Local notes and notices from Moline area update
Community items include magistrate ruling on a search-warrant case in favor of Harry Haley, staff changes at First National Bank with Rufus Walker as clerk, and plans for a new car office and coal sheds by W H Carpenter & Co. Farm theft, labor day choir arrangements, and a peculiar will in Rock Island.
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Kerns
Fred Calkins
Harry Haley
Rufus Walker
First National Bank
Fred Wahlstrom
Beloit College
Charles Knox
Fred
John Swensson
Alfred Skinner
Charles
James Skinner
Moline National Bank
Geneseo
le Grippe
James
Svea
8. T. Bowlby
Music House
D. Roy Bowlby
Rock Island
W.H. Carpenter & Co
Eleventh Street
Rock Icland
Ecenenvace
Enee
Oman
Toulon
Erence
Bloomington
Fea
Jacksonville
Eaanapolis
Louisville
Columbus
Louis
Dennen
LF Cp
Mail Ly
Pearis
Princeville
Wyoming
Tyrion
Ererenerens Biles
Southerst
Union Depot
Albert Lea
Connions
Eee Island
Peoria
Peoris
Palace
H. Budlow
May Kendall's Longman's Magazine Philistine reflection
The piece contemplates the conflict between body and soul through violin music and the idea of the universal Philistine. It ponders whether art elevates or corrodes, citing a chorus of voices as the instrument moralizes human essence. The author questions whether true redress comes from artistry or inner spirit.
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May Kendall
Longman's Magazine
The Woman's Rose Keeps a Silent Rose Box
A narrator recalls a carved box holding mementos from childhood including a white rose and dried acacia. She details a village girl who became the object of many admirers and the rivals in a crowded, moral landscape. The rose remains in the box as memory endures.
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M.en
Min
Maine Fisherman Hamlin’s Secret Trout Brook Mystery
A Lewiston Journal note recalls Hannibal Hamlin, Maine’s famed angler, who each year rode an early train into a forest to fish alone. He returned at dusk with a basket full of trout weighing one to two pounds, a secret brook and location never revealed to others.
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Hannibal Hamlin
Hamlin
Maine
Lewiston Journal
Emperor’s remark about women and jams highlighted
A New York Times quote notes the German emperor disliked learned women and preferred a lady with jam making talent. The piece suggests American Indies could discuss constitutions and also make jams, reflecting on the versatility of late fin de siècle women.
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Germany
America
Indies
Hohensellern
New York Times
Must Come to It Customer Exchange in Shop Dialogue
A cobbler offers sturdy leather shoes and responds to a customer asking for durable footwear for a boy. The customer declines and appears to be negotiating a custom fit or trade in a brief shop exchange.
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Modjeska
Mary Anderson
Dress Reform Debate at Chautauqua on Greek and Modern Styles
Mrs. Parker leads dress reform talks at Chautauqua praising gradual change toward comfortable garments. The piece contrasts ancient Greek corsetry with modern ease, notes pockets as a practical idea, and argues progress should blend aesthetics with comfort while warning against overzealous reform.
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