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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1894
Page
2
Special correspondence from New York outlines silk and cloth trends for early fall. Olive Harper discusses camels hair, moire trims, draped skirts, princesse gowns, and new fabrics like moraines and damieres, with practical sewing tips and examples from recent costumes.
Text argues that true food value lies in digestibility, noting half a pound of cheese nourishes less than beef due to cheese’s indigestibility, and advises comparing foods by how well they digest. The passage ends with garbled remnants of stray letters.
A tutoring piece on lichens explains their crustaceous, foliose, and frutiose forms and how stones, bark, and birch trees showcase stains like Graphis scripta. Separate notes tell of a Geary Street professor with an unusually long hair growth habit and frail health linked to hair shedding.
Special Correspondence from Oomiaco recalls that success comes through hard climbing. It cites John Newell of Cleveland and M. E. Ingalls of Cincinnati as examples who rose by persistent effort, plus Representative Charles Daniels of Buffalo whose climb from cobbler’s apprentice to congress demonstrates the same truth.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes true French elegance shows soft lines with a tightly drawn waist and little corset below and above the waist. It contrasts with heavy, suffocating corsets that create a false mood of perfection. The text also recalls early printing practices of printers using one page side then pasting the blank pages to simulate a single sheet.
The 110th anniversary of England's first balloon ascent on September 15 1784 recalls Vincent Lunardi an Italian diplomat who launched from Chelsea Hospital Garden after French rival De Moret sparked a crowd riot. Lunardi sailed to a Hartfordshire field landing hours later amid praise.
A New York Sun London letter laments royal neglect of the Duke of York’s baby as Queen Victoria misses visits while the child stays with nurse Mrs Green. Separately, Baltimore papers describe a 24 ounce soft shell crab shipped from Deal's Island to Smithsonian for preservation. The article also notes rising newspaper mortality in captured states and a quip about reducing desolation by fewer papers.
A mother in Sandell near Green Lake rescued her baby from an 18 foot well two feet of water deep after the child fell through a railing. She climbed down with a 12 foot ladder, revived the girl, and with aid from Otto Aura and neighbors hoisted her to safety. The event, reported by the Seattle Post Intelligencer, drew local residents.
A gathering of Leisenrings Kemmerers and other coal barons at the Fifth Avenue hotel and Hoboken dock bid farewell to B Letsenring as he seeks Europe for health. They report hopeful signs in iron and steel as orders return from Brazil for 60 locomotives and rail iron, with Bethlehem and Schenectady activity rising.
The treasury estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30 1805 asked Congress for 520 662 840 71 dollars. Appropriations totaling 490 668 869 51 were made, about 80 million less than asked. Congress likely faces a 30 million deficiency next year. pensions cut by about 29 million from last year.
An old health notice urges mothers to use lactated food to prevent diarrheal and cholera infantum risks in hot weather. It argues lactated food aids digestion, strengthens infants when breast milk weakens, and is widely used in large homes across the United States and Canada.
Six dollar sleeping car rate on Phillips Rock Island excursions from Chicago to Los Angeles or San Francisco via scenic routes. Tours leave Chicago twice a week Tuesday and Thursday with a special agent on board. Daily service leaves Chicago at 6 PM via Southern Route through Indian Territory to California. Apply at Rock Island ticket office 104 Clark Street. John Sebastian G P A Chicago.
The shop advertises dress fabrics with bold discounts on double fold fancy plaids, 46 inch serges, 54 inch all wool dress flannels, and corset cloth. Prices run from 10 to 50 cents a yard while stocks last with alterations on black dress goods and a Monday sale on 32 inch Shaker Flannels for wrappers and house sacks. French patterns noted.
An old ad lists tool and scissors prices from Maydale Hammers to Underhill Hatchets. It promotes finer quality items such as Compass Sn Blades and Stanley planes, plus a large assortment of Ladies scissors at steep discounts.
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