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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1902
Page
8
Local forecast for Moline shows a cool night with slight temperature fluctuations and a mild daytime rise. Street crews repair crossings along Pry Street while long time residents prepare for a relocation of goods to a new site. Community notices urge residents to buy Velas locally and consider sales around town.
Davenport lodge announces the installation of new officers with a list of elected leaders. The ceremony names officers including the chosen heads and their roles within the lodge.
Fragmentary local notices describe election related events in Andalusia with names such as James, Robert, and Albert. The text references weekend scheduling, officials, and road or highway matters.
Incomplete fragmentary text appears to be a late notice or advertisement from a newspaper page. No clear names, events, or dates are readable to form a factual title or summary.
Judge Adams grants continuance in a county court case as Searle and Marshall represent the claimant and Ludolph and Reynolds represent the estate. Charles Powers pleads guilty to malicious mischief and is fined 15 dollars plus costs. The Rock Island fire department battles a blaze at 1300 Thirty-fifth Street, destroying a smokehouse and damaging a barn with losses around 160 dollars for the building and 50 dollars for contents. A self denial week is announced by the Salvation Army to run from April 6 to 13.
The New York Store advertises Friday sales from 9 to 4 with discounts on window shades 18¢ each or 26 shades. leather purses up to 50% off. muslin covers at 32¢. china matting at 49¢ per yard. and wool carpet goods at 49¢ per yard. Pierr & Company.
The March report notes unusually favorable conditions for starting and growing vegetation across the state. Warm spells and timely rains improved ground moisture, with wheat prospects varying by district from fair to excellent. seeding of clover and grasses progressed, potato planting began, and fruit prospects remain generally favorable despite pockets of cold damage and limited pasture feed.
Ben T Cable arrived in Rock Island for a short visit and hinted he may accept the Democratic congressional campaign committee chair after talks with national party leaders. The report notes political maneuvering alongside unrelated health claims and product pitches.
The First M. E. Church hosted a large audience for a special service with Christian life decisions. Tonight 7 o clock a prayer meeting led by W. F Eastman in the lecture room is noted, along with Mr Smith delivering a key message on Occasions of Backsliding. The music includes Ninety and Nine and Where is My Boy, with a male quartet. A men’s mass meeting is planned for next Sunday at Industrial Home hall at 2:30 with the address The Vice of Men. Sweeter than the breath of morn is the breath of the girl who takes Rocky Mountain Tea by F W Uhbrus.
The B H Club has arranged a grand benefit dance at Tur ner hall on Saturday evening April 6. All are invited to attend.
The Davenport Democrat notes American delegates to the seventh International Red Cross conference in St. Petersburg Russia. Key figures include Dr Nicholas Senn Chicago B F Tilingsst editor and Mrs ids Ellen Foster Miss Clare Bakton with Tillinghast as Iowa committee chair overseeing relief ship Tynehenad carrying 7,000,000 pounds of corn and flour for Russia famine relief in 1891. Fire proof safety deposit boxes are available for rent at First National Bank with J S Gillmore as cashier.
Sandstrom relocates to the McKinnie Block across Fifteenth Street offering a newly fitted, elegant gallery in Ilinote. The studio promises up to date high art and comfort for patrons, with two entrances and stairs to reach the elevated gallery.
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