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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1875
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a local clash or incident involving Gilpin Sulky, Beams, and Iron Frames in a town setting. The brief notes a possible dispute or event centered on property or equipment. Further readable details are unavailable.
A sprawling fragment recounts Sir Edwin’s beast fondness in a Scottish village, excise officers chasing dogs dead or alive, and a tale of Buddha toppled by a starving beggar who earned a reward after the image fell. It also includes political debates on civil rights and canal schemes stirring Sterling and Dixon.
The article notes ongoing deaths among U S legislators with names like Er shineghan and Head and details cabinet and district shifts. It also covers Panama canal surveys, naval movements, Krupp armament trends, and a U S Navy vessel's voyage with crew reported as well. The report mentions St Mary's nautical school admissions and military experiments by Major General Achatius.
A military observer in the Cologne Gazette compares Germany’s 1875 combat strength with Russia France Austria Italy and Britain. Germany totals about 1 684 200 field troops excluding some reserves and landwehr while Russia fields 1 376 860 and France 1 088 400 with 685 700 usable in the field. Germany appears the leading European power even as France may gain strength from territorial army reforms.
The Cincinnati Commercial reports two burglars entered William Calloway’s flour mill at Harrison to rob the safe. They drilled the door and prepared to blast the vault but fled frightened, as the safe was unlocked and the place had been emptied of papers. The episode is mocked as a safe cracking joke.
An article cites a medical journal claiming hard boiled egg whites digested better than raw or half cooked forms. It argues raw whites risk incomplete digestion, while thoroughly boiled eggs provide easier nourishment for dyspeptics, with gradual reintroduction of yolk.
The passage extols robust health and moral integrity as riches. It lauds the clear conscience, diligent editor, energetic parents, kind clergyman, loving wife, purposeful woman, and a respectful young man who treats every woman as his sister would wish.
A Boston Commercial Bulletin piece mocks passengers who quiz a captain about ship safety and weather, contrasting feminine questions with rude male remarks. It jokes at their ignorance and the captain's patient, practical responses while noting critics who call him reticent or short in answers.
An editor from a Missouri village recounts meeting Abraham Lincoln at the White House. The editor claims his paper first suggested Lincoln for the presidency, which Lincoln half-jokingly doubts before noting his war department visit. He directs the editor to Stanton alone, then departs.
The St. Louis Republican profiles a sixteen year old elevator hermit, drawn to the filthy lucre of a weekly wage and the monotony of rising and falling. He despairs at hydraulics and engineers, sees the world as endless ascent and descent, and longs for meaning beyond the shaft.
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