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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1902
Page
8
The outlet proclaims value through low prices across 26 departments including pets millinery dresses crockery shoes and jewelry. It notes remarkable carpet and house furnishing sales with vast assortments and historically low prices inviting house movers and furnishers to buy now.
A fragmented catalog listing various goods including parasols umbrellas men's custom Oxford ties and different types of shoes. It mentions sale prices and quantities and references school shoes and domestic textiles with assorted fabric items and yard goods. The passage reads like an advertisement compilation with no single coherent event.
Forecast shows cloudy skies with showers tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures range from highs in the mid 60s to lows near 72 degrees, with cooler readings expected later today. The Sandstrom Standard thermometer recorded 80 degrees at 9:00 am and 64 degrees at 3:00 pm.
A notice announces a meeting at Moline on Friday April 20 with pricing details for a protection center item and a sale date set for Thursday May 1. The text lists Mr. Benson as a resident and references a tax or fee per quart.
Collage of ads and village items from Mullanesady and surrounding area. Bargains at Mullanes, furniture and hardware, clothing sales at U S Clothing Company, and tradespeople like Cederberg cabinetmaker and Webb & Albrecht real estate. Storm damage reported, funeral notices noted, and a sales pitch for Baby's Pineapple Honey.
Washington April 2 The senate today confirmed amendments to the cleomargar ine bill and passed the measure It has now been sent to the president for his approval and signature
Soul Smith Russell, the well known actor, died suddenly in Washington at 2 30 in the afternoon, according to a special report. The death ends a prominent stage and screen career noted by the Journal.
Arne to Kansas farmers backed by Frank Rockefeller drive off Chauncey Dewey's cowboys and declare open war on ranchmen. Governor asked to send militia. Blue laws enforced in Houston. Dentists and photographers barred on Sundays. Mary MacLane talks of virtue and the dead. Theosophical Society meets to form world organization. Meat industry inquiry shows cattle short, big packers keeping prices high. Sterling Morton dies at Lake Forest. Fencing bout leads to bloodshed at Hull House. County treasurers profit from bank deposits. Parishioners protest Father Namee’s removal. Root returns from Cuba with island transfer plans. Only 800 U.S. soldiers to guard island. Hayti won’t grant coaling station to Europeans. Warships from Castle Loo say Queen Wilhelmina’s health stable. Insurgent leaders surrender to American forces. Astoria to be Baron Clivedon of Taplow. Rhodes leaves $501,000 for imperial federation. Corrigan to be cardinal. Sugar trust negotiates with American Sugar Refining Co. Haar denies president’s push on Funston. Sporting notes from Philadelphia show Pittsburg win, White Stockings shut out Cleveland. Derby favorite Abe Frank. Alan-a-Dale second. Morgan and Canadian Pacific stocks in focus. Theatre money market quiet with Canadian Pacific leading.
A quaint catalog-style notice describes undergarments including white ribbed vests and lace ribbed garments priced for bulk purchase. It highlights 80 ribbed white vests with tape trimming and 40 dozen lace ribbed vests with various neck styles, plus assorted sleeves and a white undershirt set with umbrella-drawn features.
Crowd gathers for a fabric blowout featuring 40 inch Mohair and other fin fabrics priced far below usual. Yard offers include 29c for Mohair, 1.60 to 0.60 for various Voiles and Batistes, 68c to 75c for select pieces, with sales claiming up to 2.50 per yard value.
A notice announces an effort to obtain a pardon for William Youd who was sent to the penitentiary last May on a serious charge. He has many supporters in the city who believe justice is served by his one year of confinement.
Kindergarten frolic to be held May 33 at 3 PM at Industrial Home hall with 150 to 200 children. Junior club will perform a Maypole drill. Admission 15 cents for adults and 1 cent for children. Works highlight growing importance of kindergarten education.
The Illinois conference of the Augus tana synod will convene in Princeton Illinois this Thursday and continue sessions through Sunday. Rev. Hemberg and C H Godelin a lay delegate will attend from this city. The synod includes 186 congregations across Illinois Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin.
The Svea Male chorus entertained at Masonic hall honoring Dr Carl Sundbeck Swedish scholar in town. A brief musical program featured a piano solo by Prof. G N Benson and several chorus selections. Toasts followed with remarks on Swedes in America and in Moline.
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