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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1880
Page
6
A long poetic fragment laments childhood and innocence before a Frisco dog incident. The narrative then shifts to a dog on Valencia Street who bites milk from a pitcher, resists release, causes a caper, and ends with the dog breaking the pitcher after the owner intervenes.
A colored woman in Liberty County claims to remove warts by a charm using grains of corn. She treated a nephew with thirty eight warts, rubbed each with a grain of corn, and said the grains would cause the warts to drop in ten days. On day seven the warts shed, leaving smooth skin. The Adver tiser notes the unclear method and questions what happened to the corn.
The term “Tre cigar juggler” stems from dealers who label a man who secretly takes extra cigars from a box as smuggling. He appears to take one or two but traps in additional cigars he does not pay for.
The piece explains emigrant fares from Omaha to San Francisco at 145 dollars and details Pacific Railroad ticket rules. It describes checks that prove continuous passage, penalties for local use, and how conductors track tickets, with depots policing, spotters, and seat arrangements in emigrant cars.
A Naples correspondent recalls an 1853 tremor felt at the Hotel Victoria. He describes dizziness and a vibrating bell rope as signs of the quake, reports damage in Calabria and eastern Sicily, and notes ship movement and broken pantry glass.
An 19th century style salve offers cures for cuts ulcers fever sore tetter chapped hands and more. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and is priced at 25 cents per box, sold by Richares & Sobrteck.
An old Baltimore tale recounts Jack the dog star performing on stage in Buffalo with a dramatic rescue that captivated crowds and boosted the manager’s profits. The piece then lists record horse prices, noting trotting sires and mares with figures ranging up to about 72,000 dollars paid to English buyers for Dumcaster's import.
An 1870 notice extols Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and lung ailments offering free trial bottles. It claims thousands cured and urges severe coughs and breathing difficulties to try the remedy through Richards Lohrbeck and others. A letter from I A Cushing testifies to its effectiveness and a newspaper anecdote relates ad canvassing boldness and success stories.
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