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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1879
Page
2
Poem depicts a frightened child clinging to a mother as storm winds, rain, and darkness loom. The mother struggles between tenderness and admonition while the child pleads to be held, culminating in a silent night of isolation and longing. The piece ends with the child repeating I cannot stay alone as the wind rages.
The Cincinnati Commercial notes Henry Ward Beecher maintains daily church work and a devoted flock in Plymouth Church and Brooklyn. Public life has cooled outside, with fewer invitations and no recent prominent speeches, while his local duties remain strong and the church appears satisfied.
In Manheim Pennsylvania the Airy Dale School faced a long dispute over an organ placed for pupils. After repeated removals by the School Directors the instrument was finally sunk in a stone quarry. A Lancaster steamer pumped the water to recover the organ, and debate over music in the classroom persists.
An honest indifference to many prevailing complaints is the result of using Dr Bull's Baltimore Pils. For sale by all druggists. Price 25 cents.
The piece surveys a grand yet dilapidated Mexico City hotel built by Emperor Iturbide between 1820 and 1825. It highlights a narrow stone frontage, a vast courtyard, a reception room, and a peculiar cement beerboard listing guests with misspelled names, noting absence of a proper dining room.
The piece argues that women’s careful study and judgment determine the best medicines for family health. It lauds Hop Bitters as the top choice, noting its effectiveness and low cost, and suggests that even a dismissive bachelor would admit the value after observing domestic outcomes.
The New York Post notes the early death at 45 of the Duke of Newcastle, son of a Gladstone ally. Once favored, he turned to turf causing ruin with losses rumored around £80,000 in a single year. His art collections and Pelham Clinton estates were placed in trustees’ hands.
In Richmond Indiana rumors of a haunting on a night lit steeple ended when a passerby climbed up to inspect the bells. He found two rod sections separated by a gap causing silent electricity to arc in moist air, seen by witnesses. A child listener cried that his mother was harsh.
Advertorial wording touts kidney wort as a gentle cathartic to aid bowel movement and bowels. It claims energy from relieving obstruction and liver congestion. The text mentions chronic conditions and piles with vague, health tonics style claims.
An old account narrates Wah Shung coins opium use and the supposed effects on a Chinaman, claiming feelings of happiness, wealth, and dreamlike visions. Separately, St Paul Press details Fort Snelling harbor boom construction, logs, piers, and capacity, describing the vast timber-framing project along the Mississippi.
Mrs. Harrison, described as a handsome widow, quips that talk about her new clothes matters little compared with her ability to buy Seamon's Dyes made by Wells, Richardson & Co. in Burlington, Vermont for a trifling price, allowing her to stay well dressed.
An advertisement extols Hair Renewers as restoring gray or faded hair to youth, relieving eruptions and dandruff, and cooling the scalp. It claims the tonic revives capillary glands, prevents baldness, and promotes thick, strong growth. A. A. Hayes endorses its purity and quality, calling it the best preparation for its purposes. price one dollar.
An elegant beard dye that changes gray or undesired color to brown or black. It is easy to apply as a single preparation and provides a permanent color that will not rub or wash off. Manufactured by R. P. Hall & Co.
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