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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1879
Page
4
An old gray haired man with a long beard shouted a Biblical rebuke during the House session. He cried that the wicked would be cast into hell and that the nation and Congress had forgotten God, before being seized by a door keeper and removed.
In its tenth year of progress the English Bible revision nears completion and likely acceptance as a great event of the century. Over one hundred scholars across England and America work in harmony, with monthly meetings and unanimous consultation before any change is adopted. German scholars also revise Luther’s Bible in accord with recent philology, while warnings remain about resistant conservatives and attachment to the common version.
Murat Halstead of the Cincinnati Commercial praises Secretary Sherman as a strong pragmatic choice for the Republican nomination. He compares Sherman to Grant in public service, notes his financial leadership, integrity, hard work, and statesmanship, arguing no rival could bring greater party strength.
The speaker praises Hayes as the cleanest administration since Washington with no cabinet scandals. He warns Grant's movement is strong and dangerous, but asserts Sherman can defeat Grant. The President’s term is seen as largely faultless, earning post-term esteem when partisan attacks fade.
R. writes from Canon City 1879 describing Silver Bluff mining rush near 400 houses and 2000 claims, Bassick mine yielding over 2000 dollars daily, a Leadville visit, and travel costs. He notes lodging demand, miner wages, and healthful dry climate attracting invalids to the Arkansas River valley.
In 1879 the Moline Review recounts a ship’s voyage from Brazos to New Orleans and onward to England, detailing a near capture of specie, secession turmoil, and escape aboard the Frank Boult bound for Britain. The narrator sketches river politics, Confederate agents, and naval techniques before reaching Liverpool and Queenstown.
A long criticism on Dr. Cook and temperance, questioning support from Dispatch and stockholders. It argues prohibition harms, urges moral suasion, and warns against political entanglements while stressing education and self-restraint as paths to temperance.
To mothers whose children are weeping sweet and balmy slumber secured for the little ones and coughs and colds rapidly banished by the use of Dr Bull's Cough Syrup. Price 25 cents.
Advertisements for Hop Bitters flood secular and religious papers, claiming large sales and overtaking other medicines. Observers note the hop plant's virtues and commend the bitters makers for shrewdly packaging a product with noticeable effects.
The Waterford Pennsylvania Advertiser extols Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as a soothing honeyed drop of relief and Cathartic Pills as a sweet glide for the palate, while Sarsaparilla is described as a nectar that imparts vigor, restores health, and expels disease.
Old physician, retired, offers a free recipe for a vegetable cure for consumption and lung ailments. The notice promises a radical cure for nervous debility and nervous complaints. Sent by mail to any requesting recipient, with instructions in German, French, or English, via W Shearer at 149 Powers Block, New York.
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