28 Nov 1873
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1873
Page
1
Postal notice outlines revised mail routes from Moline to Chicago and to the East and South. It sets cutoffs at 7 804 for certain lines and 6 P M for others, with a reference to a 300 BM Mil for Racdne and a 804 mM marker. The text remains unclear on specific dates or services.
Capital 150000 dollars and surplus 29000 dollars are shown. Officers named include JM Gould as President JS Kaator as Vice President and J 8 Gillmore as Cashier.
From Our Lady Correspondent. Letter from New York discusses Wall Street and literary talk while a Swiss Switzerland segment corrects popular impressions. The Geneva and Vaud valleys detail mountain life, cheese making, hay farming, precarious labor, water access, and a two month stay with reflections on culture and nature.
The central committee at a Peoria meeting authorized a statewide circular about the December 16 Decatur convention. Clubs paying ten cent per capita tax gain representation and access to the state purchasing agent's price list with large savings on farm goods. The note urges quick remittance and attendance to build a businesslike statewide organization. Also notes potato crop failure raising prices and Harris Beebe & Co. tobacco factory in Quincy closing for winter after payments on 1,862,000 pounds of tobacco and 2,500,000 units produced.
A list of U S patent office grants for the week ending October 2 1875 includes Grindstone hanger by Solomon L Bignuil of Chicago Grain-sampler by Jas J Buis of Rantoul Tee-pick by Sidney B Boynton and Daniel Keefe of Peoria End-gate for wagons by Thomas A and J J Roawnoke Steam-elevator by Thomas W Eaton of Chicago Tuck-creaser for sewing machines by William J Faulkner of Chicago Waste-cock for outlet valves by Sven J Olssen of Chicago Railway-car-brake by Juther Adams of Mattoon Apparatus for extinguishing fire in buildings by John D Sutler of Chicago Smut-mill by Heman A Barnard of Moline Can-opener and pipe-cutter by Daniel A Barnes of Chicago Draft-equalizer by John P Beehenbaugh of Springfield Ice-cream freezer by Rudolph P Beil of Peoria Power-hammer by John C Butterfield Bending-machine by Smith W Kirble of Springfield Gaiter by Mortimer W Wheeler of Galena.
The official canvass of the October Town election notes an average Republican majority for state officers near 24,000. Greenland’s icy mountains report famine from failed fisheries with villagers dying from starvation. In South Bend Indiana a water works stand pipe, 200 feet high and five feet in diameter, weighing 44 000 pounds, was raised to its proper position.
Caleb Cushing discusses the Virginius case and US rights under a 1863 act. He cites flag legality, vessel location, and prize adjudication, urging diplomacy with Spain and congressional papers before any action. He compares with Alabama and British privateers to illustrate possible outcomes.
A reader recalls a treasured medical almanac from childhood hung in the kitchen. The yellow covered volume carried weather calendars, whimsical engravings, and dubious remedies, alongside letters, pills, puddings, and recipes from distant towns and physicians.
The article catalogs game across Colorado Territory from buffalo to blue grouse, noting that success hinges on local knowledge and guides. It details animal distribution near Denver, mountain and plains species, large buffalo slaughter figures, and hunting logistics including distances to hunting grounds and common trails.
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