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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1880
Page
2
A humorous sketch notes signs of spring with new men calling it merry. It mentions Tar Lendon Chemiat and Druggiat ives illustrating written applications or drugs and a druggist asked to prescribe for a sick child and for an inward dreadful yearning and a bottle of sweat for diarrhoea in the head.
A Boston woman Kathie travels alone in December and narrowly suspects a pickpocket on the car. A gentleman beside her helps guard her purse and later reveals the misunderstanding. Their meeting leads to a later, uneasy friendship and a long story of travel and romance across cities and seas.
A kaleidoscopic snippet discusses Carl Schurz as more than a man, likening his influence to an opera of ideas. It contrasts reverent and scornful views from Philadelphia Times and other observers, touching politics, culture, and public perception.
The speaker, a roving herder, describes travels from Leadville to England, earning wages in mines and theatre work. He claims prior service with the British army and U S railroad, notes his health motive for sheep herding, and defines local slang sand as grit. He recalls dramatic from-the-scene incidents and a hardy frontier ethos.
A tale from West Bradford recounts a goose hatched from an egg gifted to a girl who later married Mr Scott. The bird, now over eighty, remains on the Pennock farm, fiercely protective and quarrelsome, attacking intruders and tearing clothing while still spry.
An OCR fragment references local events in Moline with unclear names and dates, mentioning a council or meeting and a weather or public works note. Details are partially legible, but key persons and exact actions remain uncertain.
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