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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1884
Page
11
A playful legend recalls a Boston wit entertaining a Roman praetor beside the Sphinx. The tale, recounted by a Chicago News voice, hints at a joke spoken long ago while serpents and sands frame the scene. The Sphinx’s famed stoicism is noted as the humorist’s tale unfolds.
John Gamble deceives his wife to visit Goodwood with friends but grows suspicious of her loyalty. Ensuing quarrels, a risky nighttime entry, a dramatic confrontation with Dr Skelton at No 17 Montmorency terrace, a fall, and a revelation of mistaken house numbers culminate in a tense domestic fallout.
An interview with a seasoned traveler discusses how fear grows with each quake, the role of volcanic activity as reassurance, and notable tremor histories in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Pacific coast. The account cites Mendoza, Caracas, Callao, and broader Pacific impacts.
The article describes how July through September bring a burst of insect and reptile activity in India as intense vegetation grows after months of drought. It notes water snakes in pools, wasps and hornets invading homes, frogs increasing with the rain, lizards stalking flies, and ichneumon flies darting about as daily life returns to normal after the monsoon.
Bishop Wilmer of Alabama is challenged by a skeptic over Moses body. Wilmer calmly replies that the question does not concern the challenger since no archangel will contest with the devil over the skeptic’s body.
A San Francisco Call excerpt describes Corean farming methods in Fu San with a simple upright plow and wooden harrow, rice planting in flooded fields with singing laborers, and contrasts it with Chinese techniques. It also provides detailed step by step starching and ironing guidance for shirts and linen, including starch preparation, boiling, rubbing, and polishing with a high cost iron.
The wife of Senator Soule recounts a winter party story from the Fillmore era. A guest mistook her for Mrs Soule and quizzed her about her looks. He claimed Senator Soule was a favorite with Washington ladies, prompting her sharp retort. The misidentification ended in laughter at Boston Budget.
A store proprietor questions a young assistant hired from Boston. The owner cautions that Boston men can cheat and warns to watch him. The passage contrasts virtuous pretensions with hypocritical Pharisaic disdain and reflects on vice hidden behind virtue.
Anon. extols small daily savings by a boy of fifteen who saves five cents a day. Compounded at five percent, this grows to $8,983.18 by age sixty-five, with interest eclipsing principal after decades. The piece highlights the power of thrift as a driver of long term wealth.
An English society writer recounts lessons from a female matchmaker who tours watering places with clients seeking husbands. She claims spring and autumn attract dark beauties, midsummer favors blondes, and young fair men prefer bru nettes while dynamics shift as seasons pass.
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