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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1880
Page
7
A Detroit Preas report recounts tramp lifers on freight trains with methods to ride beams and undercars. It notes dangers, conductors discounts, and brash exchanges as vagrants pursue long or short rides while authorities and engineers sometimes aid them.
A Chicago, Burlington & Quincy passenger engine, at 35 mph, faces a timber blockage sixty feet ahead on a sharp curve. The engineer quickly accelerates to clear the obstruction, lifting the tree with the cowcatcher and avoiding disaster. A dramatic portrayal of quick judgment and fate of the passengers. (1930s newspaper style narrative. contains multiple dated travel anecdotes and Madeira emigration note.)
The Berlin museum run by William Rice the Tiger King featured trained carnivores and a famed female performer Black Helen. During a debut with three Bengal tigers a tiger attacked Rice injuring him, later dying of blood poisoning. The zoo and museum were closed by police authorities.
A reader laments farm life strain as wives endure late sewing sessions after exhausting days of chores. The piece argues husbands drive the schedule with persistent work, delaying meals and rest, leaving women exhausted and unable to read or sleep.
Hartford Times reports Washington gambling houses reopen for the season despite earlier police raids. Many venues operate on Pensylvania Avenue and near hotels like National and Metropolitan, with midnight lunches drawing players. Private access and keys allow invited patrons to gamble in private hotels when police intervene.
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