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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1877
Page
4
A sweeping chronicling of upheaval appears with mentions of bank failures and a rotted system, along with boiler explosions and steamships snagging. Riots and duels surface amid crime tales of robbers and thieves who evade capture, reflecting a troubled era.
A dense collage of cultural gossip and historical curiosities spans theater scares in Richmond and New York, river trade, theater fears, political figures, authors, and artists. Reports touch Disraeli, Gambetta, Grace Greenwood, Vanderbilt philanthropy, and a surge of literary and scientific tidbits reflecting a brisk, episodic snapshot of a busy era.
The south end clock at the Crystal Palace in Sydenham is restored and operating. It mirrors the Westminster clock except for striking and chiming. The dial spans forty feet, the hour and minute hands are massive, and tests show only an eight second variation over seventeen days of observation.
In a New York Mai segment a cat enters Ryan's Hobokus shop. The cat allegedly eats a pound of mate, prompting Ryan to weigh it on scales and question its whereabouts as the scene unfolds with comic confusion.
In Virginia, a miner and a Gould and Curry worker encounter Lamb the Consolidated Virginia foreman on the way to work. The Curry foreman had ordered no swearing, prompting one worker to threaten quitting and seeking another job, while vowing to avoid prayer for a month if punished.
An Italian investigator proposes coughs stem from parasitic fungus in the airways. He suggests a chloral hydrate of quinine and soda compound inhaled during deep inspiration to reach the bronchi. The remedy is praised for simplicity, though its efficacy remains uncertain.
In a Detroit Free Press item a chambermaid notes a sick hotel guest with smallpox. The day clerk reluctantly charges the man eight eight for services, then instructs Mike to handle the account. The guest escapes down stairs, seeks a free lunch, and jokes about surviving on a dollar a week.
A book sale buyer rose from farming on Long Island to buying a Rhode Island farm for 320000, spending 820000, renting the land, then moving to California before Providence’s growth made the site valuable. He sold about 900000 in all and now surveys the property as streets and lots. At the Menzies sale he paid steep prices for books.
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