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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1902
Page
3
The First Methodist revival protests card games seen as a gateway to gambling and condemns round dances and theatre crowds as unwise for church members. The issue spans social conduct and temperance, with local officials noting road and cemetery access as town planning concerns.
An international pure food agreement is urged to ease tensions in global commerce over food imports. The note cites Germany’s refusal to admit American meats treated with chemical preservatives as a friction point in trade negotiations.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles including Bright s Disease. It offers a free sample bottle and a book by mail to readers of the paper and notes available sizes at druggists.
The piece suggests the Indiana school head was not guilty of the charge, alleging only a chin tickle. It then notes royal lineage, editorial stances on Cuban postal verdicts, party ticket results, and a housing demand in Moline with growing urgency.
The article describes substitutes for indic-rubber and gutta-percha made by a process patented by Mark Sherwin and Hans M. Mathieson of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The method uses fatty oils blended with gums resins waxes asphalts pitch tar and related substances with sulphur chloride and a coloring agent added in steps to produce uniform colored substitutes. It also notes the yakamik a highly intelligent bird from Venezuela used by natives as a guard dog for flocks and its homeward return behavior.
An advertisement warns against mercury in catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. The remedy is described as mercury free and taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered, price not specified.
An advertisement from the Blood Balm Co promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for eczema carbuncles scrofula and related skin problems. Testimonies from Robert Ward of Maxey s Georgia and Geo A Williams of Roxbury claim complete healing and renewed energy after using the product. Free samples and medical advice are offered, with distribution through Hawthorne Pharmacy in Moline.
The ad describes the Great Dismal Swamp as a malaria hotspot and promises Electric Hitters will destroy germs, prevent typhoid, and cure malaria related ailments. It cites John Charleston of Byeaville endorsing the product and notes a 50 cent price with drug store guarantees.
Henry Willie reads a scrap of paper and agrees with the professor that long sentences are not needed. He argues that short sentences are clearer and suggests no sentences should last more than 30 days.
Wheat futures fluctuated with early gains fading to bearish closes while corn and oats showed mixed movements. May deliveries touched highs then eased as heavy trading by Armour appeared to influence dips, with hogs and cattle also moving higher in a broad market roundup.
Daily market quotations from Moline list corn at 65 6i oats 43 46c and hay prices from 6 to 14 dollars per ton. Upland hay 10 to 12 dollars, slough 8 to 10, oat straw 6.50, rye straw 6.60 to 7.00. Rye 60c. Groceries show butter 30c creamery 22c eggs 18 4c potatoes 95 cents per bushel apples 1.75 bunch turnips 20c per dozen tomatoes 1.00 per basket green tomatoes 50c per bushel sweet potatoes 1.50 per bushel.
Julius Emanuel Lorimer petitions to change his name to Julius Emanuel Olson at the May term 1902 of Rock Island county circuit court. Objections may be filed on the first day of the term, with cause shown if any.
An Illinois county records a name change from Olof Ol son to Olof Wallin. The applicant may hereafter be known by the new name and is urged to file the formal request.
Chancery notice issued in Rock Island County Illinois for Philip Haurburg to appear May term 1902 court to answer Lizzie Wiedier Haurburg's bill. Non residence affidavit filed. summons issued for defendant returnable first Monday of May. Clerk George W. Gamble and Complainant's solicitor Wm A. Meeseh.
In Rock Island Illinois a chancery case Alvena Handel vs Moritz Handel in Chancery proceeds. The non residence affidavit for Moritz Handel is filed and a summons issued returnable Jan 6 1902. An alias summons returns May 5 1902. The May term begins May 1902 at Rock Island Court House. Moritz Handel must appear and plead by May 1902 or the bill may be confessed and a decree entered.
A. D. 1902 court of Rock Island County Illinois convenes May 5 1902 to allow Jens Magnus Persson to adopt the name Jens Magnus Personius as his future legal name. Interested parties may appear and show cause if any.
In 1902 in Hook Island County Illinois the circuit court convened to hear an application by John Peterson seeking a name change to John Peterson Regner. Objections to the proposed change were filed and the court would consider any grounds why the name change should not be granted.
The undersigned petitions the May term 1902 Rock Island County Circuit Court to change his name from Peter Erik Peterson to Peter Erik Ording by which name he shall be known. The petition is filed under the May term docket.
In the circuit court chancery Duncan R McFarlane against Bridget Brown and others. By decree entered March 25 1902 the master will sell May 10 1902 at 2 pm at the east door Rock Island courthouse parcels in Denison 8 subdivision Spencer Case addition Rock Island city. sale for cash to highest bidder. Master in Chancery Walter J Entrikin. Chancery docket 72999.
Officers named in the bank report include President T Brown Eng Vice President S HL Mens Cashier, detailing a surplus of 150 900 and offsets of 35 000 in the financial item.
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