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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
8
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a temperature change. The river will fall slowly between Dubuque and Davenport. Temperatures from Sandstrom’s thermometer: 9:00 am minus 29, noon minus 33, 3:00 pm minus 31 degrees above zero. Highest since yesterday 33, lowest 23.
Listings include an industrial hall program with Ling Boys entertainments. A fourth annual oyster supper by WV RK t Der WW Firat Bapties Church. A poultry pie supper December 12. Lectures at Burtla Opera Mourne. A December 14 Hard Times Hall event by Vesuvius Club. December 21 masquerade by Caremakers Union. December 31 mask ball at Industrial hall Moline.
Knox frames pictures at U 3 shop. Tri-City Tower Supply Co promotes hardwood and channel ice products. Puddyhead Wilson and Hirsch & Anderson offer fire and general insurance. See Mark Twain's Puddnhead Wilson at the Wagner Friday and Saturday with Hal Reid interpretive pieces. Stag Boys at Industriatur, Josephson’s Jewelry open evenings. Edison reels show beauty on screen at Turner Hall. Sandstrom’s hosts holiday program with Knobbs in Tennessee show.
The Battles Pharmacy and H Sandstrom offer a refund pledge on a 50¢ bottle of Greenes Warranted Syrup or Tar if it fails to cure your cough or cold and a 25¢ bottle to prove satisfaction or money back.
The article notes Carlson Bros. offered holiday books and novelties with insurance options. A home collision in Rock Island injures Henry Gaetfer Jr as he is treated at a sanitarium for a scalp wound and facial bruising. Greek workers traveling to Chicago finish a roadbed contract for Davenport Republicans.
The piece previews monthly magazines with notes on articles by Frank Hosteck and others. It mentions a December feature on Crating of wild denims at Prurk Lewis, a tunnel tale At the Tunnels End, and a WRR supper and bazaar at M.Kinnie hall next Monday night.
Fragment from Ally Sloper style humor shows a pugilistic lover misreading love and social status. A First Master asks who gave the bride away, a sister notes the youngest brother after the ceremony. hair and teeth prove false as digestion falters. A conversation contrasts wealth and need with a proposed match.
Theatre notice touts Pudd'nhead Wilson at the Wagner Theatre tomorrow evening with unusually low prices a top cast led by Edwin Nalod Elmer Huffham Miss Leuine Hapley and others. It also previews The Prisoners of Zenda and Knobs o Tennessee with high praise and details on show dates and venue.
The Industrial fair closed with a prize giveaway attended by a large crowd. Awards included Rocking chair number 12054 Graphophone 22 Bedstead 171 Mandolin 79 Violin 658 Couch 38 F P lamp 48 Mrs Harry Jone 38 315 in gold 265 Mrs Jack Warren Gold watch 285 Chinak closet 35 Ilmseter season ticket 341 Charles Seaholm and no votes were cast for the most popular young lady.
Chicago bound railroad fare offered by the CM and St P for the International Live Stock exposition from Nov 30 to Dec 7 with return for a reduced rate. Annual National Live Stock Association convention tickets valid Dec 3 to 6, travel from Dec 2 to 8. Call at depot 8 for details.
Advertisement asserts Perry Davis Pain Killer remains popular after sixty years of use. Emphasizes proven results over claims and highlights widespread belief in its effectiveness.
Four indictments target Zollinhoffer. he pleads guilty to one second degree count for stealing 400 dollars. Remanded for sentencing as the potential maximum is five years. He confessed to stealing over 60 thousand dollars from Williamsburgh Savings Bank with a deceased employee.
Swift & Co reports patents issued to Illinois residents including George W Parton Millington for horseshoe calk Richard Beaumont of Kankakee for water bear William Calkins of Momence for electrical awitch Charles E Clare of Glenellyn for veterinary float William R Jogos er of Springfield for adjustable fur niture John W Davis of Palmyra for mattling tube Edward H Kimball of Glencoe for locking device for transom rods Richard L King of Pontiac for dental blow pipe and jump Charles Landstrom of Bloomington for reinforcing device for semi elliptic springs Thomas J O Brien and H L Allen of Cairo for clutch William F Springer and O J Springer of Edwardville for plant support John Tunnicliff of Moline for corn planter Willam G Willcoxen of Quincy for railway switch
A fragmentary report discusses whether capital is taxable and how States bonds or bank assets circulate. It mentions borrowed money and undivided profits as potential factors, with emphasis on capital gains and tax treatment in banking. No clear entities or dates are present in the readable text.
In chancery Anna Anderson vs Louis Anderson. non residence of Louis Anderson acknowledged. The Circuit Court orders Louis Anderson to appear on the first Monday of January 1902 to answer the bill. If he fails to plead, the bill’s terms may be confessed and decree entered against him. George W. Gamble, Circuit Clerk, December 5, 1901.
A saloon scene in New York's tenderloin sparked the phrase Go way back and sit down. An African American musician, Al Johns, overheard the taunt and inspired songwriter Elmer Bowman to pen verses later set to music, making the line widely known.
The Granite Cutters Union plans a new delegate to the American Federation of Labor as W J Brien is chosen sheriff of greater New York. American Window Glass Co plants resume, freeing 160 idle workers. Rev Sheldon A Harris to attend the AFL convention as delegate. Kr Kings New Life Pills advertised for constipation and bowel troubles.
Final reports for the estates of John Kchnitzer and John L Melgren filed and approved. administrators discharged. Will probate for Sven Granberg and petition by Hannah Granberg set for December 26 at 10 am. Also a health ad notes Electric Bitters as a stomach and liver remedy with a claimed cure for jaundice and dyspepsia.
Alvina Handle filed a bill in the Rock Island circuit court against non resident Moritz Handle. Notice states summons issued for January term 1902 returnable on first Monday, with details recorded December 5 1901 by George W Gamble county clerk.
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