Moline City Details Growth Prospects and Resources
The article highlights Moline as a thriving hub on the Illinois bank of the Mississippi, with vast water power, a central location between St Paul and St Louis, and future arsenals. It notes abundant coal and lead nearby, strong manufacturing potential with over eight million dollars invested, and 1000 workers employed. It also mentions the High School built in 1873, the Moline Public Library with 8000 volumes, and free reading rooms for residents.
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Moline
City of
Mis
Ullnols
His- Bieslopl River
Rapids
St. Paul
St. Lous
Island of
Rock Toland
Great Inland Arsenal
Armory Works
United States
Great River
Mignig
Molino
Llinots
Rock Island
Mottre Pobile Wbrary
Improved Plow Trade Pitches Amid Seasonal Calls
An advertisement-like poem imagines marketing an improved plow with bold claims. It blends sales pitch lines with a lyrical domestic story about a hard worker and his wife, ending with a somber note as time passes and hardship arrives. The verse references a Burlington Hawkeys attribution.
Deere Gang The Lightest Iron Gear in Iowa Trials 1854
The article notes the Grand Gold Medal awards for the Deere gang iron gear at Indiana and Iowa state field trials in 1854. It highlights the lightest iron gear, premium ox and plow family iron beams and iron freights, with two last-year Premio recognitions and a featured w ited claim at the Iowa State Plowing Match.
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Lluwa
Iuwae
Advance Walking Cultivator Wins Indiana State Trial Gold
The beet and most enhalaitial Cultivator to the muarke earned the Gold Medal at the Indiana State Trial of 1478 amid a field of twenty cultivators. It has won the top prize at the State Trials each year since its introduction.
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Indiana
Butter Art of Mrs. Caroline S. Brooks Captivates Crowd
The Dreaming Lylanthe exhibit at the Centennial Woman's Department draws long lines as visitors glimpse a butter sculpture study titled the Dreaming Sirin. Boston's Amory Hall features the piece and other butter works, with Mrs. Brooks modeling daily and sharing the story of a difficult life marked by poverty and loss.
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Boston
Amory Hall
Washington Street
Hans Andersen
Aize
Brooks
Ug Angeigh
Caroline S. Brooks
Cincinnati
Abel Shank
Mississippi
Vine Street
Powers
Cary
Dante
Samuel H. Brooks
Butter Sculpture and the Art of Mrs Brooks in Hard Times
Mary A. Livermore recounts Mrs Brooks, an Arkansas plantation wife who turned to butter modeling to cope with loneliness and hardship. Inspired by Lolanthe, she created delicate butter heads, faced ruin and illness, then earned recognition in Helena Memphis Cincinnati and Philadelphia, gaining support from musicians and women’s groups for her artistry and resilience.
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Arkansas
Helena
Brooks
Ashe
Flelena
Rene
Henry Hertz
North
Mra Littleton
Memphis
Butte
Uis de Cotiinsti
Sdrucks
Henry
St. Louia
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Pushing the Boys and Girls Too Fast
A speaker argues against pushing children into religious revivalism and spiritual training too early. He favors parental guidance over public meetings, warns that high pressure religious experiences harm youths, and urges keeping children in bed and focused on basic upbringing until maturity. He emphasizes mothers teaching prayer and parental responsibility over evangelists.
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Mr. Murray
Jimmy Jones
Moody
Sankey
Boston
John
19 500 New Farms Started Within a Year
The report to Congress based on Interior Department data estimates about 19 500 new farms commenced in the year ending June last under the homestead law, yielding roughly 10 800 new homes. Excluding timber and minority land entries, the figures imply future yields of wheat and corn and a large cattle supply for New York City.
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Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Chippens
New York City
Berlin Wife Accepts Child Born From Another Woman
A Berlin woman married recently faced a shock when a child from the husband’s past was presented at a family celebration. She left in tears to regain calm, then returned with a young girl claimed as an error of youth. After brief explanations, a peace treaty was formed and the children remained in the home.
