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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1901
Page
8
The Davenport local forecast notes showers or snow flurries possible tonight into Tuesday with little temperature change. Temperatures at 9:00 am 33, noon 36, 3:00 pm 36 degrees, with the prior day high at 32 and low at 1 degree above.
Special notices urge all members of Manufacturers' Lodge No 485 I O F and their families to attend the entertainment and oyster supper Tuesday evening Dec 3. The Mutual Protective League plans a dance and box social at Metropolitan Hall this Monday evening with ladies asked to bring lunch for two. Annual election of officers for Committee 38 M W A occurs Wednesday evening Dec 4 with J McEntry listed as V.
The notice lists December gatherings: a fourth annual ball by the Retail Clerks Union of Pauline at Skinner Annex. a turkey and minor suppers event by W. V. in McKinnie hall. a third annual dance by the Barbers Union of Moline at Skinner Annex. and several dances, masquerades, and a grand mask ball at Industrial Hall in Molline, by various clubs including Vesuvius, Coremakers, and Social Sevens, through December 31.
Locals advertise upcoming events at the Wagner Opera House including the holiday show For Love's Bake at Wagner with a crowded crowd expected. Also listed are a Court of Honor sociable and dance at Metropolitan Hall on December 3, plus Christmas books and novelties at Watters & Anderson and framing services at Knox and Watters & Anderson.
The advertisement promotes gold plated frames and 200 moulding samples at Watters and Anderson 1608 5th Avenue then notes they make frames to order at lower prices than rivals. It also invites calls to view an automatic self playing electric piano at Joseph F Deckers, 4th and 14th streets.
A humorous exchange shows Little Willie aiming to frighten people with his name, while he idly reads aDeadwood Dick. Grandma and Wille discuss future ambitions, noting Willie's bold wish to inspire trembling in others.
The article discusses memory irregularities, recalling experiences after long gaps, and cases of seeming possession. It cites Coleridge and Emerson, notes a German story of a girl speaking Latin and Hebrew, and explains the pastor’s readings clarified the phenomenon.
Household tips cover stove cleaning with ammonia to prevent burning off and cautions about teakettles on fire. A rose potpourri method uses fresh petals and salt layered for six months. A cork substitute uses a screw with string. Ink stains on furniture get six drops of water with a feather, stronger if needed. Silverware stains treated with sulphuric acid, spoon dipped and rinsed in hot water.
The piece discusses proper tea dilution using boiling water and fresh samovar water, room ventilation in low ceiling spaces, and how air movement affects quality. It also notes Irish peasants’ longevity with high death rates over sixty in Connaught, plus brief tidbits on Wall Street figures and early fruit and veg yields in Hawaii.
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