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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1879
Page
4
Rain severely damages crops across France and Western Ireland, impacting harvest prospects and farm livelihoods. Officials report significant rainfall causing lodging and yield concerns for farmers.
The Washington Republican reduces the Republican platform to bed rock and finds The United States against the Confederate States. Austria is buying silver and Germany may increase silver coinage. The piece commends these facts to opponents of silver coinage here.
Old soldiers in Terre Haute Indiana condemn a copperhead remark by Voorhees as an insult claiming he is not as good a friend to the soldiers as the late Senator Morton. The dispute centers on wartime loyalty and political support for veterans.
Trenter Ocean notes Col. Robert Ingersoll has become more conservative on religious topics after his brother’s death. The report calls the shift gratifying and suggests God and Moses may yet be vindicated.
The British government faces a larger task in Africa than expected as 30,000 extra troops have already been sent and more may be needed to conciliate the Zulus.
Senator Burnside introduced a Senate joint resolution protesting Britain plans to cut a ship canal through the Isthmus of Darien as a Monroe doctrine violation. The measure was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The piece argues Secretary Sherman need not fear being president or a future nomination. It asserts his value in current duties and criticizes party speculation. It endorses the President's restraint, election law enforcement, and appropriation actions as a true conciliation platform for patriotic support.
In a letter to a young man in New Orleans General Sherman blames intense localism for the South’s woes. He contrasts prosperous states like New York Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois with less prominent South Carolina where men are South Carolinians.
The attempt to place Spofford of Louisiana in Kellogg’s Senate seat costs the country about 12000. Junketing committees set by reform Democrats will send nearly every Democratic member of Congress on travel at public expense, with total costs not less than 360000 to 75000. These items illustrate “Tilden and Reform.”
In Warrensburg, Missouri the Press quotes a harsh mutual critique arguing that public improvement hinges on voters and policy, condemning opponents as foolish and calling for drastic action against those who spread such talk.
The Romish cardinal Antonelli was said to father a daughter, the Countess Lamber bertini. The church ruled she could not claim a share of his estate citing a sacrilegious birth and the rule that priests’ children have no right to inheritance.
Wm H Hume of Columbus Ohio traveled to Chicago last week seeking a former mistress. After a heated interview he shot her three times with a revolver before turning the gun on himself. The assailant survived and lay unconscious, while the woman escaped serious injury due to her iron clad undergarments.
Tax interest in narrow gauge rail roads is rising and new lines are under construction in this state and Iowa. About fifteen miles of track with partial equipment lie southeast of the city, awaiting a determined enterprise to consolidate and operate them profitably.
Dennis Kearney labels offshoots of the Workingmen’s Party of California as honorable bilks while others are dishonorable bilks. The piece cites Chicago Sunday picnic shootings by armed Bohemians as lessons, urging abolition of unregulated picnics and illegal military groups, and endorsing a properly organized state militia.
Professor Swine argues for weekly sermons and the writer agrees. They note some people live cheerfully on a single sermon monthly, aided by daily lessons from nature and life experiences. Despite fewer sermons, their convictions and hope remain clear and bright, unlike those who endure two dull weekly sermons.
Mr Ben Suaw of the Dixon Telegraph, a canal commissioner under Gov Cullom, faces trouble over per diem pay. The board claims only partial employment while charging the State for full time. Public impression suggests canal commissioners enjoy a soft deal in this controversy.
The text extols Roscoe Conkling of New York as the foremost public man in the nation. It praises his culture, training, logic, and conviction while noting his restrained speaking style and influence on the floor. It cites his parliamentary strength in silencing Lamar of Mississippi and ignoring dueling codes.
The text discusses Britain’s abolition of corn laws and the influx of cheaply produced American corn beef and pork into English markets. It notes resulting suffering in Ireland as tenants and small farmers struggle to meet obligations, with land rents needing large reductions but only partial relief.
The piece argues that protecting agriculturists from foreign breadstuffs raises food prices, provoking opposition from workers. It notes the dilemma for governments and suggests that cheaper American food could influence Europe, with quality shaping whether governments can bar low-cost imports. It emphasizes cheap food as a universal life question.
The President vetoes an appropriations bill for U S Marshals citing a rider that would bar federal oversight of elections and limit the executive’s power to preserve peace at polls. He argues the veto upholds constitutional duty and opposes attaching political measures to budget bills.
The Keokuk Constitution reports an old equity suit James May vs executors of Antoine Le Claire pending before Judge James M. Love. The case, decades in the courts, reached the Supreme Court with partial rulings in May's favor and now returns on a bill of review. May seeks principal and interest on promissory notes secured by mortgage alleged to be stolen from Cook & Sargent Bank in 1889, when notes were in bank custody with May's receipt.
An article discusses how Jewish customs and ceremonies persist amid sweeping social changes. It notes that while classical chivalric and other vestiges fade, Jewish religious practice retains most inherited rituals, suggesting that difficulty in performing a faith strengthens its continuity.
A detailed account portrays Jewish death rituals from deathbed confession to burial. It notes observances such as washing the body with copper vessels, dressing in festival garments, rending garments, and the seven days of mourning with prayers, beard preservation, and posthumous prayers for the soul.
News of the Week covers Fall River strike developments and prohibitionist state convention talk set for July 16. It notes 2425 bills introduced in Congress, Maine Republicans nominating D F Davis for Governor, and Chicago packers handling over a million hogs since March. It also mentions a Henry Clay grandson serving as Louisville prosecuting attorney and London's latest registration at 3,254,260 people with regional judicial notes.
A scattered collection reports events and remarks including political party counts, Bancroft’s injury from a fall at Orne, the Sutro tunnel completion in Nevada, the impending arrival of the late Prince Imperial of France’s body in England, E. B. Washburne spending summer in Maine, a nitro glycerine factory blast in North Adams killing two, twelve thoroughbred cattle killed by lightning in Iowa, Gov. Cullom pardoning Elias Grabill for forgery, a bi metallic coinage league formation in Chicago, US Cuba trade figures, Gen. Humphreys resigning as Chief of Engineers with H. G. Wight named in his place, the 12th anniversary of Maximilian’s execution and Carlotta’s alleged mania, a compliment to Judge Dillon by Minnesota lawmakers, opposition to Secretary McCrary as Dillon’s successor, and plans to erect a monument to Elijah Lovejoy in Alton.
Old physician in Rochester, NY, claims a tested vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous debility. He offers free mail delivery of the recipe with instructions in German French or English. Send stamped request to W. W. Sherar 159 Powers Block Rochester New York. 1547 6 a4.
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