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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1884
Page
12
An advertisement extols the Deere Wire Check Rower as uniquely compatible with Deere and Moline Rotary Drop Planters. It cites factory pairing, reduced attachments, and strong public test letters from Brown and Swearingen, Woods & Co praising performance and planter fit.
The reel winds wire cleanly and quickly as planting starts and finishes. It reduces labor by eliminating the heavy dragging of wire, promising cost savings and neater work for farmers.
County Clerk Donaldson issued marriage licenses to Walter E. Small and Lizzie B. Mueller. Henry Swanson and Annie Gunnarson. James E. Williams and Nettie McKenzie. Robert W. Wilson and Nellie A. Wetherell. Charles El Osbory and Iua B. Metzger. William H. McLaughlin and Mrs. Annie Woodberg. Joseph McNemar and Mrs. Louis Wood. William L. Hoover and Eva Kern. Hermano Papenhauser and Annie Wellnitz. Charles J. Johnson and Amelia Paris. Jno P. Johnson and Christian Dorbeck of Moline filed citizenship declarations. Guardianship and estate records appear in Probate and Real Estate entries, including appraisals and sales notes for several Rock Island area properties.
An excerpt from a traveler’s letter in the New York Times describes Tartar and Kirghiz foods. The piece notes a dirty wooden spoon licked clean, camel meat served after a camel died of old age, and the hardy reaction of the narrator to a two day fast.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a man operating a hidden furnishings shop where a full joggery set costs 1.50 to 10. He crafts a new hat from an old stove pipe in five minutes and makes cheap bat purchases profitable. He says health remains good amid greasy work.
The Cincinnati Enquirer recalls Johnny Wilson and Dick Holland attending a colored ball in Kentucky. After the festivities, John invited the group to a bar for drinks while Holland soaked the fiddle bows causing the instrument to squeal no more, leading locals to fear hoodoo.
A writer in an English magazine asks where to educate his son amid confusion over Harvard and Yale boat race results and baseball scores. The piece notes the author’s lack of interest in higher education and suggests consulting American sporting papers for details.
A fragmentary verse scene questions how two lovers meet and enjoy sea and sky as they pass by. The narrator notes their coy smiles and the sunset mood, imagining a future break of the enchantment.
A London to San Francisco piece recounts last year's Cowes yacht week hoax involving Mrs. Cust and a false M. Waddington, plus a continuation this year with Sir Harry Keppel in disguise. The narrative shifts to Siberian life with flora, fauna, climate, and a trade economy based on sable skins and exchange with California.
The narrative includes a barber exploiting a bald-headed man to avoid offense and a reporter interview about fur markets. It recounts beaver skins rising in price, the clash with seals, and notes on London sales timings. It mentions fur demand from Alaska, Lake George fashion, and Russian sable as high value imports.
A man planned to take his auburn haired girl to prom but a misunderstanding at the door left them not speaking. The article notes Harper's Monthly engravings cost about 100000 annually and The Century Magazine spent around 6000 for illustrations for a single article.
A Southern Indiana hooster repeats a Kentucky man’s tale of a groundhog hunt that ends with a snake leaping into his gun muzzle and being driven inside out. The teller swears the story is true, insisting the southern Indiana man believed it because it matched his own experience.
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