man refused and a pistol was drawn, forcing a five minute prayer under watch. The next day, during a brawl, he was shot by an opponent and is expected to die.
Denver Tribune Fables recount a talking sausage challenging a proud seal skin sack about recognition. The sack recalls a past scene when the sausage was skinning a tree while the sack was seen skinning a tree with a tin can. The fable ends with a witty exchange on past perceptions.
Mins Cataknines L Worn, Gotham's maiden millionaire, faces gossip over eccentric charities. She resides at a grand stone house on Madison Avenue with a maid and several servants and receives few visitors. A devout Episcopalian, she attends church every Sunday regardless of weather.
In parts of Spain butter is not sold by the pound but by the yard. It is brought from mountain districts packed in sheep intestines like sausages, tied off with string to length requested by the buyer. To travelers this method seems curious and the product is usually neither palatable nor particularly even.
A Montreal society protested the portrayal of Irish in a play about sovereignty and warned it would whip the company if no reforms occurred. The next night actors appeared in evening dress with cleaned faces and neat dress.
On the sea shore Caswell Nazzard & Co offer Pure Coi Liver Oil made from selected livers. It is marketed as absolutely pure and sweet with claims that patients who have tried it prefer it to physicians' remedies.
Mixed excerpts offer kitchen hacks and garden tips: removing brown stains from cups with dimp flannel and whiting, tenderizing steak with a salad oil and vinegar marination, apple layered mutton pie, coffee grounds as pin cushion filler, coarse crochet using fishing cord, ironing-board dust protection, potato pit ventilation, honey plant cultivation, cooking potatoes with eggs, and tree planting tips to protect trunks from wildlife.
A New York Herald report notes rapid improvement in potato tuber size and plant growth when wild potatoes in New Mexico and Arizona are cultivated. First year tubers resemble small marbles, while the second season shows nearly double size and continued growth in disturbed soil, with larger leaves and longer stems.
Agricultural Department figures show New Jersey and Maryland lead in mule values with averages around 124 and 103 dollars per head. Texas records the most mules at 202 460 head, Missouri and Kentucky also hold large numbers, while Kansas Arkansas Town and Nebraska report smaller totals and varied values. Kansas City analysts note that high quality mules sell quickly, nearing 200 dollars per head, nearly twice the national average.
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