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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1882
Page
10
A lyrical sunrise scene chronicles dawn breaking over hilltops and meadows. Birds, brooks, and woodlands awaken as mist lifts, perfumes Flora's blooms, and light spreads across pearly towers and ferns, celebrating a tranquil summer dawn.
A German peasant Fritz Wetzel amasses wealth after selling his thriving Nauvoo farm during Mormon exodus. He and his wife Thekla flee to Chicago with cash hidden in clothing, fearing theft, only to confront the danger of banking and the lure of land as a safer form of wealth.
The article humorously catalogs ancient rulers and magnates, listing vast wealth and oddities. Ninus, Nimrod's son, inherits immense riches and slaves, rises socially, then dies a rich but embattled man. Queen Semiramis grows wealth further while lavishly rewarding staff. Cyrus, Menes and other ancient kings are described with extravagant liberties and vast hoards.
The passage portrays the fly as endlessly energetic and determined to annoy. It notes the insect’s unflagging diligence from dawn to dusk, its persistence after being driven away, and its stubborn fixation on a single victim like an unappeasable office seeker in Washington.
The piece traces German refugees Fritz and Thekla facing money fear in a crowded city. Threats of theft and chloroform plots drive paranoia as they juggle honesty, work, and hunger while contemplating saving others. A fire disaster and later relief reshape their fortunes toward Nauvoo and adoption.
A dying inmate granted parole to die at home in Providence instead escapes confinement. He crawled out before death and robbed seven houses, shocking the city with the spree conducted around his final days.
Cor. Woman's Journal advocates mothers teach daughters to perform their own bed making, room tidying, mending, sewing on buttons, and basic tasks. It suggests paying girls weekly for duties from age ten, budgeting for wardrobes, and gradually increasing responsibilities to foster money sense, order, and pride.
A long running fraud case emerges in Portland Oregon involving a boy who came to live with Edward Haine and his supposed father. The youth learned money received at intervals came from his father and learned the Haine man in Portland is actually the boy’s uncle. The case reveals payments traced to Leavenworth Kansas and actions filed by the youth against his uncle for money advanced by the father.
Fragmentary report notes prisoners in Philadelphia receiving items described as fang and yal, with no clear context or verification of purpose. Authorities have not clarified whether these terms refer to food, tools, or contraband and no official actions are recorded.
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