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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1878
Page
2
The speaker claims a Black man named Sam pressured him into stealing a tub of wood from a Sunday gathering. He describes a confrontation and asserts his innocence while accusing Sam of instigating the act. The account reflects racial tension and local mob dynamics in Macon.
The article chronicles Rachel everson known as Mme Rachel, a long scammer who posed as a face enamelist with the aim of making wealthy women appear younger. She duped Mrs. Pierce, wife of a stock broker, and used the names of titled figures like Countess Dudley to extract money. Her daughters once showcased her methods, but now Rachel faces legal trouble again as authorities pursue her.
A sight told by the Major describes hundreds of hungry women flooding Manin Street, looting grocery stores and warehouses while men and Jews offer no resistance. President Davis arrives with Captain Gay and orders fire if the crowd does not disperse within minutes, ending the mob and the female Commune.
The brief text compares freckles to a crop valued in spring, noting fair complexions become fairer with sun exposure. It reflects with dated diction on changes in habits and the sun’s influence on skin, mentioning vernal spring imagery and melanin in a faded, fragmentary style.
A traveler describes night departures from Paris to the Mont Cenis tunnel. The group savors first class comfort, passes Bourg and Amberieux, views Savoy castles, and fears the vast tunnel under the Alpine mountains. They emerge after thirty three minutes into bright sunlight.
The writer extols Curacao plants and fruits noting the tropical abundance. A stately Hope coconut palm towers over seventy five feet with sixty two nuts. Mangoes guavas cashews tamarind and other trees are praised for beauty size scent and leaf forms. The passage reflects warm climate and cultivated gardens in four weeks on the island.
A letter from John S. Nottage details a severe dropsy case with swelling to 19 inches at the waist, multiple doctors and near death before Vegetine improved health. He reports regained strength, appetite, mobility, and cites cures in family and others, calling Vegetine a great purifier of the blood and safe for children.
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