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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1901
Page
3
The Journal of Moline notes circulation and delivery schedules with pricing. It lists Maurice Fannsian Warren L Eastain and Thomas L Stanley as editors and managers and records entry of the paper in the local post office.
A message from the Daily Journal indicates uneven delivery to subscribers and notes the office of publication A. W. Rundquist as city circulator responsible for distribution.
The underaigned Farnham, Stanley and Eastman announce they have bought all outstanding accounts due the Moline Daily Journal and the Moline Semi Weekly Journal. Indebted patrons are asked to settle promptly at the office, which will be open every evening until 9 30.
A Chicago dry goods manager urges merchants to advertise clearly and set attractive prices. He notes women often scan newspaper ads before shopping and warns against misrepresentation. The Daily Journal offers tri city circulation to reach buyers in the city and surrounding areas.
Chicago molders walk out demanding higher pay as costs rise from trusts and combines. National leader M J Keough urged patience and offered a small raise, arguing a strike during a widespread machinists stoppage would hurt plants with unused castings. The union narrowly voted to strike.
National officers warn the Chicago strike may fail to gain sanction and harm negotiations in other cities. They say local actions can weaken the union overall, urging compromise over full demands despite widespread support for higher wages. In recent days many Chicago foundries have granted the strikers' demands.
A Philadelphia candidate for prosecuting attorney outlines a platform based on oath fidelity and impartial justice. He pledges to know no fear or favor, prosecute every crime vigorously, and administer the office with singleness of purpose for city and state, asserting all men are equal before the law regardless of wealth or influence.
Milwaukee July 18 government probes smuggling from Port Arthur to Duluth via ships like the Bon Ami. Warrant for James Walker, a Bon Ami cook, issued by U S Commissioner Ladgood. Walker held in Marinette on pending charges. Crain says government losses are substantial as vessel crews import liquor from Canada. Separate note cites New York Times on Glasgow troubles with public thieves and officials, criticizing city governance and corruption.
In a scorching New York summer, rich residents flee to country board or seaside rentals while the poor sleep on park benches, rooftops, or ferried to tents, as police patrols guard against crime. The piece notes high prices for cooling rooms and the extreme contrast between luxury and hardship during the heat wave.
A local advertisement argues deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and mucous membranes. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy, offering 100 dollars for any catarrh deafness not cured, and urges readers to send for circulars.
The item promotes the Grand Trunk Railway summer tourist binder and Pan-American Route to Buffalo with a new train service from Chicago via Detroit and Niagara Falls arriving in Buffalo at 6 15 PM and New York at 4 30 PM. It lists sale dates and ticket offices, mentions through trains to Chicago via Rock Island, Homeseekers rates to northwest and southwest, and extended evening service at the Journal office for business.
The piece argues that saving at home can be mere economy not wisdom. It warns that avoiding Ivory Soap is also economy but unwise due to higher risk. It notes cheap soaps add free alkali that can damage oil cloth and consumer risk in a Monday wash.
A garbled clipping shows a sharp retort about social status and meeting people at a Washington reception, followed by scattered fragments about a peasant humor line and a churning machine quip. The passage preserves dated tone and social reference while masking full coherence.
Fragmentary listing notes school and college books, atlases and blank ledgers. Reads as a catalog item or advertisement for educational supplies and referenced brands or titles.
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