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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1882
Page
4
The article reports Mayor Tfarrison defending anti gambling measures amid press attacks and public protests. It quotes the mayor saying the press harms public order, pledging to push a new system and asking for the jury and State's Attorney input while insisting he acts for the people and God.
A Davenport meeting reviewed Mr Russell of the Gazette report on the canal measure before Congress. Henderson introduced the bill. the Railway and Canals Committee is pivotal with several Washington figures aiding the effort as supporters predict favorable action and eventual Senate approval.
A Peoria Journal critique denounces the Mabille and Jardine Mabille amusements in Paris as spectacles aimed at Yankee visitors. The piece blames respectable travelers, including Henry Ward Beecher Jr, for sustaining these shows by patronage, arguing they caused moral decline. It questions who bears responsibility for such entertainment and condemns the social appetite for shock.
In Winnebago County a con man travels door to door selling wagon tongue patent rights. A farmer is duped after two men offer County rights for 8250 and 400. The farmer buys notes and transfers rights, netting a $150 clean from the scheme as the swindle completes.
The Garfield professorship at Williams College stands at 42000 dollars with an additional 8000 dollars needed to reach the required goal.
The apportionment bill is calmly received with general satisfaction and neither party gains notably. The Senate is expected to pass the bill with amendments while a Post One Department machine showcases stamping 24 000 letters hourly. The Grand Jury begins probing the Star route service in Oregon as the anti polygamy bill nears House passage with some modifications. Doubts arise about Mr New’s qualifications for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury amid a broad wave of appointments.
Bret Harte's son prepares to join the company of John McCullough as Sir Michael Costa faces paralysis in London. Harvard's Greener may become Howard University president while Joseph Sheffield leaves a vast bequest to his scientific school. Chicago Presbyterians condemn theater as a harmful influence on homes.
Flooding along the Ohio River near Memphis and Cincinnati builds to unprecedented levels since 1874. Rail lines, coal yards, and riverfront facilities suffer, with extensive track washouts and halted freight. Boats, mills, and waterworks disrupted. widespread property damage reported from Helena to the Mississippi.
A Chicago press note refutes Western Associated Press claims about testimony on Treasury contingent fund disbursements. It cites Sherman Hale Pinney and Em enon as denying the sensational report, and notes an investigation by Washington correspondents finding the AP story false in every particular. The piece critiques misattribution and calls for caution regarding capital reports from reporters with withheld identities.
The Chicago Journal reports a strange morning shooting near State Street when John W. Evans claimed a stranger attacked him on the street, followed by a gunshot that left a dead Yard Master James McNamara. Evans surrendered after notifying his employer. Police investigations in Lake town reveal contrasting theories about motive and Evans character.
The February issue features a frontispiece portrait of Mr. Cable and a half length of Mr. Howells by F P Vinton, engraved by B Closson. England and America’s readers in The Center welcome Howells work as a first encounter with A Modern Instance. Howells surprises even his warmest admirers.
The issue surveys Bartley’s abrupt marriage scene from a serial, reviews Howells and Perry essays, and highlights discussions on Broken Banks and Lax Directors. It analyzes copyright negotiations, Canadian copyright law, and AG Campbell’s polyga mon theory, urging just treatment for authors.
A garbled report notes the Governor General of Canada will spend time in Chicago next fall. It mentions a rotunda fight, forgery conviction of Engel, and various European and U S figures. The piece spans multiple unconnected items including a court case, a conference with Emperor William, and a plan regarding railway lines and the Confederacy memorial.
The New York Herald condemns a proposed Wyoming Territory bill in Congress as a dangerous plot to harm the rising generation. It accuses Mr Post of seeking apocalyptic goals and mocks measures to tax or ban intoxicants, urging tougher action to keep poison out of reach of the common man.
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