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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1877
Page
1
The fragment discusses a central river position and dam projects near Rock Island Rock Island, noting the inland port vision, hydraulic works, and manufacturing power. It lists local officials aldermen and church services, with a long directory of businesses, trades, and public notices in Moline Illinois.
Maline 111 manufacturer PS CER RAL COMPANY advertises the Improved Plow for the coming season. They claim for their plows the Bert Model offers best construction strongest lightest easiest draft and best known.
A troubled youth, desiring suicide, is spared by a woman named Lena Lewis who offers violets and friendship. Her kindness inspires him to pursue education, become a telegraph messenger, then a railroad engineer, and finally a superintendent. He credits the violets and Lena for saving his life and guiding his family’s happiness.
A garbled collection of notes references Berlin gorilla rumors, Secretary Sherman, Bismarck and Great Britain, Horatio Seymour and New York campaigns, missionary actions in Turkey, ex governor Beveridge in Chicago real estate, Cardinal Cullen prayers, Mary Walker, Brigham Young and Wilbur Storey Vermont ties, Saratoga centennial plans, and assorted political and social asides. Included are brief mentions of Hayes medals, Milwaukee journalism, Sitting Bull, and other scattered items across politics, society, and international affairs.
The article contrasts Webster’s famed Hayne reply as spoken and as rewritten. It notes the delivery relied on editor Joseph Gales’s shorthand notes, then quotes the expanded oral version and comments on its awkwardness and later refined print form. A mix of critique and anecdote parallels the era’s oratory contrasts.
The Lightest Draft Gang Plow was awarded first premium at State Field Trials in 1874 as the acknowledged king of the gang plow family.
Gilpin Suley, Bron Dennis and Iron Press recognized as winners of the Grand Gold Medal at Indiana Star Trek 1870. They also earned a Grand Gold Medal at Indians State Trial 1874 and a First Premium for two consecutive years in state plowing.
An advance walking cultivator touts itself as the best and most substantial Cultivator in the market claiming premium quality and low prices. The ad fragment mentions awards and a long history with references to 1877 and riding or related terms, though the text is garbled.
At a San Francisco Chinese banquet an orange given to each guest concealed inside rind delicate jellies in flat pools. The pulp yielded more treats and colored eggs with meats and confections. An interpreter laughed, saying American guests misunderstood the trick.
A breach of promise case at Warwick sees a bride and party gathered for a ceremony halted when the groom cannot commit to paying the license. The clerk and curate fail to elicit answers, the bride leaves in tears, and the diary places damages at £150 amid the defendant’s notable reluctance.
A health journal notes many doubt their marriage but argues missteps stem from behavior not the union. It urges self denial patience forbearance gentleness and old‑time courtesy to restore love and brighten the home.
Railway Age reports a contract for 20 000 iron sleepers to the Netherlands State railways awarded to a German works Phoenix at Laar near Ruhrort. The tender price 6499 pounds includes delivery and laying, about 5 pounds per ton for sleepers alone. Belgian contenders Monceau sur Sambre and Cintramine near Cintramine were close, with only 32 pounds separating them. Dutch trials on the Belgian system rejected 10 000 Wauthern sleepers, while Kent Central Belgian Railway plans to end wooden sleepers.
A man on South Hill accidents his wife by tossing hot shaving water from a second story window. The spray falls on her as she tends a geranium bed, shocking both with the sudden downpour and a frightened collapse of the sash.
A columnist condemns early marriages as the root of social ills and costly divorces. The piece urges parents to guide households, improve daughters' education beyond basics, and stress that a wife should be a capable partner with cultivation, not only beauty or social polish.
Pater’s History of Connecticut notes New Haven earned the nickname pumpkin-heads from Silue Lawn custom. Males wore a shell pumpkin on Saturdays to shape hair, preventing snarls, avoiding combs, and keeping hair from eyes. The practice was said to offer prudence and reveal moral failings.
A woman returns from visiting a married couple and ridicules public displays of affection. Her brother jokes that siblings are often the last to know when people kiss. The boy later notes ear burning is not always a sign of being talked about.
Do not sit idle when seats are hard to sit upon stand up If money is desired cure it If you want confidence prove yourself worthy of it Surpass what others do Deserve success and it will come The sun rises and sets steadily It is easy to lead if the job lasts long and pay grows with effort Follow these instructions and all will be well
The letter to the editor provides a brief sketch of Francis Murphy’s life. It notes his early struggles, his battle with drinking, and his eventual reform, framing his later eminence as partly due to his past and present efforts.
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