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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1882
Page
7
Physicians Mosers Seabury and Johnson advertise Benson Cupcine Plaster as a reliable household remedy preferred by physicians and public. They claim it is superior to other plasters and ointments for pougans capcine plaster and a genuine Parmaventinl product recognized by druggists.
A historical newspaper notice from Moline dated Friday December 29, 1882 records the paper’s Second Class matter entry at the Post Office.
A double warehouse and a petroleum laden vessel burned at Eader on December 22. The blaze spread to nearby buildings along the canal with extensive damage. Police report ongoing investigations into causes and firefighting efforts.
In Chicago on December 22 the long pending case involving Samuel J. Tilden and trustees of the old Ohio and Mississippi Railway continues toward a final settlement. The dispute centers on stockholder actions against trustees Henry Moyer and Adrian Azslon regarding property preparation and alleged mismanagement related to the Chicago and Alton line. The matter has moved to Judge Rometh of New York for decision after repeated delays.
Police Sergeant Alfred Battersby of Brooklyn died after being returned home from Flatbush Insane Asylum. His wife found him in a cold bed vigorously pleading not to be beaten. Mansfeld Post G A R reports about twenty five bruises and cuts. doctors consider pursuing indictment of asylum officials.
The Telegram recounts William Wilkinson and J L Merrick of the Hudson River Water Power and Paper Company traveling to the Adirondacks for bear hunting. After a dramatic chase, Wilkinson is saved by a farmer who clarifies the predator was not a bear but a Berkshire hog, prompting a rapid retreat and new clothes before returning home. The episode, marked by danger and humor, highlights amateur hunters’ bravado and surprising misidentification.
A collection of short notes mentions Rosetta Day at 110 in Vi Tala, Judge Neilson’s retirement at 70, the death of Captain E R Ames near Baltimore after insanity from sun stroke, President Arthur’s shoes joked about by a hotel bell boy, and a Detroit claim over an Irish estate. Additional items recount Archbishop Purcell’s long tenure, a mixed marriage protest, and Lieutenant Squires moving from Fort Yates to Chicago for a Sheridan-backed position.
The 1884 Horoscope for John W Benson a colored editor in Philadelphia describes a waking dream about an 1844 war. He recalls a sky with two suns a red sun and a blazing blue sky a vast army of white men led by General Grant with 1844 on his saddle cloth then a colored army and a final battle ending with blinded women and children and a Golden Banner of Liberty. Dr Henson says the vision portends a terrible war in 1884 and Benson claims accuracy.
Bertha von Hillern argues that with a year of training ninety of every hundred delicate women could gain health and vigor. She says all women should walk two miles without fatigue and contrasts American women with English sisters who walk eight to ten miles daily as a constitutional practice.
A collage of humorous snippets and quips from various papers includes playful wordplay on new color names, social quirks, misheard phrases, and eccentric anecdotes. It features a joking exchange about a color called four o'clock and humorous remarks about wigs, a locomotive ride, and a Canary-like sense of whimsy from readers and editors alike.
Michael Bryson of Cincinnati collapsed in the street and was moved to his home where his sister saw the body, fainting in distress. Doctors attributed the death to heart disease.
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