City Ward Directories And Church Notices
A fragmented local directory lists ward designations, mail schedules, and church notices. It mentions ward names West Three and East, plus pastors Nabdoaih and Borvicus, with services and Sunday routines.
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1877
Page
1
A fragmented local directory lists ward designations, mail schedules, and church notices. It mentions ward names West Three and East, plus pastors Nabdoaih and Borvicus, with services and Sunday routines.
A narrative set beside river bluffs and a steamboat, following a mother Nancy and her baby Sammy as a drunken husband returns, endures a devastating storm, and leaves Nancy widowed. The piece closes with reflections on temperance and self discipline, plus a brief contrast on marriage patterns from Philadelphia.
Gilpin Suley earned the first premium at the Field Trials event held in Fiussole and Iowa. The competition showcased local breeders and their champion entries with judges awarding top honors to Suley for quality and performance.
Poem from Atlantic Monthly page traces a cursed ring tale told through a child’s birthday verses. Four jewels mark each year bringing fresh power and peril to the wearer as a king's throne and haunted fate intertwine with magic and vengeance.
The San Francisco Bulletin details a first class opium den with a long table, matting, a tray of opiometer pipes, and a peculiar lamp. It explains the mahogany pipe, the sand and clay bowl, brass coupling, and the method of heating opium with a smoking action. The article notes patrons recline on the table and smoke from six to twelve pipes, with dens reportedly patronized and overseen by local officials.
A garbled OCR snippet depicts a crowd scene at a market. A shabby robed man is asked for money or food, with scant readable text hinting at offering and hunger. Names and clear details are missing due to deterioration.
A man refuses a trust offer and vows to keep a liberty talisman, declaring he would starve or die rather than part with it. He returns to a woodshed and disappears, leaving observers in shock at the pledge and the symbol's power.
A Watertown man visits his sister in a western city and, posing as a businessman, ingratiates himself with her husband and sister. He chats about their mutual acquaintances, gaining trust until the sister learns of his true relation. The masquerade ends once she discovers the ruse.
A Detroit Free Press report describes two men in cutters meeting on Jefferson Avenue. One driver refused to turn out, bringing the two to a near nose to nose standstill. The exchange grew heated before they parted.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a man hanging up an overcoat and pelbed Sea fre, with unclear names and places. The readable bits offer no coherent event, date, or identifiable entities to anchor a fuller summary.
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