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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1881
Page
6
Fragmented excerpts blend jokes about political persuasion and public life with garbled phrases. The text riffs on social topics, consumer names, and a jest about a gentleman who loses money on Wall Street. The overall piece reads as a chaotic mixed-bag of humor and commentary.
California geologist Mr. deho Muir describes flat granite pavements at 8000 to 9000 feet in the Sierra as glacially formed surfaces with a brilliant, smooth, polished sheen. He notes scratches and grooves suggesting a moving agent, possibly water, while indicating the awe of observers and animals at their strange gleaming flatness.
A Philadelphia tale describes a widow at a boarding house who honored her late husband with a supper of jelly cake rice cream strawberries and sherry. After his death in the night she planned a memorial using the very foods they shared, displayed under a glass case with flowers and immortelles around the room. The strange ritual made the house famous with locals recognizing the widow’s eccentric devotion.
A Philadelphia convict at Eastern Penitentiary admits he once had a name but now is too poor to bear one. He asks inspectors to search among locals who knew him to uncover his true identity, fearing the stigma of being nameless.
The text recounts a man named Haverly once a railroad brakeman who failed to secure a free pass, led to an improvised theft to raise fare, then moved to New York and London. He learned the bones and formed minstrel acts, eventually leading several troupes of his own.
An ad claims Geo W Brown of Providence and F H Drake of Detroit report Cure for tumorous cutaneous conditions including eczema and scalp humor with Cuticura Remedies. It recounts years of suffering and asserts internal and external treatment cured by the products.
An advertisement extols Cure Cure? Cuticura remedies for scalp conditions and hair loss, claiming long-term cures through external soap and purifiers, plus Collins electrical plasters for pains and nerve issues. It lists Boston and Cincinnati depots and prices, with brand names and testimonials.
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