21 May 1875
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1875
Page
1
Postal timetable lists cutoffs for routes between Moline and Chicago, Racine, and the Chicago East area with 7:00 am 7:20 am 7:30 am and 8:00 pm closes. Mentions local official Servity Stet d Ate Hegstsen of Rock Teratol Corttyt and Rock Talan with titles.
The Lightest Draft Gang Plow by Deere Gang received Fir t Premium honors at the Illinois and Iowa State Field Trials in 1874, recognizing its lightweight design and improved efficiency for farm work.
The ADVANCE Walking Cultivator is promoted as the best and most substantial cultivator in the market with claims of rugged iron beams and frames.
The May term proceedings note bills allowed for pauper house rent, wine licenses, and various abatement petitions. A committee reports on conferring with the state attorney, a burying-ground inquiry is ordered, and sidewalk construction plans are discussed. The ferry rates petition and license renewals are addressed before adjournment to July.
A preacher cites Luke 19 21 to illustrate stability and divine judgment using the paradox of an oysterman and a horse in a stable. The sermon emphasizes the contrast between lean, exposed feral motion and full, well tended condition as a moral parable.
Franklin once placed the plow at the heart of national wealth noting farming as essential to any civilized country. The article highlights a Nebraska example of a persistent settler who chose farming over migrations seeking better prospects and prospered by cultivating his land.
Chicago Journal reports May 14 that all Beecher trial testimony is in. Ten witnesses testified yesterday, deemed unimportant. Trial began January 5. 131 days since start, 95 days of four hours excluding weekends. Evarts and Porter for defense, Beach for prosecution expect five days of argument. Judge Neilson praised. public opinion unlikely to be unanimous.
The Lexington Kentucky Press reports a Sunday visit by Vice President Wilson to General John C. Breckinridge at his home. The meeting, born of friendship, softened Kentuckians' hostility to Wilson and was described as historic and soothing amid sectional tensions.
A New York correspondent of the St. Louis Globe tracked personal ads seeking brides under forty and followed up replies. He uncovered a widow with fortune, a rooming-house brunette, a wealthy banker’s daughter, a blackmailer, and threats of assault, illustrating the perils of advertising for marriage.
Guido Marx told the Republican state central committee that Germans in America should shed clan distinctions and join with other Americans. Carl Schurz, at a New York dinner, endorsed this view, saying Germans here are Americans first and foremost and should act for the common good. He noted German affection for the Fatherland but affirmed loyalty to America.
Wendell Phillips argues that soil rivers and mines alone do not build great cities. He contends Chicago thrives on energy and risk while St. Louis lags due to timid wealth and lack of initiative. He credits the English race for expanding commerce and notes railroads and westward lines drive urban progress.
A Maroa Illinois report details a fraud by a Chicago group selling “wholesale groceries” to farmers. About $4,700 in orders were taken, with only around $800 accepted. goods included overcharged soaps, fake London raisins, spoiled syrup, and mislabeled extracts and tea.
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