Dispatch ay IIL Friday July 21 1882 At Moline Postoffice
Rutered at the Postoffice Moline as 1 pater. The fragment notes a dispatch item with a date and location but lacks full context or clear event details.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1882
Page
6
Rutered at the Postoffice Moline as 1 pater. The fragment notes a dispatch item with a date and location but lacks full context or clear event details.
Reports say the raft TNG Iowa owned by Gardner & C. sank three miles above Be on Thursday morning after springing a leak. The crew escaped in a small boat with no lives lost. The vessel was 25 cars old and had outlived its usefulness.
A fragment describes a massive earthquake in the Roman era affecting the Mediterranean region. It cites Gibbon and notes land and sea upheavals, dry shores, stranded vessels, and loss of life along Sicily, Dalamatia, Greece, and Alexandria.
A severe storm wrecked the Paragon block in Texarkana Arkansas collapsing a three story brick building. Eight corpses were recovered with several others injured and feared dead as rescuers search the ruins amid fires from lamps and a large crowd gathering. Names include Colonel May eld Fred Smith Jonnie May and five others.
A winter revival held in a neighborhood led to several men urging a farmer named Harris toward conversion. He was saved at the anxious seat, then recounted a conflict with a fruit tree agent who tricked him out of fifteen dollars last year and stirred his temper with comic reversal about pear and crab-apple bees.
Detective Watkins of St. Louis questioned possible sighting aboard a train through Indianapolis and reported a man resembling Frank James aboard with a group. Authorities say the man declined to confirm his identity and the detective did not declare the passenger Frank James, citing lack of proof.
A public notice argues most ailments arise from diseased kidneys or liver and promotes the Safe Kidney and Liver Cure from Warner and Co of Rochester. It warns of imitations, describes bottle stamps, and urges readers to seek proven remedies, claiming extensive treatment and cures.
The article recounts Mary Todd Lincoln's long illness from impure blood and carbuncles, leading to paralysis and death. It notes her birth in Lexington in 1818, marriage to Abraham Lincoln, and life in Springfield and Chicago, ending with plans for funeral arrangements at the First Presbyterian church and interment in the Lincoln monument vault.
The Washington dispatch details Blaine pressuring Davis over a failed English mission, Davis's anger and the shift to Hitt, Frelinghuysen’s wary stance, Chanler's call during Cabinet meetings, and Logan’s defense of canal and levee policies amid constitutional arguments about federal powers and interstate projects.
A fragment notes a change in aid to one recipient and a plan to send it to Hon. Hannibal Hamlla at Ma. The context suggests a correspondence or appropriation matter involving a named official and location, with limited surrounding details.
A correspondent reports widespread ruin in Alexandria after a city-wide conflagration and brutal massacre. Fires destroy landmarks including Mohammed Ali statue and St Catherine's Church, while mobs attack Europeans, looting, burning shelters, and slaying civilians. Survivors recount horrific scenes as British marines intervene.
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