10 Sep 1875
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1875
Page
1
The Tighteat Draft Gang Plow by Deere Gang earned the first premium at the Tenais and Towa State Field Trials in 1804, marking a top award for this implement.
The report notes a first premium awarded at the TWhinne and Lowa State Field Triale event with reference to iron beams and iron frames. The entry lists winners and the awarding body, highlighting the achievement in construction materials.
The ADVANCE walking cultivator is praised as the best and most substantial model in the market. It emphasizes stability, power, and durability for efficient field work.
A lyric recalling voyages in tropical heat and distant seas. The speaker envisions sailing with a companion toward far-off lands, past palm shores and coral reefs, sharing adventures with island harbors and stories of love among carefree days at sea. The imagery wanders through islands, reefs, and dreamlike shores.
A printer boss laments cash shortages while offering land as payment in Missouri to attract workers. A tramp seeks steady labor but refuses the land deal, choosing to move on toward the east as the boss pushes a chance to acquire riverfront lots and cemetery plots.
A West side and East side pair chased by a crowd after a mistaken sighting near Capitol park, misinterpreted as pursuit of the girls. Police intervened and arrested all parties to clarify the situation, warning that pursuing mail or females can be dangerous.
The steamer Buda with Capt. Burton and his exploring party arrived at Granton from Iceland. They found workable sulphur ore near Ilanzovik and surveyed volcanic activity. Mr Watts, who joined later, completed a brave ascent of Vatna Jokul after a 17 day trek, suffering frostbite and near exposure.
A Pamflateska observatory reports a bright, edge-of-moon spot that reappears with greater brilliance, likely a huge burnished mirror at least 100 feet wide. The mirror, possibly artificial, may serve to observe Earth’s phases, suggesting life on the far side of the moon and inspiring further lunar research.
M T Wiser announces a new revenue stamp to be used on liquor packages starting Oct 1. The stamp will include a central strip recording gallons, stamp number, and service data, which gangers must cut out and attach to reports for cross checks in Washington. The system aims to prevent collusion with distillers and rectifiers by ensuring traceable documentation.
TheRockford Rock Island and St Louis railroad sale for 1325000 arouses concern over state tax policy. Despite bankruptcy since 1871 and the road's debt eliminated, the state board of equalization taxed capital stock and debt as part of taxable property, inflating taxes beyond the road's tangible value.
A Davenport Gazette report describes a runaway mule incident near Walcott that caused a wagon crash and injures. Twenty five men witnessed the event as the team toppled over, one mule sustaining a broken leg and being killed, the other mule left unable to rise. The wagon load and team belonged to Tay and a company valued around 200 dollars.
The Alliance voices concern over Mrs Lincoln’s Batavia confinement, arguing her sanity and liberty rights, citing Judge Bradwell’s testimony and urging release when mind improves. A long tale of a young couple’s betrothal and a dramatic trainside scene follows, revealing social scandal and legal meddling.
Jenny June condemns striped hosiery as vulgar and urges refined women to avoid ribald displays. She notes luxury hosiery is overpriced and mocks gray and brown stockings with clocking while advocating white or ivory stockings as proper attire.
An Inter Ocean correspondent argues the Charlie Ross abduction was staged by Mrs Rosa and Philadelphia police to claim a reward. He cites a 1878 case in Odell Illinois where a woman and man claimed a boy matched the lost child description and were later freed after suing for damages for false imprisonment.
An unreadable OCR fragment describes a local scene with scattered phrases and names obscured by errors. The readable bits hint at a place, event, or people but lack clear actions or outcomes.
Bayard Taylor recalls Caroline M. Kirkland editing the Union Magazine in New York in 1840. He describes substituting during her Europe visit, noting Horace Greeley’s manuscript request and Thoreau’s sharp reply, with commentary on pay and editorial challenges.
A miscellany of brief items mentions Jefferson Davis possibly lecturing in Boston, Mr John Morton giving to a centennial fund, machinery sheep-shearing near Ypsilanti, a riddle about why q is handy, banker Ralston’s sons in Massachusetts, a New Haven boy saved by stolen apples, Prof. Hartt’s Cornell appointment and $10,000 salary, a geologist of Brazil, a wagon wager in Tilton, and chatter about a coming war with the Sioux. Also noted is a sinking British ironclad Vanguard, Moncure Conway lectures, a box of jewels for sale, charity grain in Ohio, and assorted stray vignettes from local life.
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