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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1884
Page
2
A Philadelphia Times riding expert explains balance as key to good riding. The master shows reins handling, bit pressure, and mercy in training, emphasizing calm control, proper seat styles, and humane schooling of horses.
Dr Tanner argues Americans overeat and doctors would vanish if people dieted. He cites his own 30 day fast curing heart disease, claims mind and body are dual, and disputes old physiology limiting survival to fifteen days without food.
A chaotic wedding account describes the bride in lavender dress with orange adornments and a snug glove incident as the groom, in a tight suit, appears pale and strained. The narrative notes a dramatic moment when a restraining button pops, averting potential strangulation during the ceremony.
The New York Sun reports the Fiji islands wreck claimed seventy lives aboard a British steamer. Three words explain the brevity of the notice: All wore, coolies.
A Chicago Times summary notes English journals warning of rising cancer deaths in Great Britain and central Europe. Dr Dunn links wealth and city living to higher cancer risk, with cases increasing as nations modernize. He argues cancer is not infectious and suggests prevention remains elusive.
In Boston the temperance drink movement grows with beef and celery, non alcohol cocktails, and tea rooms drawing thousands. Patrons abandon rum for beverages seen as better and cheaper, while temperance advocates win converts through practical offerings.
Boston Journal describes Wednesday's performance attended by a society gentleman and a cultivated lady rumored to be his fiancée. A humorous exchange over Wagner's Rhinegold during intermission ends with the couple's alleged engagement now doubted by friends.
A Woodward Avenue resident fitting screen doors was stopped when a visitor warned that keeping a cow in the barn would attract every fly in Detroit, recalling a past incident where screen men sued over damages from flies.
A fragment depicts a xenophobic Denver scene where a Chinese man named Hong Kee Ho proclaims dominance and Americans push back with threats. The excerpt shows street taunts and calls for removal of Chinese people. The tone reflects hostility and forced expulsion.
An analysis argues that polished education fails to secure livelihoods, citing examples of educated beggars and prize books sold for money. It claims agricultural and teacher tracks underperform, while trades and housework yield better employment for graduates. It contends timing intellect over hands harms job prospects.
An absent minded German music teacher Herr Pfannen Schmidt forgets schedule. One pupil asks for a lesson time and is told to come when ready and wash on time so not to be kept waiting. The note appears in Texas Siftings with quips about Jumbo awaiting a boy who tasted him a sap joke.
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