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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1878
Page
6
A London Magazine excerpt critiques child party culture, showing the precocious behavior of young girls at pretend adult dances. It mocks the idea of innocent gatherings as a substitute for formal balls, detailing flirtations, autograph collecting, and social maneuvers attributed to child participants.
A reflection on why journalism attracts those with true skill over money or family influence. It argues that natural journalist's instinct and ability to write meet demand, while wealth cannot secure success. Anecdotes illustrate how talent rises regardless of class.
The article notes 1868 achievements by Professors Grasbe and Kermann who first made a vegetable dye from coal tar, followed by German chemist A Beyer solving indigo synthesis. It remarks both breakthroughs herald potential color production changes but cite high cost and limited immediate commercial impact.
London correspondence in the Baltimore Sun contrasts British and American tramp behavior. It describes crowd punishments like bucking and gagging, stocks, and communal vigilance, noting few English cases and recent brutal displays outside London. The writer warns against wholesale adoption of English remedies.
Dr Y Smith aged 40 wooed Miss Annie Clark 16 daughter of L V Clark a wealthy retired merchant. Parents opposed elopement so the doctor secretly abducted her packing trunks with garments and even curling tongs. After two weeks they married in the city then returned to Westfield.
An aged reminiscence recalls a 1828 duel in Natchez between Bowes and a Louisiana challenger. Forty or more spectators from Mississippi and Louisiana witnessed as pistols sparked a first exchange, a second fatal shot, and Bowie’s killer knife ending the duel amid crowds and river steamers.
The article surveys footwear among ladies at the Exposition, noting low sandals and high heels with brass tips, varied designs and colors from black to pale yellow. It highlights stockings unveiled ankles, blue as a favorite shade, and a trend toward foot as a style focus, with rough grounds causing shoe troubles.
The article notes improving trade and finance, with crops promising a record wheat yield and excellent cotton prospects. It cites stronger labor conditions in the south, rising domestic production, and renewed markets after the war, plus brighter iron and coal outlooks and tariff easing aiding recovery.
An ad promotes a versatile range usable with hard coal soft coal or wood for baking cooking or heating water. It claims the largest oven warming closet and ash pan among rivals and guarantees perfect satisfaction. Sale by E.
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