Moline and Rock Island Across the Mississippi River
A historical notice describes Moline on the Illinois bank of the Mississippi opposite Rock Island, noting powerful water power, rich coal and lead nearby, extensive manufacturing, strong religious and educational facilities, the High School built in 1873, and a public library of 3,000 volumes. It lists city officers, aldermen, church congregations, and local societies, with postal times to Chicago and routes to Davenport.
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Moline
City of
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Rapide
St. Paul
St. Louis
Rock Island
Ad Arsenal and
Armory Works
United States
Great River
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Moline Public
Local Mercantile Directory Listing Moline Illinois
A garbled business directory from Moline Illinois lists Bee Gunnell and Holt grocery dealers, a tailoring and shoe service, a newly furnished rooming house, saw and mill works, paper and wrapping paper manufacturers, and Iron Works. The fragment mentions Provieivos, Cruckery, and various goods delivered in the city with references to street corners and railroad connections.
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Bee Gunnell
Tres
Lyode Street
Vad
Muline
Lilor
Mulls Rational Bank
Lont Ptylypees
HOLT
Bell
Hearcy Strovn
Improved Piow for the Coming Season Trade
Manufacture Call and advertise our Improved Plow for the coming season. We claim for our Plows the best model best construction strongest lightest easiest draft and best known.
Deere Gang Plow wins premier awards at 1874 field trials
The Lightest Draft Gang Plow claimed First Premium at Silinet and State Field Trials in 1874. Noted as the acknowledged king of the gang plow family, it features iron beams and iron wheels, with Grand Gold medals at Indiana and Iowa trials and First Premium honors credited across distant years.
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Laws
Lodena
ADVANCE Walking Cultivator earns top honors in state trials
The Advance Walking Cultivator secured the Gold Medal at the state trial competition, outperforming Corrente and all known makes. It has consistently won the best premium at the state trials since its introduction.
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Tadians
Eety Corrente
Toms State Trials
Peerless Improved for 1877 Creebland Culttrater
A brief item notes an improved model named Peerless for 1877, with reference to Creebland Culttrater. The fragmentary notice mentions riding gear and geotia terms, suggesting machine or device enhancements planned for the upcoming year.
Vandal in Sleep Revealed as Mischievous Child Scene
A sleeping boy is discovered by a parent in a tense scene as ink and a shattered vase hint at mischief. The boy, though blamed by adults, is shown to be the unintended victor of the nocturnal escapade, with his youthful restraint and innocence ultimately saving him from harsher punishment. The piece shifts to commentary on American boys, trades, and labor, lamenting lack of skilled apprentices and urging diversification in work and industry.
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Oiddie
Iowa Landseer painting on the steamer Tiger mocked
The Siou xon City Journal ridicules a Yellowstone scene painted on the steamer Tiger. A tiger and tree appear among inverted spinning-top mountains with a blue river and sky. The critique notes a toyish tiger form, awkward proportions, and overbuilt underbrush, offering that the animal is better hidden.
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Yellowstone
The Saving Habit Warns Boston Post on Youth Spending
The Boston Post urges young men to save and live frugally, arguing that reckless spending harms character and life plans. It warns that reliance on others or quick gains leads to debt, dependence, and stalled progress as the employer-employee relations shift, making prudent money use essential. It stresses a timeless truth: saving builds discipline and future success.
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The
Boston Post
Boston
the Post
Wworld
White Lion
Grant to Lead Nicaragua Canal Venture in England
A London World correspondent reports plans to organize a capital rich company to build the Nicaragua canal. General Grant is named as a potential president of the venture with a wealthy New York financier ready to back the project. If both join, the canal may be dug quickly, possibly by summer or the next centennial.
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London
Amiple Capital
Cansi
General Grant
New York
Atlantic
Pacific
England
Grant
Johnny Ball
Moonlit Walk Sparks Sudden Heartbreak
On a cool night, a couple strolls under a bright moon. The woman's angelic look softens, then her features change as she gasps and turns away, burying her face in a handkerchief, leaving the moment tense and unresolved.
Pure Water for Stock and Dairy Cattle
Farmers neglect clean water for livestock and dairy cows. Surface and swampy sources taint milk and butter. Even wells require frequent trough cleaning and separate, hog-proof troughs. Regular washing keeps water pure, preventing disease and boosting profits.
