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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1877
Page
2
The article bundles scattered items from politics and society such as committee assignments in the House, a Gordon Bennett Europe trip, naval retirements, pro and anti woman suffrage chatter, Western state politics, and diary-like dispatches from various regions with brief mentions of figures like Grenell, Moody, and Packard, plus a note on a Russian frigate visit and a bridge safety scare.
A crowded rail journey from Jackson IL to Monmouth Beardy town and Beardstown via Alexis and Springfield is described. Heavy snow blocks progress with engine detours shovels and a snow plow as crews dig out the train near Henderson and Monmouth. Passengers note delays and local discussions of politics and health amid the winter travel tale.
A Beards town whiskey barrel theft ends with multiple discharges and a public admonition of conduct. A railroad worker, James, dies after being crushed between cars near Fulton in a tragedy witnessed by none. Elsewhere a tramp is expelled from South Rock Island home by Mr Davis, and Everts Commandery elects officers for the year.
Davenport Gazette urges residents to buy locally, warning that sending to New York Boston or Chicago for family goods hurts home merchants and prosperity. It argues local trade strengthens neighbors and property values while noting a French chemist recommends iodide of potassium for lead poisoning to aid removal.
A brief notice notes the end of business at mid day in December 1876. The garbled text references names and a location, but the core fact remains a closing or closure event occurring around midday in December 1876.
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