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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1882
Page
2
A poetic digest from Fraser's Weekly narrates birds leaving nests in spring and pursuing a southern summer, guided by a divine voice toward a better land. Mary A. Barr is cited, connecting the piece to Fraser's Weekly.
Ellen Churchill, a trusted room-room supervisor at Meredith & Son’s Philadelphia factory, faces criticism for frugal living while secretly financing her step-brother Stephen Grady’s debt. Walter Rodman, heir to the firm, falls for her nobility as Ellen sacrifices luxuries to repay two thousand dollars. After a long stingy tale, Rodman reveals plans to marry Ellen, who later joins Meredith & Co as junior partner, fulfilling her long quest for respect and security.
Paris notes recount Mile Mauri a famed dancer sprained ankle prompts unlikely cure the abattoir daily foot immersion in warm sheeps’ entrails. Officials insist calf used in cure unseen behind curtain while observers recall Taglioni sprains linked to her father’s ballet bargaining in a curious Paris Chronicle report.
Charles T. Vansant, killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad, is praised as a heroic figure from the late war. He carried his regiment colors at Balls Bluff, saved a fallen colonel, and after repeated captures by Rebels, swam a river with the flag hidden under a stone. He later recovered the flag for his regiment despite enemy fire. Recent estimates place the death toll at around 1,000 in the engagement.
The article explains property rights from lawful entry to warding off intruders and the limits of force. It covers eviction of trespassers, damages thresholds, animal trespass, penalties for noncompliance, and variations across states including dogs, cats, and fowl. It cites cases and a Massachusetts provision on neighborly nuisance fines. It cites a New York Sun note.
A western man tells Philadelphians how western cities grow by recalling hiking in the mountains. He slept in a tree to avoid wolves but woke to workmen planning to use the tree as a flagpole for a nearby hotel. He descended and nearly collided with a snake on an electric wire.
Twenty two full grown ostriches, imported for breeding, arrived in New York and were housed in the deer hut in Central Park. Owner Mr. Protheroe, a wealthy Englishman, discussed his plans to breed and farm ostriches in Buenos Ayres and the United States, noting feather profits and the birds’ temperaments.
The long life of Josiah Quincy ends a prominent Boston figure and public servant. He led improvements along the water front, chaired the Harbor Commission, and strongly backed cooperative housing for the poor. His wit, urbanity, and public spirit left a lasting imprint on the city.
A new tenor named Mierzwinski made a successful New York debut recently. The report notes skepticism about whether any New Yorker could master the pronunciation highlighted in the aria.
Fragmentary text suggests a druggist or pharmacist involved in a case harming people. Mentions a death toll around fourteen thousand and references social classes and verdicts. The passage is garbled and lacks coherent details to confirm names, places, or dates.
A long, scattered digest covers geography of northernmost sites in Sweden and Finland, odd travel and cost anecdotes, sensational curiosities from centers like Chicago Louisville and Washington, plus a description of a sun-powered cooking device and a Dyar Dyak war blowpipe cited with details.
A confined prisoner charged with murder within Davidson County is described in detail as he performs a nocturnal ritual in his cell. He rises silently, inspects the room, arranges a dummy and tools, digs a shallow pit with his hands, covers it, hides a broom under the bed, and returns to his couch to sleep, with no public identification given.
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