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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1882
Page
4
Scattered items report three cases of smallpox at Annawan and none at Genes. Other notes reference political moves, legislative smuggling attempts, stock speculation issues, and local market price shifts. Overall a snapshot of regional events and concerns.
The text notes a troubling shift as gold moves from the country, highlighting a period of high prosperity but warning of an upcoming season of harder times. It references years of saving, favorable trade, and an uneven movement of wealth that could precede financial tightening.
The Senate gave attention to an anti youth game measure on Wednesday. Senator Garland spoke in response to the bill’s provisions, urging caution and raising concerns about impacts on younger citizens.
Washington special reports the House Railroads and Canals committee held an hour long meeting on the Illinois and Mississippi Canal. Edward Russell defended the project with statistics on Upper Mississippi Valley production while stressing national necessity. General Henderson spoke briefly. attendees included Farwell, Major James M Allen, J C Dore of Chicago, and Dr P L McKinnie of Moline.
The Dispatch notes Illinois manufacturing value near $400 million in 1880, up from about $205.6 million in 1870, a doubling. Raw material costs may have risen to around 65 percent of gross product due to machinery gains and cheaper labor. Illinois leads in agricultural output with crops, hogs, and horses valued around $145 million, barely trailing manufacturing income by about $5 million. The piece argues future wealth hinges on manufacturing growth and urges promotion and protection of industry.
A long editorial lament condemns widespread murders and lenient justice across cities like St Louis Chicago and Rock Island County. It notes fraud and delays in trials, calls for resignations, and suggests public sentiment and sensationalism soften punishment for criminals.
The passage argues for capable lawmakers to avoid mystifying laws and to counter criminal influence. It notes growing public belief that courts mock justice and criminal laws favor criminals, and mentions relief that the Heilwagon case will face a judge known for impartial rulings.
Albion W Tourgee launches a weekly with top writers and art by leading designers. It features popular science, home life guidance, social customs by Louise Chandler Morton, humor from Charles HD Clark, and illustrated content akin to premier monthlies. Terms price includes 400 per year or 200 for six months.
Secretary of the Treasury submits a manuscript from a commission on pleuro pneumonia urging authority for slaughter at cattle markets to prevent disease spread. It calls for eradication of infected stock, indemnity to owners, and liberal federal appropriations to support state execution through veterinary sanitary bodies. The commission includes James Law EF Thayer and J Ho Sanders.
The article discusses using a skimmed milk diet to treat Bright's disease, citing Carel Duncan and Dr Weir Mitchell. It urges physicians to report outcomes, notes gradual introduction with lime water if stomach upset occurs, and emphasizes long duration and strict milk-only intake to test efficacy.
The letter describes a March 1882 return trip from Louisville to Nashville with notes on tobacco trade whisky distilleries and manufacturing. It praises Fisk University Vanderbilt and Peabody College buildings and notes Fort Negley Capitol and Polk graves. The author reports scenic river views and encounters Ed Win Booth in Richelieu and plans to proceed to Montgomery and Mobile.
A saloon keeper in the western city area attempted playful mischief toward two women at their doorway. He staggered toward them and was struck, then questioned the idea that something had fallen as he recovered. The incident details are unclear due to damaged text.
A collage of brief items reports the Virginia debt law enactment, Chicago business session of the National Starch Association, a man named John Denmark from Quincy hired at Keokuk while stealing transit, and plans for the Union Pacific sleeper service from Kansas City to Ogden. It notes the Northwestern Dairymen’s Association meeting at Geneva Lake Wisconsin, Georgia’s support for grain over cotton, a strong grain crop outlook, an eight year old death in Canada from liquor with a coroner’s verdict of murder, eight cars of California wheat passing El Paso toward St Louis, and a St Louis purchase of 40 000 bushels. Also mentioned are arrests in Kansas City for attempted wreck of a westbound train, a murder in Cincinnati, five killed in a Baltimore tunnel accident, and rowing news on the English scullers with Hass and Hanlin tied to races and river exhibitions forthcoming.
Rumors swirl around Senator Voorhees and Filley of St Lown with hints of a speech. The President rejects General Waleos charges against General Carr. Legation paperwork questioned. Bourbonism debates and tax policy grumble amid cabinet concerns.
The National Glucose and Grape Association meets in Chicago to perfect its organization. The late Ko Kun Hua of Harvard University is interred in a leaden casket and sent to China. At Pullman car shops in Chicago two hundred cabinet makers and tin and sheet iron workers quit work yesterday and were paid off. Lafayette Indiana signs a contract with Brush Electric Light Company to light a city section with electric light within sixty days, saving 1500 dollars annually, potentially expanding city lighting if successful.
A Kansas City special reports officers foiled a plan to rob a westbound Missouri Pacific train five miles from the city. Four men were captured with revolvers guns masks and lanterns. three suspects escaped. Captives named Jimmy Tom O Shays Pat Hanley and Pe Spear, seven conspirators total were from the city.
A Chicago Journal special from Bloomington reports Colonel C G Bradshaw a famed criminal lawyer was arrested for perjury after a Monticello Pratt county farmer Martin previously indicted for cattle stealing was found to have lied to secure a continuance. Martin testified before a grand jury to reveal how he was induced to commit perjury and Bradshaw faces subornation charges.
Reports describe a torn levee breach 400 feet long near Delta causing strong water flow while the main earthen bulwark remains intact. Water levels rise toward Memphis with repairs ongoing on Yazoo Pass and other affected areas.
A fragment discusses Mexican labor contracts and a dispute involving Pitaburgh blowers in Apam who refuse to work for Broachv claiming a contract for $180 per year. Employers say the sum was paid to bring workers to the country and one dollar per day suffices. The laborers appeal to the American government and the stance of the State Department remains unsettled.
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