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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1884
Page
2
A Philadelphia Times account outlines a typical round up with ten wagons, ten cowboys per wagon, and a foreman. Cowboys cover thirty to forty miles a day, separate brands on mavericks, and brand cattle at sunset in a heated corral using heated irons and lariats.
The article notes frequent interruptions to telegraphic lines in Sumatra from elephants, monkeys, and other wildlife gnawing or damaging lines. In Australia aborigines reportedly cut lines for ornaments. It also mentions a glossy anecdote about wine tasting and a university study on tobacco use for soldiers.
Mr W W Graham reported to the Royal Geographical Society in London on travel and ascents in the Himalaya noting increasing human range. He described the final ice slope at 45 to 60 degrees and reaching Kabru’s lower summit about 23 700 feet above sea level, the highest recorded ascent by 1 700 feet.
The article describes the Union siege works before Atlanta with engineers, cannons, and spent nights under blankets. It notes black labor aiding defenses, strategic supply cuts, and the Confederate failure to take the lines, while detailing marching gear and improvised shelters amid fierce, brief skirmishes. There is a calm after the clashes as the siege persisted.
The piece criticizes certain aristocrats who lend their names to dubious financial schemes for fees, noting many are cash poor yet eager to appear fashionable. It contrasts celebrated nobles with those who accept regular payments and ignore promoter reputations, leading investors to losses.
The Nashville piece recounts John Cryer Wimason describing General Jackson inviting laborers to dine at the first table. Jackson argued workers deserve respect as society rests on labor, and Cryer recalls Jackson personally serving him bricks and mortar when attendants were away, praising the president’s courtesy despite social graces.
An article argues graham flour loses health benefits because the bran provides no extra nutrition. It states the bran offers no more nourishment than flint and frequent use reduces stomach and intestinal energy, urging fixing issues rather than accepting them.
The Drugman warns parents about poisonous plants and flowers to keep children safe. Buttercups, oleander, wild bryony, laburnum seeds, catalpa seeds, yellow vetches, fool's parsley, meadow and water hemlock, water dropworts, and daffodils pose serious risks. Avoid tasting petals, berries, or any unknown plant parts and teach children to avoid all questionable flora.
A compendium of famed minds discussing meals and appetites. Dr Fordyce, Dr Parr, Pope, Dryden, Newton, Johnson, Paley, Beau Brummell, Pepys, Franklin and others are cited for dietary quirks, feasts, and ironic witticisms. The piece blends banter with portraits of intellectuals tempted by food.
English rural society mirrors urban structures with rigid departments. The squire steps aside to the landowners, the laborer doffs his hat to all, and remains largely uneducated and childlike in intellect despite a lifelong tether to the land.
The Chicago Times reports a new machine for cotton picking that could replace several workers. The device, horse-drawn, travels between plants to pluck fully opened bolls without damaging the plant. It uses a single oiled cup to feed 186 picking stems and will enter trials next month.
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