31 Oct 1873
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1873
Page
1
Unclear OCR text describes mall hours and sections with vague references to stores or stalls. Mentions closing times 7:30 and 6 P.M. East area closing later, West and South earlier. No identifiable people or organizations clearly present.
Fragmentary text from Moline and Rochester names with stray letters. Unable to determine a coherent event or details for a proper summary card.
The text presents a bank caption showing J. M Gould as president Keator as vice president and Gillmore as cashier, indicating officers of the institution.
A dense poetic meditation on nature and fate, invoking storms, winds, and divine judgment. It contrasts human frailty with nature as a powerful, inscrutable force, ending with an intimate wish for rest and union in a dreamlike kiss. The speaker references seasons, ships, and mortality, framed by a yearning for truth and awakening.
A weary traveler recalls meeting a statuesque Englishwoman on a Hamburg to Dresden train. He agrees to paint her portrait from memory, noting a pale face marked by a livid scar and a quiet, haunted presence. He wonders if she will claim the future work.
In Berlin I learn from Mr St John that his daughter Emmie, a beauty harmed by a baron, died after a cruel blow to her cheek. A later portrait, painted from memory, matches a pale face in my studio and unlocks a sorrowful tale of deceit, jealousy, and a mother’s loss.
The North Louisiana Journal recounts a remarkable postal stunt on September 22 when Judge Steele mailed a young alligator in a small box from his Westwood plantation. The reptile was 4 inches at mailing and grew to a much larger size. the six cent fee is noted as payment to Uncle Sam. Another alligator was said mailed from Hartford, VI, with details unclear.
A Fall River dispatch reports the manufacturers board of trade voting to suspend mills two days weekly and run eight hours on the other four days to cope with tight money and weak demand for print cloths. Several mills plan half-time production. many other plants in New England cut work and pay.
A garbled collection of proverbs and moral reflections from the London Quarterly Review and other excerpts. The text blends sayings about prudence, generosity, temperance, and social conduct with anecdotes, plus a brief note on the American Woman Suffrage Association meeting held October 13–14 in New York and Brooklyn. It includes names like Julia Ward Howe and Lydia Maria Child, and references to Wyoming, Utah, Maine, Iowa, and Michigan.
The text offers aphorisms about prudence in marriage and friendship, caution in praise, and moral behavior. It contrasts refined taste with common sense and notes that prudent lending requires witnesses. It argues that wisdom, though spoken by the wise, deserves careful reflection.
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