This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1881
Page
6
A reflection on how discussing neighbors instead of ideas marks social decay. True cultivation blends heart and intellect and resists gossip about others. The author urges minding one’s own business and avoiding judgment beyond known facts.
The article outlines wealth among four men led by Mr J W Mackay who can spend vast sums daily and hourly. It notes Mackay rose from penniless youth in Ireland to owning a prolific silver mine after bankruptcy and years of success.
The article discusses how conquerors demand surrender of possessions, including clothing, making nudity a mark of subjugation. It traces practices from Abyssinia to Polynesia and Europe, noting head covering removal as a related ritual.
The piece notes Jim Fisk popularized railway usage in the United States, with 185 of Poors Manual's 1,147 company names containing rail and 62 containing railroad. It cites the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway renaming itself the Rock Island and Pacific Railway to suit English influence and stock overseas, warning that car and rail terms evolve, sometimes causing confusion.
A garbled excerpt mentions a boy tied to a parcel and a return from South America. The text appears to be a damaged ledger fragment with unfinished dialogue and unclear context.
A traveling clock repairman overhauls a Sacramento clock on a dining room table claiming to fix it. He reveals an extra wheel from another clock caused by a prior botched repair, leaves, and the clock soon dies again. The owner never saw the man again. Also notes on charcoal uses from Scientific American.
A presented table lists per head debts and expenditures for leading nations. It outlines national financial burdens and spending levels, highlighting how much citizens bear in relation to their country’s fiscal position.
A Chicago reporter visits a cattle fair then a grand ball. The next morning enraged husbands and extended kin confront the office over a spirited prize list. Names include Miss Alice B and Miss Betty C with descriptions and prize values noted.
A Utica Herald correspondent reports ex Governor Hoffman recounting an incident near the end of his term. A stranger entered the executive chamber unannounced and claimed his musket ball killed the man’s brother in New York. He warned Hoffmann of danger but offered a plea to hire, asserting a duty owed.
Fraser's Magazine notes the immense output and improving quality of South African mines. A single claim can net £45,000 in two years while The New Rush Mine yields about £3,000 daily. In 1875 diamonds valued at £5,500,000 had been mined, with Kimberley post shipments weighing 773 pounds valued at £1,414,400.
A landlord recalls a country store encounter with a frugal farmer who bought butter at fourteen cents a pound and, after adding goods, asked what would happen if butter were sixteen cents. He then settled by calling it a square trade and paying what he owed.
Postal cards once mocked for stinginess now flood markets as cheap communications. Holyoke Massachusetts employs about forty, turning three thousand sheet packs into forty cards each and producing roughly one million cards daily under strict government oversight. The piece also notes German prince s training in trades to temper curiosity and the Emperor s cabinet holdings show bookbinding and carpentry artifacts.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.