How a Chicago Girl Fixed Him
A Chicago Tribune tale recounts a witty social game in which a clever young woman charms a timid gentleman at a West Adams Street gathering. She orchestrates a ruse to test his restraint, provoking a complex scene that ends with a reconciled couple and a sharp critique of male and female behavior.
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West Adama Street
Animals and Steam Engines in Nineteenth Century Observation
A summary of a Dingler journal note on animals near steam engines. Dogs skillfully dash among train wheels without harm, while oxen stand unaware on rails and are run over. Birds show affinity for steam environs with swallows nesting in engine houses and even on a steamer paddle-box. The author quips that no animal is truly at home in boiler houses, while speculating on human folly in boiler construction. References to Hilton and Seligman accompany the prose.
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Dingler
Polytechnisches Journal
Pesth
Semiin
Red Headed Man Demands Five Cents Change On City Car
A New York World report recalls a tall red bearded man boarding a street car with a ten cent fare. He is refused five cents change from the fare box, clashes with the driver, and offers to take the five cents from another passenger. A bystander steps in, pays the five cents, and the crowd reacts with humor as the man vows to seek relief from the company president.
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New York World
Center Street
Chambers Street
Leonard Street
Jimmani
Jerusalem
Black Hills
New York
Nemesis
A Practical Guide to Sting Treatment from the Past
A century old medical note explains sting removal and first aid. It advises pressing a small key over the wound to extract the sting and poison, then carefully removing the sting if left in place. Remedies listed include soft soap, ammonia, lime paste, onion juice, tobacco products, and tomato juice. It emphasizes rest, coolness, and avoiding heat while noting eye mouth or throat stings require prompt medical advice.
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Harts- Sa Vianlta
Wonderful canary bird ends up with saloon keeper in Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Star reports Peter Lauer, a Pearl and Pike saloon keeper, recently acquired a remarkable canary. It sings Yankee Doodle with precision, drawing huge offers. The bird’s owner, a Pittsburgh fan, left it for sale at Highland House, bought by Jacob Gardner for Lauer. Peter, loyal French, values it highly but vows no price if it cannot sing La Marseillaise. The bird was tied to a saloon opposite City Hall and long a local curiosity.
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Cincinnati Star
Peter Lauer
Pearl and
Pike Streets
Pittsburgh
Highland House
Jacob Gardner
Lauer
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Cincinnati
Carlag a Broken Legged Horse in Utica Case
The New York Tribune reports a case arguing against killing a broken legged mare named Morees owned by Mr. Williams in Utica. A veterinary surgeon set the fracture with a canvas suspension, splints, and a boot, enabling the horse to walk again in seven weeks, with no sign of the fracture and hopes of a normal gait.
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New York Tribune
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Lincoln movement promotes temperance through persuasion not punishment
A historical temperance surge advocates signing pledges and urging liquor sellers to stop selling and drinking. It praises liquor sellers’ community virtues while pushing for liquor abstinence, avoiding political agitation and aiming to persuade rather than coerce. The approach, described as a novelty, unites various factions under a nonconfrontational creed.
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Lincoln
Tempar
Hye
Murphy
Red River settlers endure grasshopper plague and persevere
In 1815 to 1820 the Red River colony faces a devastating grasshopper plague. Crops perish as insects darken the air and poison waters. settlers retreat to Pembina, then return with Lord Selkirk funding 260 bushels of seed wheat from Missouri. After repeated failures, the plague abates and harvests are finally gathered.
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Grasshopper
Pembina
Red River
Lord Selkirk
Missouri
Star Fishes Lecture At Zoological Society Museum
Professor Huxley lectured on Star Fishes and Their Allies at the Zoological Society Museum Thursday afternoon. He highlighted the diversity of forms in natural history and the universal plan in echinoderms, using a five rayed starfish to illustrate similarities across related groups and noting larval similarities among varied adults.
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Museum of the Garden of the Zoological Society
Nity
Lars
Jannes Maller
Tare
Davis Trust
Dr. Mary Walk
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Gang Lowge En Deere & Company
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Gang Plow
Gilpin Stley
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Lige
Save the Boys
New York Times
Mars
Russia
European
Turkey
Iowa Landseer
City Journal
Chicago Tribune
Ily
Hilton
Seligman
Carlag
Star Fishes
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