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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1882
Page
10
A fragment from Harper's Young People recalls Molly Dolly Polly Gray and Mand as a child sobs over a too large apple. The tale shows a mother’s concern and a small girl’s hunger on a October day with longing eyes and teary sighs.
A school friendship with Levi Beardsley frames a dramatic May canoe outing. Levi spots a panther in the boat, battles the animal as it drifts toward the dam, and sinks the creature with a makeshift skiff while guiding the dog to safety. Levi later skins the panther for his bedspread and keeps the tale as a prized memory.
A New York Sun editorial urges a boy who finds ten dollars on his desk to seek the owner diligently. It argues that keeping found money without tracing the owner is dishonesty and that one should act as if the money were their own lost item. The piece stresses honesty over temptation and adherence to the law and conscience.
A reader recalls a gray brown brindle dog named Bob who followed a regiment from Fort Donalson on the Cumberland River, dashing ahead on guard rounds and staying loyal until the unit mustered out in 1865. Other anecdotes note churchgoing dogs causing commotion, Jack the clever sleigh-puller, and a French inn roast dog powered by animals.
A rich man with his young son visits a drugstore on an avenue and, after inspecting many sponges priced from five cents to a dollar, chooses a dark imperfect piece for his boy, asking for a discount and leaving without paying, uttering a mournful line about his son and wealth.
A dog story from Georgia recounts Daniel attempting to save a fawn as a doe escaped. A family used red paper behind a grate to simulate fire, and a house dog, drawn by cold heat, sniffed the grate in disdain before leaving the room.
A Boston Transcript analysis contrasts London and Boston in population, housing, street length, and police. London parks 4.8 million residents, 700,000 houses, 11 police per 1000 residents and 1 per 70 buildings, while Boston has 400,000 people, about 42,000 houses, and 1 officer per 516 inhabitants. Burglaries 488, accidents 254 killed, 3400 injured in London in 1881.
A Paris nuisance is the influx of genteel beggars who prey on foreigners. Many claim English or German origins, invent ill fortune, and present endless calling cards from British Embassy circles. They reappear with new identities years apart, while officials deny any ties to such claims.
A vague, clipped tale describes a young man meeting a woman at a watering place this summer. She shares her address and invites him to call, promising future plans and social outings with sisters, a Vanderbiltian air noted in passing. The fragment ends mid-remark.
crowd of about five thousand gathers at Congress Hall Clapton for the Salvation Army wedding of Framwell Booth son of General Booth to Florence Eleanor Soper. The ceremony includes prayers, music by a brass band and a blessing from Dr Soper, a hymn duet by the Booth sisters, and a final blessing from the General.
The article argues American farmers should shift from selling grain to fattening meat and dairy stock. It urges expanding sheep in hill regions, increasing swine production, and using corn to fatten steers for market. It links livestock focus to soil enrichment and long term farm profitability.
In Talbot County, Maryland, a farmer reports a remarkable rat invasion near a neglected tenant cabin used as storage. Rats damaged corn crops and reportedly killed or corrupted grain, prompting local concern over agricultural loss and pest activity on the farm of John Carlisle.
A correspondent relates a family tale from Lavenham Suffolk about a Watkinson son in America who dreams of a Suffolk church scene while sleeping. He later confirms a heat induced dream matched by waking memory of the service and a door touch as if joining the congregation. The piece asks if sleep can release the soul as death.
A garbled tale follows Brother Gardner debating virtue and profit. The dialogue touches crime and detection as a cashier’s $30,000 robbery leads to bets on reconstruction of wealth and moral judgments about greed and remedy.
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