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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1884
Page
11
A playful, fragmentary verse piece muses on language puns and worn contrasts. It parodies spelling, rhymes, and seasonal shifts while weaving curious lines about writing right and the folly of mispronounced terms. The text closes with a light self awareness of ending the tale.
A reminisced portrait of Shorty a beloved stage-driver near Leadville. He never swore or drank yet carried a quiet dignity and a keen eye for mountain beauty. He shares that O Be Joyful once thrived as a bustling camp, drawing many to enjoy its lively days before fading to ruin and ghostly cabins.
In a harsh Be Joyful mining camp, Myra Claffitt runs a stayin’ house for rough men. A lone woman’s presence stirs sympathy and danger as a claim jumper hunt unfolds and a hidden past emerges. The narrator recalls Myra’s quiet strength and the moment she faces a pistol’s toll.
The line warns that repentance without real change is ineffective like pumping water endlessly while ignoring a leak. It emphasizes action over words and cautions against hollow contrition.
A native Canadian notes that in Quebec there are no homely girls. He observes that the city’s invigorating air and surroundings seem to give Quebec women bright eyes, clear complexions, and graceful vigor as they move through the ancient citadel.
Excerpt contrasts English and French lower classes, noting England's grim submission and lack of self-help vs France's restive, revolutionary undercurrent. Steam of servility in English service contrasts with French brusque politeness and readiness to challenge ranks, as observed by Youth's Companion.
Richard A. Proctor cites estimates from 500 million to 10 million years for the earth’s age and notes Newton’s dry-earth idea. He predicts cooling will hollow the globe, creating interior cavities that absorb water, with water loss at two writing-paper sheets per year, sinking a mile in 9 million years and leaving no surface water in 15 million years.
A Kansas City man tells a story of a hungry stranger in a Kansas City restaurant who orders meat and potatoes and coffee after declining soup and fish. The stranger warns against trifling with a hungry Kansas City man and the waiter recalls the exchange.
The article surveys monumental trees from around the globe detailing colossal circumferences, hollow trunks, and notable origins. It highlights the Chestnut Tree of a Hundred Horses near Mount Etna, Wilberforce Oak at Holwood, and various grand oaks and plane trees in England France and the United States, including the Charter Oak near Hartford and a giant redwood in Tuolumne.
A narrator recalls a Philadelphia meat and crop forecast heard at the post office, detailing concerns about corn, cotton, tobacco, beef, and pork, and a rural response offering fish, lamb, and buckwheat. An old penicillin-like courtroom note states tenth century trials used barley bread and cheese to prove guilt if swallowed.
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