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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1884
Page
6
A Detroit Free Press essay recalls an old woman who sought the grave of her child, Willie, in a once familiar cemetery now vanished by time and city growth. She found only scattered stones, shed tears, and later passed from grief to solace as love carried her beyond this life.
The writer recalls Captain Mayne Reid living in London during the season, moving to 12 Bloomfield Road for medical care, and describes a vivid visit at Bedford Street lodgings. An anecdote recalls a bell rope incident and a scene with a hot tipple as the narrator delivers Free Press copies and a lunch to the ailing author.
An American narrator describes seeking Capt. Mayne Reid in London. After misdirection at a Bloomsfield Road house, he meets Charles Reade who calmly recalls the Duke of Wellington story. The author’s mild demeanor contrasts with vitriolic letters, ending with a note on Magno Real’s lodging.
An elderly man named Oldary Dawes cares for Maj. Wilkins and attempts to break a small yearling into a draft for a wagon. After building a makeshift harness, he tries to ride the calf which kicks free and wrecks the wagon in the square, while the calf looks on with satisfaction. A French proposal suggests using nailed tables and microphones to detect clockwork in baggage.
A Brooklyn Eagle interview recounts three years in Cape Town and back country. The writer describes population, housing costs, daily life, and malay and Zulu communities. He notes diamond fields controlled by English and French firms, backcountry trade, harsh climate, wildlife, and ostrich feather hunting with prices for feathers and commodities.
Mrs. Nora McShane in Divide near Hickey street opened a newspaper to read a letter from her South Africa bound husband. Diamonds allegedly fell from the paper and were later found in chicken crops after a crowd searched the snow yard. Twelve gems valued up to 120 dollars each were recovered. an emerald later claimed by a neighbor woman who said it fit her missing ring setting.
A Springfield Republican correspondent notes Dutch table customs observed at a Professor’s Hague home. Diners cut up food with left hands and forks, coffee is ground and cooked at the table, butter is served with knives from a communal piece, and bread smeared thickly. After meals the hostess cleans dishes at the table with a napkin while the master smokes a cigar.
The lotus flower of Egypt was naturalized on a mill pond near Dover Delaware and bloomed last summer near a lawn in the Chester Valley in Pennsylvania.
A collection of farming tips cites lightening heavy soils with coal ashes and notes peanuts grown in Kansas for stock feed. It references Chicago as a leading sheep market, sorghum seed sent to Russia, and Canadian cheese praised by Professor Arnold. Advice covers dust baths for poultry, stable air quality, and pruning, plus dairy and feed practices and crop yields including mangels and potatoes.
The National Stockman urges drivers to beware of horses coming off idle stables after weeks of rest. A soft condition after long idleness risks injury when moved to strenuous work. The note accompanies frost work and lamp shade detailing, including silk shade trims and yellow silk with white lace.
In a New York Letter the author notes the abundance of bachelors as women wonder why men choose celibacy. He argues marriage now costs much more than in the past, including housing, dress, church pews, and social duties, leaving many bachelors wealthy but unable to marry until later in life.
An old health column advises on maintaining scalp health and hair growth. It recommends weekly washing with tepid water and mild soap, or egg yolk solution, with ammonia for stimulation. It warns against oils or pomades and suggests a ammonia oil mix for dry scalp, noting baldness is irremediable if hair bulbs are destroyed.
A speech by Sullivan mocks the fight between Burgrass and town rivals over land and water rights. Thruston and Harrison exchange a cordial handshake, ending the dispute with a proposed shootout for whisky and a duel of rifled marksmanship. The scene centers on Kentucky local figures and a resolved quarrel.
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