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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1884
Page
3
A survey recalls 19th century automata themed to the Chinese emperor, including a magical conjurer figure and moving scripts. It also recounts George Washington’s 1753 interactions with Queen Aliquippa near McKeesport and the Monongahela, noting later growth of the Pittsburgh area.
The story explains genuine attar of roses costs 100 per ounce at distilleries in India and Australia. It takes 50 000 rose blooms for an ounce, with roses grown in California proposed for profitable distillation. Workers are women and children who pick blooms, distill leaves in water, skim a pale film, and collect it in vials.
The passage urges steady, orderly work and timely reflection after business. It compares a regiment’s marching with business flow, noting that delays create accumulation and chaos that overwhelm the human mind.
Gen James C Strong of Buffalo recalls a southern battlefield where a hip wound left him hidden under a log. He called to his men with Here I am and heard only whispers until a lantern revealed him. The soldier who found him asked why he hadn’t answered sooner.
New Yorkers saw a display of the city’s finest police in an annual parade along Broadway. About 1,500 officers marched from the Battery to Union Square, many six-footers in prime shape. The force costs over 4 million dollars yearly, yet officers are regarded as brave and largely of good character.
The Rev Leonard Jenyns recounts a tame owl that loved piano evenings. Perched on a child’s shoulder, it listened intently, tilting its head then hopped onto the keys, pecking at them in a show of delighted performance. The pianist owl hailed from Northumberland woods and had no human owner.
Dr. James Fraser tests ordinary infused beverages tea coffee and cocoa on albumen digestion. He finds all slow digestion with exceptions for ham and egg white with coffee and fish with cocoa or cocoa tea. Cocoa causes greatest retardation tea less and coffee least. Tea induces flatulence. Cream and sugar lessen tea retardation but boost cocoa. He cautions against pairing albuminous foods with infused beverages and condemns meat teas.
Descendants of Chief Justice John Marshall viewed the Marshall statue at the congressional library. One granddaughter praised the profile likeness as excellent but said the front view lags. She noted the artist improved the nose, while admitting Marshall had a pug nose.
A correspondent from Panama reports abundant wild cotton near Gamboa. The plant reaches ten feet or more, forms large shrubs, and yields good quality. The writer notes the natives’ lack of cultivation, attributing it to laziness, and promises to send a sample.
A concise remark by Andrew Lang praising novels that entertain and move readers. He argues fiction should lift readers from their own world and foster empathy toward others.
The article argues that lightning seeks moist earth and best conductors. pipes and metalwork provide paths to earth. It criticizes common lightning rods and favors connecting roof metal to water pipes and earth with copper wire, extending to roofs and moist ground. It warns against insulation and urges proper metal conduits and multiple earth connections for large buildings.
Joaquin Miller argues the south is a land of poetry with emerging American poets like Sidney Lanier, John Henry Boner and Theophilus Hill gaining recognition. He praises Ticknor's Little Union and predicts strong reception for Lillian Rozell Messenger.
A Chicago Herald piece reflects on cruelty toward children in Japan and the behavior of women workers who bring children to work. It notes the horror such treatment inspires and describes mothers in Osato factories watching and chirruping to their babies while laboring.
Gilhooly told the Austin avenue streetcar driver that excessive crowding would drive riders away and the railroad company would lose customers. A fore eld newspaper estimated rail car costs in the United States over ten years at 14 784 000 dollars.
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