19 Sep 1873
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1873
Page
1
Legal notice from attorney Hugene Lewis notary public regarding a dispute with Moline National Bank Motung. Details fragmentary but indicates formal action or filing and official notarization.
Names and positions like president vice president cashier appear in broken OCR. W WuEBLOCK Skinner Omus Loopgiy and F Hemenway are listed with roles unclear. Source shows damaged financial office text with multiple errors.
The Moline Savings Bank in Moline Illinois announces its chartered status by the Illinois Legislature. It operates daily 9 to 4 with Tuesday and Saturday evenings 7 to 8. Interest on deposits begins January 1 1871 at 6 percent per annum. Officers include 8 W Wheelock president Jno Guop vice president and Cuas W Lopgxy cashier with a board of trustees. Office is in the Moline National Bank Building at Main and Mill Streets. It notes being the only chartered savings bank in Rock Island County.
A large Brooklyn crowd witnessed the balloon aimed at Europe collapse after inflation, tearing open and releasing gas. Officials narrowly escaped entanglement, and police drove back spectators who sought to salvage the canvas. Balloon contractor Stinger said a new inflation would be folly due to improper material, ending the venture for now.
A long ballad-like tale recounts a clever boy coerced by a cruel woman to drown kittens. He hides a candy cat to placate her and confesses after encountering a goblin cat. Spectral felines pursue them in a nocturnal chase that continues as a warning to those who take pleasure in harming cats.
From our Lady Correspondent describes embalmment of apples with cloves, zeal for temperance era orchard losses, Shaker relics on their holy ground, fading farms, and autumnal landscapes. The piece blends sentimental travel notes with local history and reflections on culture and religion.
In Seaton England a pastor refused to bury a boy who drowned, citing lack of proper baptism. The tragedy prompted debate as residents discuss religious duties and neighborly judgment amid a fatal accident.
An English press from R Hoe & Co designed by Colonel Richard M. Hoe prints from a continuous roll at 22 000 perfected sheets per hour. Lloyd's Newspaper ordered it to print large daily papers, with potential outputs of 15 000 to 30 000 copies per hour depending on width. The machine is simple in design and highly acclaimed by English and American observers.
A lyrical fragment by Alfred Lewis praising night stars and God as the muse behind prophetic song. It speaks of healing, longing, and a distant Eden, with imagery of dawn, storms, and the world forgotten in sleep. The verse fuses love, fate, and cosmic guidance in a dreamlike meditation.
A Buffalo Express report outlines social reform efforts by the International Convention's General Secretary Morse. It notes 38 buildings worth about 2 million dollars and 44 building funds, plus 900 thousand in funds, with 50 general secretaries aiding thousands of youths. The piece details reading rooms, lectures, gyms, concerts, job placement, and religious outreach shaping city life and elevating society. It also reprints a Washington Chronicle letter from General Sherman discussing witnesses and testimony about Columbia's burning and Civil War actions.
A San Francisco balloon ascent ended when a gust tore the silk at a pole near the garden. Acrobat Buislay leaped from the trapeze into the bay as the balloon veered toward Long Bridge, risking collision with telegraph wires before escaping in the water. The dramatic feat drew praise in local papers.
A village girl receives a puzzling letter from the post. she and a young man try to read it, only to learn the missive is her own message sent back from the dead letter office. The tale ends with the amusement of the man revealing the truth.
Instructions from the Vermont Farmer on storing apples in crates or boxes with ventilated bottoms to prevent spoilage. It advises avoiding pits or caves and emphasizes proper handling, stacking, and ventilation for winter storage.
The excerpt presents Mother Shipton’s prophecy first published in 1488 and 1641 claiming future marvels such as carriages without horses, air travel, underwater and aerial humans, and a world ending in 1881. It notes most predictions have seemingly come true except the final lines.
A reflective piece argues that vague responses like any time ruin plans and courtesy calls lack genuine intent. It stresses that uncertainty wastes time, urging fixed schedules for duties, home life, work, and social visits to reduce friction and improve reliability.
A New York correspondent portrays long established bankers and brokers in Wall Street, noting the steady routines of presidents and directors at Manhattan Bank, Morrison’s ascent from clerk to president, and daily habits as business resumes each morning. The piece contrasts honesty and industry with frauds and neglect among some financial leaders.
The readable fragments do not reveal a clear person, place, or event. no verifiable action or outcome can be established from the provided content.
A humorous meditation on women gossiping about hiring help. The piece mocks how discussions drift from work ethics to trivial woes and miseries of incompetent servants, noting how gossiping women compare their sufferings.
A Pall Mall Gazette correspondent recounts the Shah of Persia visiting Paris's Jardin des Plantes. He noted scientists by name for honors but mixed in extinct animal names, causing marred decorations as both savants and fossils, like megatherium and dinotherium, were honored.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Pawling were approached by a man with a book claiming to be selling Helps for the Home Circle a volume for domestic improvement He explains it would appeal to many readers Then Mr Pawling damaged the speaker dragging the wheel of the wagon over the man’s foot The injured man reacted and hopped to the sidewalk before resuming the sales pitch
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