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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1902
Page
2
Two panels of petit jurors were drawn for the May term of the circuit court. The first panel reports May 12 and the second on May 26. Names include jurors from Rock Island Moline Hampton Bowling Buffalo Prairie and several other townships.
A garbled telegraphic dispatch to President M H Sexton from secretary of Wheeling hints at a West Virginia League and Three To league dispute. It weaves in promotional quackery and unrelated medical advertisements, yielding a confused, partially legible note on baseball and local commerce.
The Rock Island County Women’s Christian Temperance Union holds its annual Institute at Hirst Baptist Church in Rock Island on April 14 and 15. The program features devotional services, discussions on finance and legislation, membership drives, and an evangelistic symposium with leaders from Moline Abingdon and Chicago.
The notice describes a future project with mid summer completion and a street car line. It mentions buying material for foundations, a low-cost offer, and options for monthly payments. Specific names or dates are unclear due to OCR errors.
A fragmented, instructional text covers skincare and grooming routines and notes on applying cream after washing. It references water, towels, skin care steps, and tips for soothing the shin and facial areas. It ends with a personal aside about ancestry and a sentiment about coming to earth.
A Friday blaze on Second street and Fifth avenue Rock Island destroyed a barn owned by Hugh Ralston storing 400 to 500 bales of hay. The fire, fueled by a strong gale, endangered nearby property and prompted mobilization of saw mill lines of hose. Damages around 500 dollars with no insurance. several nearby fires were quickly extinguished. The notice ends with an advertisement for Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment.
In Port Byron and nearby areas residents share health concerns and movements. Mrs J W Howard returns from Port Byron after visiting daughter Mrs Nettle Sensibaugh who is dangerously ill with heart trouble. Rev A H Smith visits Chas Chapman. Mr Burroughs plans health travel from Twenty ninth street. Mr and Mrs James Cook welcome a newborn daughter born Friday. Charles Christopher sells his lot to Ed Parks and moves to Spokane for health. Mrs Christopher stays with Elmer and Mrs Agnew. Fred Johnson starts building a new house on Twenty eighth avenue and Fifteenth street with George Quick moving into the Dien house at Prospect Park.
The Pattles Pharmacy and YW Sandstrom pledge to refund 50 cents for Greens Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold. The text adds a protest about language and thought, with a call to improve understanding and a reference to Toan Topics.
Db YD Hors of Huntington Indiana describes a heart condition with rapid and skipped beats. He attributes improvement to Dr Mile’s Heart Cure after taking two bottles, asserting his heart action returned to normal.
Dr. Wines Heart Cure is advertised as benefiting weak or diseased hearts when taken promptly. Sold by druggists with a guarantee. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Indiana.
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