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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1881
Page
5
The week’s bad weather cut farm supplies and raised scarcity. Coal remains short and sells by the bushel. Slough hay loads bring about $12 per ton, while butter and potatoes show high street prices. Grocers seek beans at around $2 per bushel. cattle prices and shipments show erratic movements.
Brief list shows entries for several issued marriage licenses including individuals with varied surnames and locations. Names such as Mous Dobson and Latwar appear among the couples, with others like Julia Cooper and Bree Ha noted in the registry.
An ex owner Mr Vann narrowly escaped severe injury testing a water tank in a brewery cellar. A shifting bolt tore clothes and hair, knocked him, and only prompt action by a companion stopped the machine. Vann, a strong 220 pound man with a beard, was unharmed aside from hair whitening and torn clothing.
A Greene County resident, Mrs Annie W Fields, reportedly fasted for sixty days starting July 13 with no food or drink. Physician Dr Thomas H Jones and attorney W H Care testified to her condition and guard her closely. Fields, born November 8 1841 in Greenville Virginia, weighs ninety pounds at onset and claims a supernatural restoration of health.
Detroit Press recalls General Custer as brash and fearless in battle, noting his calm under fire and the morale impact on his troopers. It contrasts bravado with moral courage, recounting a frontline demeanor that kept his line intact during Shenandoah Valley actions and the charge against entrenched forces.
The water telescope is a cheap three form instrument designed to cut surface ripples from view. It enables observers to see three to twenty fathoms on clear days and aids wreck searches, drowning recovery, naturalists studying subaqueous life, and river lake outings with new underwater scenery.
A recipe details preparing stewed tomatoes: boil skins off, peel and seed, mash with onion, add pap salt and butter, simmer two hours in a pipkin, then stir in grated bread near serving time for thickened finish.
Joaquin Miller recalls two neighboring settlers in old California during a deadly famine year. One man feeds strangers by risking his wealth and labor, while the other hoards profit and later dies in poverty. The grave marker and mossy stone symbolize enduring virtue versus hollow fortune and envy.
An official Detroit book keeper recounts his first and only lesson in bookkeeping. He describes how a banker friend trained him with a single rule not to mix personal money with business funds, a habit he has maintained across all posts.
A 14 year old was compelled by a Bagian machinist to work thirty seven straight hours with only ninety minutes break. The Government Inspector called it the most inhuman case he has seen. The machinist was fined one dollar fifty cents.
The article describes the development of artificial glass eyes from early painted replacements to highly realistic modern specimens. It notes two-part construction, techniques, and tools, with New York firms supplying both domestic and international markets. It highlights the trade secrets of enamel preparation and the growing demand for lifelike ocular prosthetics.
The Lime-kiln Club at the State Fair announced premiums earned after a week of competition. Awards covered whitewash on fence panels, decoratives on crockery, and a watercolor mule in a thunderstorm. Also recognized were poems on Brutus, a group of six watermelons by a colored grower, and a four-pound butter specimen by a left handed colored woman with a wooden churn prize.
A terse medical note describes a ringworm infection involving the head and face treated with a Catena meter regimen. General W Brown of 44 Marshal Street Providence is mentioned in relation to the diagnosis and treatment history.
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