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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1902
Page
2
The government sets April wheat condition at 78.7 with $17 last year and 824 average of ten years. May to September futures fluctuated with mixed close figures, corn and oats dipped then steadied, and hogs lifting during a rally. Prices listed for onions, beets, carrots, nuts, pumpkins, meats, and coal, with several produce and fuel items priced per unit or ton.
Market quotations from Moline show grain prices for corn at 65 6ic oats 48 46c timothy 13 14 mixed 13 14 upland hay 10 12 slough 8 10 oat straw 6 50 rye straw 6 50 70c rye 60c. Groceries list Creamery butter Joe Trairy butter tt Egen 134 potatoes 95 per bu apples 175 per bunch turnips 20c per dot tomatoes 1.00 per bu green tomatoes 60c per bu sweet potatoes 150 per bu.
A misread notice lists a series of spring performances including Red Riding Hood and a production titled Abide in Me. It mentions Miss Swartz and a group of pupils preparing for stage work at Metropeltitan Hall and Tirtuatebot hall.
A new business entity named Martin Manufacturing Company has filed articles of incorporation in Scott County. The firm, formed by Black residents in three cities, will manufacture and sell a patent heading for barrels and cans and may pursue other patent related manufacturing. Capital stock is 3000 dollars. Officers: President Joseph Martin, Vice President G H Merchant, Secretary W G Mott, Treasurer Wm Smith. Joseph Martin, a Rock Island dining car porter, obtained the patent. Secretary W G Mott is Davenport’s colored attorney.
Real estate transfers list several property exchanges including Wm Swisher to Della Baker for part of lot 5, block 4 in South Moline for 31,860 dollars, George W Bland to Henry Fluegel for half of lot 10, block 46 Lower add Rock Island for 500, and Frederick W Sauermann to Anton Delsenroth for sublot 17 in lot 10, block 10 Spencer and Case's add Rock Island for 10,000. Estate and conservatorship items follow, including proofs of publication, executrix reports, and final discharge notices for several estates.
An 19th century ad warns mercury in catarrh cures can impair smell and system function. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Includes testimonials and druggist sales claims.
Henry Frierich Treasurer of Moline swears the report correctly reflects the city's treasury state as of the date. The sworn statement was made on April 4, 1902, before Notary Public Anderson.
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