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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
3
Evanston superintendent HH Kingsley urged history educators at the North Central History Teachers association to use newspapers for inspiration. He urged teachers to read world news to enliven history lessons and teach storytelling to engage students.
The article notes high demand for male labor in Moline with factories reporting difficulty securing workers. Outside work is expected to swell recruitment, forcing employers to hire more men to meet volume. Deere & Company recently sent out for workers to staff the tailrace and related needs.
Report highlights Commander William H M Seebler US naval attache to Berlin as a close friend of the German emperor with multiple audiences and meals over two years. It mentions public curiosity and social scenes around William II and Kiel regatta.
The young Reginald Vanderbilt paid taxes on his $250 000 personal property in full, declining a lighter $11 000 option. The act is seen as exemplary conduct though some may doubt his conscience would have spared him further.
A Chicago alderman blasts newspapers for not printing the stories he favors while Yale student Linden Wallace Bates Jr wins the gold trophy for best scientific essay. A note seeks 100 workingmen houses in Moline via local offices.
The article contrasts alcohol with cold application as heart tonics, citing Kellogg and Winternitz. It describes a chest compress to treat the heart region at 60 degrees water, cautions against alcohol in cold baths, and warns about mercury in some tonics while promoting Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Rocky Mountain Tea.
The article notes Marconi’s experiments were costly and large masts up to 130 feet high cost around $1200. It mentions masts are troublesome and suggests building towers for permanent wireless stations as a solution, with kites sometimes blown down.
The ad claims blood purification through stomach and liver balance and promotes Cham berlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as superior to any blood purifier. One dose is said to do more good than a bottle, priced at 25 cents with free samples at F J Clendenins ant and Heim beck's.
A brief exchange shows a hypochondriac noting better appetite and a doctor’s limit on tobacco. The patient jokes about smoking a cigar after meals while claiming to eat six times daily.
A vintage advertisement extols Perry Davis Painkiller as the solution for bruises strains and sprains. The jingle notes mother applies the remedy with energy and frequency and promotes the product as the sole Painkiller priced at 25 cents and 60 cents.
The C B and Q Railway will sell homeseekers excursion tickets on May 6 or 20 at one first class fare plus 2 dollars for the round trip covering a large territory north west southwest and southeast. Also daily in April cheap one way settlers tickets to Montana Utah California Wyoming Idaho Washington and Oregon available at the ticket office.
Great Northern Railway promotes a homeseekers and settlers excursion with round trip tickets to Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington Oregon and British Columbia sold first and third Tuesdays in March April May at one fare plus 2.00. One way settlers tickets to Montana Idaho Washington Oregon and British Columbia available daily in March and April priced 15.00 to 25.00. Information available from Great Northern agents or by writing Max Bass Chicago or F I Whitney St Paul Minn.
The M and St Paul lines offer reduced fares to Washington Oregon Idaho and Utah via major railways from March 1 to April 30. Homeseekers tickets go on sale monthly at one fare plus 200 for round trips to Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul routes. Contact depot ticket office at 8th Avenue and 21st Street. Agents John T Schomp and P L Henrich von listed with phone numbers 2346 and 341.
Homeseekers excursion offers low round trip rates to California Washington Oregon and intermediate points via Chicago Rock Island Pacific on May 1 and 20 and daily in March and April. Inquiries at ticket office 4th Ave and 13th St phone 2196.
Beginning March 1 the C R I and F runs a daily tourist car to California via a new El Paso route noted as the shortest line to southern California. It will also offer low rate tickets to Portland Seattle and other north Pacific coast points. For details inquire at the ticket office telephone 2196.
An old drug store advertisement touts Arntca Salve as a universal healer for ulcers burns boils and skin eruptions at 25 cents. It also promotes bitters for digestion and a pine syrup as a remedy for colds and respiratory issues. The copy urges on the farm injuries and pains with compact product pitches and pricing.
A meeting of stockholders of the People in Furniture & Carpet House will be held in Moline Illinois on May 1 1902 at 10 am to decide on dissolving the corporation. Signatures Henry Alexander Sigmond Goldstein Sigmond Alexander appear as officers.
The undersigned applies at the May term 1902 of Rock Island County Circuit Court to change his name from John Peterson to John Peterson Regner. Anyone may appear on the first day of the term to object and show cause why the court should not grant the name change.
A. D. 1902 resident petitions the Rock Island County Circuit Court for leave to change his name from Peter Erik Peterson to Peter Erik Ording. The Sun day of May, 1902 is noted as the convening date for the court. The petitioner asks to be thereafter known by the new name.
Foreclosure in the circuit court of Rock Island County Illinois Duncan R McFarlane versus Bridget Brown John Brown David Brown Jr and Beatrice Brown summary notices a master's sale by Walter Jo Entrikin Master in Chancery after a decree dated March 25 1902 at the Rock Island court house to satisfy the decree parcels are Lot 7 and 8 in Dent Bons subdivision and Lots 1 and 2 in Spencer and Cases addition Rock Island Illinois sale on May 10 1902 at 2 pm for cash to the highest bidder
A 1902 Rock Island County Illinois circuit court convenes on May 6 1902 to hear Julius Emanuel Lorimer rename to Julius Emanuel Lorimer as his new assumed name, with the application filed for the change.
A petitioner from Rock Island County seeks court approval to change his name from Olof Olsson to Olof Wallin. The application states the change is to be effective at the term beginning May 6, 1902, with objections to the change noted in the record.
IllinoIs Chancery notice informs Philip Haurburg of Lizzie Wiedle Haurburg vs Philip Haurburg. A summons issued for May term 1902 requires appearance, pleadings or demurrer before Rock Island Circuit Court or default will be entered. Clerk George W. Gamble and solicitor Wm. A. Meese are named.
Affidavit of non-residence filed for Moritz Handel in Rock Island County Illinois prompts summons in Alvena Handel v Moritz Handel. Defendant must appear by May term 1902 or be in default. alias summons issued for May 1902. Clerk George W Gamble. Allen, Solicitor.
State of Illinois Knox County advertises an executors sale of real estate in Moline. The west ten feet of lot 4 and the east four feet of lot 3 in block 2 Healy 8 first addition are set for public auction at the Moline post office on Thursday April 24 1902 at 1 PM. The purchaser pays half the price at sale with three equal annual installments plus interest. mortgage security covers all property and the conservator is Paton Conservator of Frank L Honey.
The undersigned applies at the May term 1902 of the circuit court of Rock Island county Illinois to change his name from Jons Magnus Persson to Jens Magnus Persenius to be thereafter known by that name.
The notice outlines a municipal special assessment for local improvements with terms including installments and a four percent interest rate. Dated April 15 1902 LM MAGILL appointed to make said assessment, detailing unpaid amounts and collection via city council action.
Advert shows a dramatic claim that millions admire the pills for stomach liver and bowel troubles including malaria and jaundice. It notes the product costs 25c and is sold at Clendenin’s drug store with a sharp axe metaphor for drastic relief.
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