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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1884
Page
7
The notice directs subscribers to check their paper label to determine arrears from October 15, 1882. It urges those owed for a full year to pay immediately and explains that sending 200 dollars covers past year plus a renewal option of one year for 1.50 if paid in advance.
The Southeast Moline church will be dedicated on Sunday May 25 with Rev J Rowe of Caste delivering the dedicatory sermon at 11 am and other sermons at 6 pm by distinguished abroad clergymen. The church is fully paid from Mr Thomas Walton and public invited. Sunday school plan to be discussed and attendees urged to attend afternoon session. The piece laments the split Sabbath school and quotes biblical reproach toward directors.
The Morphouist Baptist and Congregational Sunday school held a convention at the Valley schoolhouse last Sunday with multiple speakers including Mr Orin Skinner Deacon Clark and Rev Harper. Evening sessions featured Bible readings questions answered for children and a note on local civic activity and a cemetery lodge design approval.
A New York saloon keeps two big Muscovy ducks half arunk for amusement of patrons. The note mentions securing agency for patent adjustable stretchers and the ability to produce any canvas size on short notice by Wm. F. Cram.
In a Morristown home, caricaturist Thomas Nast greets a visitor and leads into his studio above the parlor. Mrs Nast supervises sewing as Nast explains his method, ideas sourced from newspapers, and belief that American caricature will rank with the best abroad. he notes women can join the field and cites English magazines as influences.
A spoofed speech by Bill Nye laments the fate of portraits altered by engravers. Nye recalls engravers removing jawlines and hair, adding features, and even disguising Adam's apple, then discusses a revised engraving bearing his name and the peril of public self-image.
A Paris Elysee ball drew ten thousand invitations and thousands of attendees leading to suffocating heat, blocked corridors, and crowded refreshment rooms. After midnight President Grevy and family left for private rooms as guests endured the crowd, later cooling hours improved the scene and the mood.
The essay describes German restaurants in Leipzig where beer is central to dining, with meals often eaten to accompany beer rather than social chatter. It contrasts pristine luxury venues with modest second-class eateries, notes the saloon attached to each restaurant, and describes the cramped, smoky interiors, iron utensils, and the daily dining ritual where patrons choose from a long supper menu featuring stews, sausages, and cheap Stamm dishes.
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