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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1901
Page
8
In May 1833 Mrs. Julia L. Langworthy traveled with her parents up the Mississippi on the Don Juan to Davenport where they paid goods to Sac and Fox Indians under the Scott treaty. About 3000 Indians gathered on the river bank to receive their doles before the party continued toward Dubuque.
A compact schedule lists Aug events: Court of Honor No 100 at Horace Anderson 1151 13th Ave on Aug 7. Camp Lincoln Springfield Encampment Aug 3-10. Davenport mile track races Aug 10. Woodmen Picnic Aug 13-15 at Rock Island. M E camp meeting Aug 13-22 at Tindall’s Grove. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Aug 16 at Rock Island. Henry County Fair Aug 20-23 at Cambridge. Races in Galesburg Aug 20-23. Rock Island County Fair Sept 10-18 at Joslin. Mercer County Fair Sept 17-20 at Aledo.
Society notes call all blacksmiths helpers to attend a general union mass meeting at Industrial Home on Tuesday August 6 at 3 p m Also mentions an earlier meeting at Furst baptist church tomorrow afternoon with held ots meeting
A fragmented local notice page blends cries of social struggle with advertisements and brief notices. Names of businesses and individuals appear amid unclear lines about health, moving services, insurance shifts, and a police report from Rock Island.
Stolen is fifty feet of garden hose from Garnsey Square. A ball game at Athletic Park saw Athletic beat Kewanee 17 to 2. Ab Carlson and wife returned from a Pan-American trip via Jamestown and Chicago. Revd Head spoke at Erie dedication. A church fundraiser raised 2000 for a 1500 goal. A trolley party by Uniform Bank Knights is planned Aug 6 at the Tower. Coroner Eckhart's nephew William Buntenbach was shot and wounded in Iowa. Pastor C. D. Moore resigned for a post in Buda due to finances. Rock Island Cotton Mills opened in the old cracker factory and shipped cotton batting to F G Young. Prospect Park drew a large crowd for high dive and vaudeville. Light Guard band to host a benefit for Herman Miller on Aug 12 at Prospect Park with 25 cent men 10 cent ladies admission.
The Moline Daily Journal enters its nineteenth year under new owners T Stanley editor in chief J Maurice Farnham foreman and Warren Eastman handling business. Myron Jordan relinquishes proprietorship after a long journalistic career and supporters predict continued success.
A Milwaukee dispatch reports a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania and a South Carolina figure faulted the southern stance on race and lynching during an event, drawing applause for defense of southern women and households amid the controversy. Three Maryland residents drowned bathing in Queponis Creek after veering into a deep hole during a party outing.
Coaltown ball club visited Port Byron Saturday and lost to the Blues after a strong start. In the seventh inning the Blues scored 18 runs as Stone’s arm failed, while the Blues showed a flawless fielding game with no errors. Also updates on Mildred Bowles’s typhoid illness, Edward McCann’s crutch recovery, and local notes on Groth’s Nebraska heat losses and William Hunter’s soda water and barber business.
Panama Colombia physician Dr Chas H Utter reports a 16 year old girl with severe dysentery did not respond to standard treatments. He prescribed Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a last resort. Within eight hours she improved and within a week was fully well. Sold by Fiiendenmand Helmbeck.
Real estate transfers listed include Leander Schafer to Rocksland Mutual Building Loan and Savings Association and others with various parcels and sums. Additional transfers include James Kay to Merritt Bo Hunter and Carstensen et al to Eliza Alobidms, with parcel descriptions and prices. Also noted is an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure by FE J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio with a money back offer and druggist sales.
An 1900s style ad touts Humphrey's veterinary remedies for horse epidemics. It claims specific bottles AA CC FF JK cure lung and other stage ailments, reduces recovery time, and costs one half a vet visit. The sale includes a 600 page Veterinary Manual and stab chart, with orders by mail or at druggists.
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