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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1901
Page
3
Veer J. Maurice Farnham Warren L. Eastman Thomas I. Stanley editors. Entered in the post office at Moline Illinois as second class mail matter.
The article questions William White & Company threats to discharge Moline lodge of Odd Fellows members for missing work to attend a funeral. Workers insist the denial of the right to mourn is excessive and cite a move to force attendance at the office to prove the denial. The piece contrasts labor rights with elite leisure culture and asks how far bosses will push.
An American Medical Journal warns the medical workforce may overwhelm the system as 600 people share a doctor on average in Moline. It notes 6,000 graduates yearly and rising schools could lower health quality unless doctors thrive. The city’s death rate matches larger cities despite many physicians.
The Utah court rules that a sealing ceremony among Mormons does not constitute marriage and cannot grant widow's rights. The decision hinges on the belief that eternal union is achieved by sealing rather than ordinary wedlock, enabling polygamous-like arrangements under the new understanding. The ruling labels sealing as not a legal marriage.
The yearly expenditure for pensions fell to 130.83 million while interest spendings dropped to 82.82 million. Cash balance ended at 820.84 million with net public debt at 1,044.73 million after an 86.2 million decline in bonded debt. Revenue tax cuts likely reduce next year’s surplus but year end receipts remain substantial.
The Treasury Department reports a surplus surpassing 75 million dollars for the year. Total receipts reached 585.5 million, up about 16.8 million from the prior year, led by internal revenue. Customs brought in 238.8 million, with miscellaneous receipts rising to 41.6 million. Expenditures totaled 500.1 million, up 22.2 million, with war department and navy spending also up from 1900 figures.
A Chinese run telephone network in Chinatown operates independently for Chinese subscribers with separate long distance access. The system employs seven men including a chief operator, three assistants, and three messengers, and plans expansion as demand grows.
The page presents a garbled sequence of place names, events, and dates. It references Washington, New York, and Fulton, with scattered mentions of court use, Clinton market, and Jefferson, but the fragmentary OCR yields no coherent single story or definite event to summarize.
A mangled speech scene shows a public figure struggling with authority and language. The incident includes garbled phrases about knowledge and duty and a reference to a famed line about a window and guns. The spectacle highlights public embarrassment and questions of composure under scrutiny.
Market established in 1839 is partially used for court purposes. Tompkins established in 1828 partly serves as an armory. Wallabout Market in Brooklyn opened in 1884. Harlem Market on East One Hundred and Third Street opened in 1891. West Washington Market in [text cut]
Delayed telegraph News recounts an armed hold up aboard the New York Central mail train near Miller’s station. Bandits seized the engine, restrained crew, and escaped by boat toward the North, with police seeking five men linked to the plan. Casualties include a family fire tragedy in Brooklyn.
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