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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1894
Page
7
A Boston column suggests Christmas gifts for men, highlighting a tobacco pouch with three tan suede panels and gold thread embroidery as a stylish option. It describes making the pouch and also outlines a green cloth stool and a decorative matchsafe as affordable handmade presents.
A mixed page offers detailed instructions for making a medicine chest with linen and sandpaper components, plus a vivid reminiscence of a Nevadan poker game. The long anecdote describes a gawky stranger who wins big in Eureka, with a cautionary note on miners and gambling as recounted by C. C. Durrow.
Special correspondence from Washington recalls Colonel Charles Denby and his China mission, notes British views on Chinese trade, and recounts dramatic Chinese history from Khan to Ming. It contrasts famine and war figures with the hope of broader U.S. trade access and a March treaty in Gresham Yong Yu talks.
Anseterdan plans a next year international exhibition of hotel arrangements with features including an electric restaurant where a comp ete dinner can be served automatically by pressing a button. Hundreds of charred Pompeii manuscripts have been recovered but their contents reveal nothing important. Carnivorous animals usually have no more than two young per birth.
Fortnightly Review recounts the Dyaks of Borneo under Rajah Brooke. Tales describe head trophies as social and religious symbols, including decapitation, smoking skulls, and their ritual use at weddings and births. A British resident, thrice married, wed a thrice-widowed woman, producing children from seven parentages.
A New York World piece surveys commodification across the city, noting water, electricity, and even life’s tokens fetch cash. It cites Western Union clocks, artesian wells, auctioned personal effects, autographs, and oddities from locks of hair to lucky stones as marketable, with vivid examples from Libby Prison to Roseville.
London Truth reports that the Duke of Beaufort, a severe landlord, used notices to quit against tenant farmers who voted for Admiral Close. The admiral resigned as churchwarden to spare the farmers, only to be evicted himself as a tenant. An onlooker recalls a one eyed man at the stairs, provoking ridicule. The piece also notes storms bells and a separate tale of Shelley marrying an innkeeper’s daughter who later died by suicide.
Two women argue over rent and moving plans in a comic exchange. A landlord agrees to keep the current rate after one tenant mentions neighbors and health concerns, saving both sides a shakeup. The piece closes with a note about a Madrid letter and a royal pardon for a father’s sons.
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