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Berlin
Houehold
Beecher Sermon and Sunday Crowd in Plymouth
Brooklyn correspondent describes a Plymouth Sunday with Beecher arriving on stage in a crowded church of 28 hundred faces. He delivers a flowing sermon blending oratory with acting and mock stunts, provoking laughter and intense audience reaction before a benediction and post service exit.
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Plymouth
Brooklyn
Cinciinawati Com
Mr. Beecher
Brother Camp
Ponder Camp
John Zundle
Bia
Heaven
Hafnrea Ha
Dr. Storrs
Dr Storrs’ Church
Burn
Eve
Beecher
Peculiarities of Kentucky Mules
The New York World notes the recent shipment of Kentucky mules to Glasgow. It claims the average Kentucky mule will puzzle Scots and Londoners with its sly kick and patient wrath. The piece compares the Kentucky breed to the Clyde stallion and praises its cunning character.
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New York
Glasgow
Kentucky
London
Lord Brougnum
Virgil
Fireside influences shape sons and moral lines at home
The passage argues that a father who speaks of money, horses, fashion, or entertainment at home shapes children toward corresponding values. A man who keeps a warm fireside anchors heirs. neglect, late hours, or a bottle can lead sons to gambling, drinking, and ruin. A neighbor who spends evenings with his boys keeps them away from bad places.
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Hollar
Cwyler
Sojourner Truth Urges Temperance in Michigan Lectures
Sojourner Truth, an aged colored woman, has engaged with the temperance issue in Michigan and delivers occasional lectures. Reports note the presence of the Sultan's flagship Messondie anchored at Baye dere with Turkish ironclad fleet vessels nearby.
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Sojourner Truth
Michigan
Bayedere
Candied Eggs Lure Global Attention As Mysterious Food
A St Louis Paper notes a strange process where eggs are candied then cracked into a receptacle, yolk and white separated by centrifugal force, dried into a sugar like product, shipped worldwide, and claimed to taste like omelet made from milk. The piece mocks modern food wonders and future meals.
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Ricks
St. Louis
Natural Bridge in Yllnoss Captures County Interest
Murphysboro Independent describes a major sandstone natural bridge in Southern Illinois on the Cairo and St. Louis line between Pomona and Eltham. The 100 foot long arch stands about 60 feet high and nine feet thick, wide enough for a wagon team, with a legend of a crossing once made.
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Murphysboro
Illiois
Cairo and St. Louis
Pomona
Eltham
Cros
Oil Regions reopen wells raise hopes for revival
The Peoria Transcript notes Oil City Pit House and Irvine Pa once prosperous now declined as wells ceased flowing. Titusville also saw abandoned wells recover and yield ten to twenty four barrels daily. If revived, it may prove wells exhausted by overuse and ability to recuperate.
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Peoria
Oil City
Pit House
Irvine
Titusville
Gems From Schiller and Clever Life Reflections
A compact excerpt reflects on Schiller themes of eternity, youth, and noble character. It contrasts internal honor with public opinion and uses poetic lines about a father and son bond. The text urges resilience, maturity, and the vast potential of a growing individual against a limiting world.
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James
New Hampshire Abolishes Religious Test for Office
The New Hampshire move removes the religious test as a qualification for office, allows Catholics to hold any position, and retains wording defining which religion is proper for counselors. The piece notes this as a step toward tolerance and contrasts it with bigotry in other states. It mentions Decoration Day at the National Cemetery in Nashville with Hon. Henry Waterson and references figures like Hon. Alexander Stephens and ongoing legal actions in the SantI Court.
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New York
New Hampshire
Maryland
National Cemetery
Nashville
Henry Wateterson
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Moline, Illinois
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Moline Trade Directory
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Wells Street
Anderson
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Brageman & Stange
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Hodman Avenue
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Lylanthe
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Awithin
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Schiller
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