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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1881
Page
3
After four months of drilling to 1629 feet the Artesian Well is discontinued as unnecessary. It yields 500 gallons per minute and could supply city needs without pumping. Water is very pure and soft with a slight sulphur taste that vanishes after airing. Estimated cost was 4800 dollars and engineers plan to put water to use by Monday.
The message notes a prosperity surge in many sectors but warns of cascading failures in finance. Daily reports from metropolitan papers tally several downfalls shaking even strong houses. It urges readers to mend holes in pockets before three years pass.
The article notes paper making is a growing manufacturing branch with vast untapped potential. It cites the Miami Valley region having over twenty paper mills, many with capital stock around a quarter million dollars, and says mills do not hire traveling salesmen as orders arrive unsolicited in large numbers for diverse new uses.
A blaze swept the asylum for idiotic children in Calumbu Ohio housing 614 children and staff. Incendiaries set the building ablaze but teachers preserved order guiding everyone outside with no casualties as property damage reached an estimated 250000 dollars.
The dispute over Henry F Durant's estate, with Wellesley College as residuary legatee, ends as the brother- contestant acknowledges satisfaction. The agreement spares costly litigation and preserves about 20 000 annual income while the widow holds the principal for her discretion.
The article argues weather originates from the north and urges signal stations in polar regions to study the bomb of the North. It notes scientists and governments plan international efforts to unlock northern mysteries and save lives and money through better forecasting. It also mentions Mrs Edwin Booth's death and tributes to her character amid domestic strife and slander.
The excerpt notes nine of twenty marriage licenses issued by County Clerk Donaldson involve Moline residents. It compares city and county totals, suggesting Moline accounts for about half of local marriages, with caution against speculation if the trend continues.
The text declares the South advancing in material progress with the Southern Pacific Railroad spanning from Baltimore and Richmond through Atlanta and Tucson to San Diego and San Francisco, to be fully operational end to end within a year. It notes the Mississippi River tunnel as largely finished but the Independent line east of the Mississippi remains to be built.
A 23 year old train robber FP E Sullivan alias William Delaney died in Arkansas Penitentiary of a broken heart after long sentence. He grew despondent, faced isolation from family, and spoke of crime and punishment before dying in hospital.
In Washington Guiteau's trial opens with hundreds of onlookers and a tense scene as he clashes with prosecutor Scoville and asserts self representation. A gunman fires at the prisoner van but misses. Guiteau shows fear yet remains focused on his papers and requests high level legal help while witnesses describe his composure.
Mr MacVeagh seeks action from Hone or tnt Vitendleser in unclear legal matter. The text is fragmentary, with unreadable sections hindering full understanding of the petition, date, or jurisdiction. Further legible details are needed to confirm parties and intent.
A Washington telegram reports a large crowd at the Guiteau trial on Thursday with more women present. Guiteau objects to Robinson as his defender, declares self management, and vows to create a nationwide stir if forced to accept counsel. The court warns him to quiet, he denounces a Chicago dispatch as false, and Blaine arrives with aides as Corkhill opens his argument.
The secretary Blaine was called to testify and stated his testimony would restate known mournful details. On cross examination, Blaine declared he had never seen any evidence of insanity in the prisoner.
The Solway explosion was caused by a naptha oil barrel bursting and inciting fire on the deck near the steerage stove. Five soldiers and one passenger burned to ashes, five others missing after abandoning ship in a small boat. The ship drifted twelve miles offshore from dawn until afternoon, then steered to Kingston harbor where harbor police found a burned deck and numerous wounded passengers.
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