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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1901
Page
3
Readers hail the Christmas Journal for superb typography and comprehensive pages. It features detailed histories of Moline, its churches and schools, factory profiles, and a special Deere & Company section. Extra copies are available at Watters Anderson's stand, Carrison Bros., and the Journal office.
Morine merchants report Christmas sales far exceed prior years and double many times. A cold spell kept activity low for two weeks, but once it eased a rush filled theaters and stores, with Moline showing record volumes, larger stocks, and strong competition from printers ink campaigns. The Journal extends season’s greetings and credits local merchants for meeting community needs. Isidor Rayner, Schley’s former chief consul, declined a fee, calling his work a labor of love.
A historical price list shows tobacco varieties at 45 cents per pound and 45 cents per th. Wetmore's Best at 48 cents fb. Buckwheat 10 lb sacks at 38 cents. Dried peaches 8 lbs at 25 cents. Riena two packs 18 cents. Corn starch per package 6 cents. Sappho two for 6 cents. Gold Dust washing powder 6 cents. Toilet soap one kind 5?0. Pure Borax 1 lb package 13⅓ cents. Fancy sweet potatoes per package 3 cents. Canned peas per dozen 1 dollar 42 cents. Beets 5 cents per can. Pears per tin priced. Some garbled entries remain unreadable.
Newell Rathbun was convicted of murdering Charles Goodman by poisoning in Jeffersonville Indiana and sentenced to two to fourteen years in the penitentiary. The jury deliberated since Saturday afternoon and a new trial motion was filed by Rathbun's attorneys.
William Beckshultz 32 a conductor with Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie railroad died in hospital after being crushed by railroad ties slid from a flat car at Fowlerton Indiana. He resided in Richmond and was to wed Miss Rose Sullivan of Noberton Ohio in two weeks.
Reader offer from Dr Kilmer and Co for Swamp Root, a kidney liver and bladder remedy. Sample bottle by mail and a free booklet advertised, with mention of the paper and address in Binghamton New York. Regular and larger sizes available from druggists.
Eight prisoners overpowered Jailer Malone during locking up Sunday night. Mrs Susan Rees wife of the sheriff fired a revolver to drive the inmates back to their cells. Sheriff Kees and family reside in the jail building. Mrs Kees rushed to rescue and freed the jailer from a beating.
Brief quotation from Washington Star noting each person has tasks to perform and the burden seeming lighter for others than for oneself.
In Leavenworth Kansas two masked men with revolvers raided the Abernathy furniture factory office on Monday and escaped with the payroll totaling between $800 and $900. Also from Milwaukee a drug firm official Charles von Baumbach, 61, died after paralysis of the brain. he fought in twelve Civil War battles and rose to major before muster out.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the eustachian tube and catarrh. It promises a hundred dollars for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills with bold claims and free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
The Rock Island and Peoria railways offer reduced holiday rates for teachers and students visiting homes. Tickets are sold at the depot and by phone for travel on December 24 25 and December 31 1901 and January 1 1902. The Rock Island and Peoria also offer one and one third fare for December 25 21 31 and January 1 with return by January 2. Contact numbers 1128 1075 1423 for details.
The notice lists a sale on December 24 25 31 and January 2 with contact numbers for John T Schomp and Henrich e Genl Agt Davenport. It also notes the regular annual stockholders meeting of Moline Building Savings and Loan Association at Warrhall on January 18 1902 to elect three directors and conduct other business.
An internal injectable remedy advertised to cure a range of mucous membrane irritations and ulcers. Package pricing listed as 8 per unit or 3 for 5 with shipping offered. Birmingham Davenport area distributors cited along with rubber goods dealer.
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