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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1884
Page
10
A fragmentary poem narrative describes affectionate longing and a cheeky, flirtatious voice. The speaker praises a youthful subject and declares a desire for a kiss while weighing social stations and future prospects. The text blends playful praise with subtle social critique.
A distressed speaker in Sioux City incited chaos with a taunting address to residents. The crowd erupted into a violent melee as the man shouted provocative lines, causing a storm of anger and a deadly outcome before authorities intervened and a jury returned a verdict on the case.
A young physician recalls working alone in the dissecting room at night to study anatomy after hours. He describes the eerie atmosphere, a rattling window, a frightening storm, and his tense scramble to safety while clutching a cartilage knife.
A medical student recalls nights in the dissecting room at Medical College in winter 1876 77. He faces a moving sheet over a corpse and rats fleeing as fear overwhelms him. A prank by fellow students later reveals the terror was staged with an actor and a sneeze.
The page covers farm topics from C M Cray of Kentucky on Jersey cows in Russia to potash use and wheel repairs. It advises on grape varieties, wheelbarrows, hog trichinous meat in Prussia, Ayrshire dairy cows, butter color, strawberry varieties, and the value of specialty farming versus mixed husbandry. It argues that rotation and diversity sustain soil fertility and warns against over-specialization.
Stomach relief and cooking guidance mix with thrift advice in this readable fragment. Tips cover pillows stuffed with crushed flowers, growing hyacinths in pots, batter breads, frying methods, and preserving shapes in flat cakes. Also includes castor oil administration, veal toast, corned beef loaves, apple sauce for pork, meatballs for soup, and a dessert method with jam filled pastry.
An engineer explains a basic method to build a cement walk using water lime sand gravel or ashes. Mix dry components, wet gravel with mortar, spread on the graded surface, ram to remove moisture, and smooth with a planked rubber. Create blocks or color the finish for a neater result.
The article lists simple, harmless methods to soften and brighten hands. It cites glycerine, vaseline, cold cream, or mutton tallow rubs, and a Queen Anne era egg yolk and alum treatment wrapped overnight. It suggests warm water nightly washing, dry or moist oats or cornmeal, then loose gloves for a month to improve appearance.
A collage of travel humor and regional voices tromps through jokes about trains in Cincinnati, Arkansas towns, New York socialites, and a Chicago poet. The humor satirizes locals, manners, and pretensions with playful dialects and wordplay across varied American scenes.
Bishop Pierce of Georgia recounts riding ten miles through a heavy rain to Flatrock Chapel where only a man and a boy waited. After a brief wait the man insisted on hearing preaching despite the weather. Pierce adapted and spoke for an hour, noting they listened with rare attention.
The Housekeeper notes simple, handsome towels that require little effort. It suggests tying the towel in the middle, spreading the ends, and fastening on a large chain back for a neat, easy finish. The piece comments on fewer work stoppages in the nation and compares holiday observances abroad to Sunday recreation.
A reader advocates bran as a remedy for constipation and appetite, noting a half teacup daily with sugar and water. The correspondent praises whole wheat flour for improving digestion, while stressing dyspepsia has many forms requiring tailored treatment and a removed cause.
A Hartford Times correspondent recalls a tale of an Indian man torn between temptation and conscience over a found quarter. The anecdote contrasts the good with the bad inside, urging readers to heed the inner voice and return what is not theirs. The piece shifts to a Petersburg church tour, detailing the somber tombs of Russian royalty and the haunting narrative of their fates.
The author recalls a meeting at Bloomfield terrace before Charles Reade left England. Reade read a paper on the book of Jonah where a phrase “go the whole hog or not” was questioned as unscriptural. The exchange shows his impetuous eloquence and self-correcting rigor.
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