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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1878
Page
6
A genteel family supper ends in comic chaos as the eleven year old heir confronts a guest. The boy taunts the visitor, the mother and daughter react with embarrassment, and the father ejects the culprit who promises more mischief at swim class.
An officer recalls a bloodhound incident where a dog menaced a guest until eye contact restrained it. The piece juxtaposes lions kept at bay by gaze and a myth from Aristophanes describing ancient three sexes and divine punishment, ending with a warning of division among mortals if obedience fails.
In a dramatic moment Quin helps Diet Winston facing poverty. Quin arrives with a respectable suitor, provides clothes and an acting engagement, and gives ten pounds after Winston asks for food money until Saturday. The scene shows charity and immediate relief amid hardship.
A former New York bank clerk who fled after embezzling funds reappears in New York eight years on. He recounts a life of exile and hardship from Canada to England and Paris, shoveling snow, cooking on a vessel, and wandering as a fugitive, seeking to expiate his crime and warn youth.
A schoolwide fire alarm caused panic and injuries as students tried to escape. One girl remained seated on a bench motionless, explaining she stayed calm to follow her fireman father’s instruction to sit still during a fire alarm.
A Nevada theater staged Forty Thieves with meager scenery. Ali Baba brings a mule who disrupts the scene by kicking effects, walls, and lights, then collapses, prompting audience roar and bets that he could out-kick any mule in the state. The mule is dragged off as Nevadan townspeople plan a benefit for it.
A evening call ends badly as a damp boot mishap leaves a man trapped. He retreats by a warm register, boots jam, and slips when greeted by the N. Y. L. and her father. Police are called as he is carted to the station house after the incident.
A Paris ostrich escapes during Myers Circus winter setup on Place du Chateau d'Eau. The bird races down the boulevards as porters and policemen chase it. A 12 year old boy is knocked down and stunned but suffers no lasting injury as the ostrich is corralled in a narrow street.
The article quotes Doctor Wilson and Cassell's Magazine on washing the face with clean water and soap only using hands, plus a two-stage rinse and a sponge bath for the body. It stresses daily full-body bathing for complexion care and notes the sponge bath as possibly the best, with water temperature guided by comfort and season.
A vivid scene compares a deer and a cow rising to move, detailing their laborious start from rest. The narrator uses playful, exaggerated imagery to describe muscles, propulsion, and a dramatic landing as the animals prepare to depart the pasture. Stribner’s evocative prose captures a humorous, observational moment.
A narrative of a boy named Johnny asking his mother to allow playful noise and freedom, arguing that childhood should be free and happy while they can, so memories of joy endure after a father’s death. The mother responds with understanding, acknowledging that boys make noise when they play.
In Berlin two sentries guard the door of every ambassador or state minister. They raise muskets in unison when an officer appears and hold them until he passes. A royal infant once failed to trigger the salute, prompting punishment after the nurse explained the baby merely waved chubby hands.
Three ladies living on the same floor of a city hotel each own a piano and are all taken to the insane asylum after being treated for brain fever by physicians.
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