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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1882
Page
2
The Panama Isthmus reports an earthquake disrupted the Anami Railway and canal works, destroying rails and delaying communications. Proponents warn the ground instability jeopardizes De Lesseps's grand project, with health, labor, and finance concerns, and potential competition from a proposed Nicaraguan route.
The piece warns that cheap weekly story papers corrupt youths by depicting violence. It cites two murdered boys, 14 and 16, whose habits include reading sensationalized crime from the Police Gazette. Parents are urged to police reading materials and shield children from such “firebrands” to prevent future sorrow.
A colored individual named Washington collapsed during a seizure and fell into a wash tub filled with water, resulting in drowning. Authorities reported the incident was fatal and ongoing investigations were expected.
A narrator recalls a moonless twilight reef fishing expedition with natives using spears under torchlight, plus a dangerous giant powder method to stun kumu and mullet. He recounts near misses, a lost scoop, and a hearty basket of fish for breakfast.
A well dressed itinerant barber travels Walnut Spruce and Chestnut streets charging a shave from 50 to 75 cents. He keeps a log of customers, says he earns about 8 to 50 weekly in winter and less in summer, and asserts he is the sole barber in his branch catering to the rich elderly. A French doctor touts a bran bed cradle for infants, claimed to warm and stimulate by burying parts of the body in bran nests.
The article explains hop culture demands skill and patience through bad years and pests, noting price swings driven by domestic and foreign crops. It describes costs mainly for yard setup and poles, planting details, dioecious vines, yearly yields, and storage practices, with Wisconsin production falling by half after earlier high output.
A collage of humorous irregularities from multiple papers notes candy fetishes at hotel tables, a Kansas joker's damages after a powder-filled cigar incident, jail for a Napoleonic veteran, a seven foot seven inch man’s death by action, and witty exchanges in legal and social scenes, including Palestine travel quotes and pie jokes.
A fragment cites the Arade test for distinguishing fake gems from diamonds via double refraction seen through a stone and mentions Francis Barrett’s 1800 quip about lemons and words of hatred. The passage includes garbled notes on clothes-lines, Tropes, Pittaborfurgh, and a reference to J. Free Presse.
A miscellany of home tips includes stain prevention for stockings using alum water, a carbolic ear cure, wallpaper cleaning with bread, Irish stew method, buckwheat shortcakes, pig cleanliness remarks, a corn pudding recipe, and apple preserves with ginger and lemon juice, drawn from The Globe and The Household.
The article notes 4,237 Sabbath school teachers in United Presbyterian churches with 56 not religion professors, and cites growth in Methodist and other denominations. It mentions Indian contributions to Bible supply, youth confirmation age debates, and 1881 English school attendance figures. It also describes a pentane Sunday school in Riga and missions growth in Mexico with 10,000 members and 239 native helpers.
A twelve year old girl named Ads Worden fell sixty feet from a Tremont Street residence window. She survived with minor injuries and rapid improvement. Doctors credit nature as the healing agent while the mother attributes divine intervention. A reporter saw the room and the sill she touched before the fall.
A collection of brief notices highlights Henry Villard donating a 2,000-volume library to his railway employer, Ida Lewis guiding Lime Rock light for twenty years, Blondin’s return to the Berlin tight rope, Madame de Remnant’s death at seventy five, and wills and legacies from J.O. Whitin and others. Also noted are Aunt Jennie Roots described as a centenarian, J.H. Lester at 118 recalling Revolutionary War memories, Mr. Gray in Dublin praised for hosting, and ex Senator Atchison nearing seventy five with strong health but fading memory.
A collage of brief, comical excerpts from various papers mocks modern trends. Jokes include a toy pistol lockjaw statistic, a burlesque Webster dictionary edition, a water telescope, and a butcher shop scene. Several quips reference newspapers and regional whimsy.
A fragmentary report describes a Bethlehem youth attempting to jump onto a moving train. He suffered a severe leg injury resulting in amputation. Details and authorities are unclear in the OCR fragment.
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