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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1894
Page
8
The article outlines Britain's tariff policy on imports and internal excises, noting heavy duties on tobacco and a broad free import regime for most goods. It argues the measures raise revenue, protect domestic production, and shape industries including locomotives and canning, with wide economic and social impacts.
The readable fragments discuss free traders, elections, and leadership figures, contrasting conquest with economic shifts. Mentions Washington Grant and a shift from cotton power to manufacturing, with references to public opinion, trade, and a theater coatroom scene.
A column denounces ex Confederates and public figures tied to the Lincoln assassination, praising a ministerial pick for Turkey and warning Cleveland against rewarding treasonous rhetoric. It cites poems, proclamations, a Texas tribute by A W Terrell, and notes imperial China’s demotion of Tsui Kwo Yat amid Hanlin College exams.
A report details Prince Luitpold as regent while King Otto of Bavaria, aged 46 and long insane, faces guardianship as deputies debate transferring the crown. Otto has lived secluded near Munich, his delusions and self-harm threats described amid a grim courtly atmosphere.
The document cites Colman on color hearing linking color perception to sounds, mentions Hoffmann Goethe and others, and recalls a sensational Egyptian divorce where a man says I put you from me thrice, triggering a swift solemn divorce with no alimony. The piece blends scientific curiosity with startling social anecdotes from the Tribune report.
The article lists about 25 chief English song birds with the nightingale as the premier singer, noting its mellow tone and expressive range. It sets out others like the sky lark and finches, and mentions the blackbird, thrush, and robin among popular species. It then shifts to a polemic in favor of protective tariffs, arguing they boost trade, employment, and industry, lower prices, open resources, and fund the treasury, with various social and economic benefits. It concludes with a quirky anecdote about Mrs Home and a furniture-worthy joke about a peace question.
A reader notes an error in a newspaper claim about Abraham Lincoln dying at 7:22 am and explains why clocks in ads and decorative pieces may show odd times. The piece discusses clock hand positions and uniform motion, with references to a dummy watch used by a historical figure and a testable theory about dial angles.
Ernest Dowson offers a fragmentary meditation on a woman and memory. The speaker notes shifting seasons while a figure wanders in meadow grasses, touching flowers as petals fall, and the poet doubts lasting recall or effect across years.
The excerpt discusses persistent wagering and race selection challenges from wartime days to the present. It notes continued difficulty in predicting winners and the enduring tension between betting interests and public risk. The venomous snake remedy mentions inoculation with the reptile's blood as a proposed cure.
The piece cites Alexander Stephens asserting northern funding of U S government and explains Confederate finances. It also narrates Senator Perry J Lewis recounting a Joe Bailey anecdote from Fort Worth with a darky, a horse, and a remark about a Maria Joy Bailey.
A Boston telegraph worker falls for a long distance suitor in a story that spirals from shy chats on the Western Union line to a theater outing. The piece blends social gossip with a Chicago court note about Thomas Gibbons, a baker-turned-porter, who pleads guilty after a Desplaines Street corner chicken sandwich incident ends with a jail booking and a mock bridal line in court.
A column of miscues on telegraph dispatches shows misread trunks and weather questions causing domestic confusion. Meanwhile Europe watches Moorish politics and Gibraltar stakes, with England Spain and France facing strategic shifts and anxiety.
Train schedules show connections among Chicago, Burlington and Quincy routes with routes to St Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha, Sioux City and Cedar Rapids. The listing includes arrival and departure times from Union Depot, West Davenport, and Madison destinations with connections to Monticello, Clinton, and Denver.
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