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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1879
Page
7
A Rochester Democrat reader describes a remarkable tooth transplant, where a lower incisor was moved to the upper jaw and grew firmly in place. The dentist recalls a 1645 case and a modern incident of replacing two upper front incisors, noting one tooth’s eventual growth to full alignment after nerve severance.
A brass hand and glass dial clock keeps time without visible works. The mechanism hides in a knob behind the dial containing a mainspring and a platinum weight driving a balance. The weight’s motion shifts the center of gravity, letting the hand circle in twelve hours or one hour with a simple change. External interference cannot alter the weight’s path or final position.
The article describes aboard ships how cows provide milk and amusement for passengers. Children watch the cows in a boat-like pen, noting hay smell and comfort, while adults gamble on arrival times and pilots. Cunard operates cow stations in Liverpool and New York with voyage changes.
A Philadelphia Bulletin correspondent extols Italy as a land of loafing and cheap living. He notes window hanging as a common domestic scene, affordable wine at railway stations, oranges in the south, and claims Hop Bitters cures told by households rather than advertisers.
Readable fragment suggests a domestic scene where a window blind with two plate pieces loose implies a woman behind, not dressed, and dishes likely not washed. tone resembles a terse, period newspaper observation.
A Detroit Free Press note describes a travel scene in first class and a remarkable tale of two young men who rode four days in improvised freight-car comfort. They traveled west from New England with hay beds, books, canned goods, and an open-door view of the country enjoying a nomadic journey.
A humor piece notes a husband and wife at a social gathering contrasting views of Miss Smith and an older woman. It also recounts a fishing anecdote with a wild duck and owl, and praises Kidney-Wort as a cathartic remedy cured multiple Vermont family members.
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