Moline City Harmonic Power and Growth Highlight
The article surveys Moline’s river power, manufacturing surge, and regional links. It notes rapids, dams near Rock Island, and mineral resources fueling jobs. Local facilities include the High School built in 1873 and a growing public library. It cites over 3 million dollars invested in manufacturing and 1500 workers employed.
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Local Trade Directory Fragments From a 19th Century Listing
A garbled catalog of merchants and trades shows groceries cabinet making wagon and iron works and paper manufacturing. Names like GROCERIES Groceries Barns Wells street and H. Cevakberg appear among woodworkers mill machinery and printing paper offerings.
The Bert Model Promotes Strongest Lightest Construction
Trade hints at a new product line claiming the Bert Model is the best known in construction. Phrases assert “The Best Construction, The Strongest, The Lightest” and reference a flow like season and Mor.
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Deere Gang Lightcat Draft Plow Wins Premium Honors
The Lightcat Draft Gang Plow awarded premium honors at the Iowa State Field Trial in 1874 and earned the Grand Gold Medal at the Indiana State Trial in 1674. The Boss Blaze Plowing Match highlighted notable achievements with First Premiums for two successive years.
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Advance Walking Cultivator Feature Promises Market Leader
An advance walking cultivator is promoted as the best and most reliable in the market, highlighting its efficiency and superior performance for farm work.
Obscure 1827 account from Ohio Oberlin notes
Student life at Oberlin College in Ohio in October 1827. The piece describes international attendance, chapel bells, a Beecher lecture on wealth, a ticket sale scene with early morning tempers, and a parable about Deacon Meigs and rail fences. It ends with reflections on temptation and charity from a Madison, Connecticut childhood memory.
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Deacon Traps Neighbor in Rails Theft Night
In a cold night vigil Deacon Meigs catches his neighbor, Mr Dea, stealing rails for firewood. The thief explains hunger and family hardship driving the theft, stating he risked arrest to feed his wife and children as they shivered through a harsh winter. The scene ends with the Deacon preparing to report the crime to the justice and the neighbor revealing his dire motive.
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Fire Alarm Thrills New York Firemen Training in 19th Century
The eyewitness describes a rapid fire drill as steam, bells, and urgency drive twenty men to don gear, mount the engine, and race to a blaze. Horses thunder, water quenches a four-block fire, and crew routines reveal discipline and speed during a Grand Duke Alexia visit note in Harper's Magazine October.
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The Cheerful Man and Moderation in a Humble World
A reflective piece praises cheerful people as true happiness, citing Micawber as a model of facing reverses with poise. It argues kindness, good humor, and sociable conduct enrich both giver and receiver, and warns moderation in drinking for clear, healthy living.
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Mind Your Own Business, Neighbors
A moral urging against gossip and meddling in neighbors affairs. It condemns prying into packages, fashion, temper, and private life, emphasizing privacy, dignity, and respect for others boundaries. It argues such nosiness harms decent people and calls for restraint and non interference.
Moderate Drinking and Its Moderation Question
Sir Henry Thompson notes the difficulty in defining moderate drinking and in speaking about the topic. He argues that early day drinking and pre noon beverages exceed moderation and will affect health, with signs like facial changes, dyspepsia, and rheumatic symptoms indicating excess.
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Mind Your Own Business in a Small-Town Moral Tale
A narrator rebukes gossip and prying neighbors who judge Mrs. Gray and others for clothing, behavior, and privacy. The piece argues intrusion harms innocent people, urges restraint, and condemns meddling in private lives as a violation of rights.
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What and when is the Sabbath
A humorous assessment of Sabbath behavior across society mentions ministers, schoolboys, children at creek, and families during Sunday. The piece lampoons the day as observed by various groups and ends labeling the scene as the Sabbath in Parker City Journal.
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Seat Rights and Social Etiquette On A Through Train
A stout farmer on a rural trainer asserts his right to a seat by telling the indifferent owner that the seat is not occupied and that he would stand if needed. The scene ends with the man securing the seat and the owner feeling exposed by the social system.
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Narrow Gauge Road Plans Reach Indiana Front
A proposed narrow gauge railway from Rensselaer to Bradford and on to Delphi and Indianapolis aims to be built in stages. The first sixteen mile section Rensselaer to Bradford should be finished in sixty days. The full line covers about 155 miles with 150000 spent so far and eighteen months allotted to complete once funds are raised.
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Education notes on college admissions and school funding
The report reviews enrollment figures at Yale, Cornell, Linn College, and Dartmouth, noting new freshmen and class sizes. It mentions Baltimore’s quarterly education tax, schooling expansions at Georgetown and the Thayer School, plus an October launch for Woods expedition, with admissions and examinations across multiple institutions.
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