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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1878
Page
2
A dramatic poem narrates a couple boasting they owe no debts while contrasting a neighbor's debt and social ruin. They plan to rise with labor tomorrow, pitying the neighbor's family and fearing the debtor's collar as they boast about financial freedom and social hoist. The speaker envisions a future when all debts are gone and the poor may cry free at last.
In North Lyme Conn Miss Johnston, under her father Mr Johnston, endures strict social rules and secretly enjoys outings. A snowbound sleigh ride with schoolteacher Mr Parker ends with the sleigh wrecked and Miss Johnston trapped, leading to a court dispute over damages as her father intervenes.
Letters urge publishing names of senators who drank during a long passage of the silver bill. The writer notes the strain of all night sessions and argues alcohol, especially whisky and champagne, led to stomach distress and confusion. Some senators are habitual inebriates, others will likely reform.
The passage argues for women's equal rights and protection within marriage, critiques male headship in families, and promotes a democratic, republic-like home. It condemns aristocratic behavior and the neglect of women and children, calling love and shared responsibility the path to healthy households and economy.
In this extract from the Philadelphia Bulletin a writer notes the widespread writings on the great pyramids. He mentions conflicting authorities on age and construction while agreeing Cheops height surpasses Strasbourg Cathedral. The Sphinx, 140 feet long with 50 extra forepaw length, is described and the Sphinx as emblem of kingly power and deity worship is discussed.
A letter to the New York Tribune by a Boston writer questions placing In God We Trust on any new silver dollar if Congress coins a ninety cent piece He argues for the motto on the coin to symbolize trust in God for the balance, citing Deuteronomy.
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