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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1880
Page
7
A reader shares remedies for grape rot using brine applied to roots. Also includes cures for chicken cholera from burdock root syrup, guinea fowl pest control, plum and apple recipes, steel ornament cleaning, yeast starters, and horse medicinal methods.
A New York story recounts Jay Gould surviving a tense Supreme Court decision on Union Pacific. Brokers in his Wall Street circle feared a loss would ruin him, watching telegraph updates as the lower court’s ruling was affirmed. Gould’s nerves, a dramatic collapse, and the loss of his eyebrows are noted, along with views on his trading nerve and ambitions.
Harper ties a hammock in his yard to cool off in a heat wave. The improvised rig collapses as knots fail, sending him to the grass with a jolt while a nearby boy heckles and watches the comic mishap unfold.
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent recounts a daring Anglo American operation off Callao. The Chilean transport Loa carried 406 Peruvian soldiers when a dynamite attack aboard a prize launch triggered a blast that sank the Chilean vessel Lea, killing most aboard and injuring others saved by neutral ships led by the Penguin. Col. Williams, a Peruvian officer, masterminded the strike.
A Detrote Free Press account describes a confrontation where a man, after a youth’s fall, crawls to an apple tree and seeks a weapon to destroy a hammock. The victim calls for a spectacle while Mr Harper remains silent and unmoved.
A New York Tribune correspondent urges thorough soil restoration for fruit trees to sustain yearly yields, noting the folly of neglect. A Galveston crowd hears a boisterous speaker praise Jones as a capable officer, then a solemn elder asks him not to reveal the life-saving event before the election.
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