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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1894
Page
3
Special correspondence from New York describes fall and winter fashions with figure shadings, figured taffeta dresses, and versatile waists. Coats, hats, and bonnets feature ostrich plumes, lustered silks, and velvet ribbons, while new weapons research warns of graver battlefield injuries and slower medical response.
Paris Sept 11 A message from Andorra the world smallest republic to France the largest in Europe sparked amusement and reflection It sits in the Pyrenees a narrow vale watched by high peaks and has remained nearly independent since Charlemagne Its autonomy is limited by joint Franco Spanish suzerainty yet its people live simple lives largely unchanged by outside events The bishop of Urgel exerts influence over telegraph lines and local affairs amid a tone of cautious resilience in the tiny nation.
The piece denounces the new tariff law as a poorer deal for American labor and industry, arguing it benefits only sugar and whisky trusts. It claims importations will rise, hurting U S production, employment, and wages, with no real improvement over the 1890 act.
Washington reports on Geronimo and his band, recounting past surrender failures and brutal acts against civilians. General Miles and Crook's campaigns in Arizona, Mexico, and Florida are described, with relocation to Mount Vernon barracks and evolving health and discipline. The piece reflects on war weariness, economic strain, and political blame amid national turmoil.
A dramatic scene in a gambling saloon ends with a life saved when Rafe Shaffer overhears a plotted assassination. An eastern man retrieves a message predicting treachery and Shaffer acts swiftly, prompting his opponent Smith to back down. Mutual friends arbitrate to avoid public knowledge of the feud.
At a circuit meeting in Buffalo, trainer Mr Hamlin notes Robert J a bay gelding pacer shows bent fore legs yet believes they are natural. Debates arise over whether Robert J’s legs and pacing record could set a trend. Government revenue and pension data compare 1894 to 1898 with large year-to-year gaps.
A collage of crank inventor anecdotes on implausible devices from rotating pulpits to jail towers, plus a debate on tariff averages led by Senator Milla about misleading percentages. The piece contrasts unfeasible ideas with political misrepresentation, ending noting whisky trust negotiations unresolved as directors adjourn.
A Middlesex Vermont woman describes severe headaches lasting one to two days with prostration afterward. She credits Dr Greene’s Nervura blood and nerve remedy, a New York discovery, with a rapid cure and urges skeptical readers to try it, offering personal or letter consultation.
A six dollar sleeping car rate to California on Phillips Rock Island Tourist Excursions from Chicago to Los Angeles or San Francisco via the Scenic Route and Ogden. Tours leave Chicago twice weekly with a special agent along the trip. Daily tour service departs Chicago each night at six o clock via the Southern Route to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The same rate applies at Rock Island ticket office 104 Clay Street.
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