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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1882
Page
10
A verse meditation compares love to a clingy bindweed that can choke growth. It argues earthly passion must be trained and placed by grace to bless rather than ruin the soul, urging prayer and restraint to let higher works flourish.
Charley Quedglington a reckless St. Aldate's student faces a dean's warning and Watlingbury misadventure. After sliding into a fight and aiding a distressed governess, he is finally sent down for the term, amid family and deanly arrangements that obscure blame.
An analysis of stock corners explains how a speculator holds most of a stock for future delivery, pressures shorts to cover at the cornerer's price, and harms market ethics. The piece argues corners should be limited to exchanges or punished by law to protect public interests. It also recounts a separate tale of Thaddeus Pratt a con artist known as Poker Tad who swindled victims across several rail towns using counterfeit coins and poker schemes.
The article outlines John Cleves Symmes's theory that all planetary bodies are nested hollow spheres open at the poles and that gravity is a push from an invisible elastic element. It cites memoirs, notes, and arguments about polar openings, mid planes, and interior illumination by sunlight, promoting exploration of unseen polar realms.
The article notes black birch as a rapidly favored substitute for black walnut. It describes birch as close grained, easy to stain to walnut color, and workable for most walnut applications. Birch is cheaper than cherry, resists color differences when stained, and yields a beautiful polish similar to fine furniture woods.
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