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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
8
Major railroad shakeup announced with lines including Rock Island and Peoria and the B C R and N to go out of existence tonight. Disconnected segments and service realignments imply substantial changes for routes and connections.
Public notice fragment lists several names and dates with unclear details. Mentions June 7 and various attendees or organizers, unclear venues, and mixed wording. Information is incomplete and human verification is needed for accuracy.
Weather notes show showers and warmer conditions tonight and Friday for Moline area with light thunderstorms in northern plateau regions and cooler spots along the Red River. Mississippi River forecast indicates slow rise near Davenport as readings show frost in Upper Michigan and northern plateau. Community items include Rock Island primary change, a June 6 trolley excursion, Muscatine church history, caucus calls, local court cases and a bicycle theft recovered from a pawnshop.
Various local notices announce services from cabinetmaker Cederberg to electrical laundry and lumber sales. Events include a trolley party to Milwaukee, ward caucuses, and a patent inquiry offer. Abbreviated prices and contact details appear alongside sale items and ads for hats and clothing.
Too late to classify rent notice offers good rooms downtown suitable for housekeeping. Inquire at 834 Sixteenth Street. FOR SALE A nearly new Hackley upright piano. Will go cheap for cash. Apply at the office.
Dr. E L Kerns reports Theodore Hillington and Alfred Strandberg, former residents, travel along Salmon River toward Thunder Mountain. They describe treacherous trails, deer sightings, grouse and wolves hunted, and plans to mail updates if possible while camping and prospecting.
Yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Hayes Wright the Equal Suffrage Society discussed a petition for equal suffrage signed by many attendees including Rock Island ladies. Mrs. D. L. Heald contributed a piece on pros and cons from the Record-Herald. The next gathering will be at July Chautauqua picnic ending two months of sessions.
The article reports the June wedding of Axel Lundberg and Mabel C Ostlund at 830 PM in Minneapolis with Rev O L Swan son officiating. Attendants include Anna Lindberg Alice Anderson Fred Ostlund Erick Brown Ida Williams. The couple will live with the bride's mother Mrs Anna Ostlund. The piece notes relatives in the city and a wedding feast for about 70 guests with Figelin's orchestra. It also mentions an upcoming Milwaukee excursion planned for June 7 to enjoy the parks and city sights.
Pierr and Company announce a brick two story building on ground west of Fifteenth Street on Fifth Avenue. The main floor will be a 22 by 100 foot sales area with a large store room, offices and living apartments upstairs. Mrs. Margaret Pierr may build a modern house at Seventh Avenue and Nineteenth Street.
Mullane's Millinery Department offers 500 walking hats priced at 89 cents each, with former prices listed at 1650 dollars and sale prices of 2.00 2.25 and 2.60 dollars.
A Muscatine merchant warns against granting a franchise to the inter-urban road extending from Davenport, arguing the route would secure and protect Muscatine's retail trade. He says the line could hurt local business by drawing customers away.
A dubious political club allegedly extorts payments from all candidates for support. Reported details claim members openly boast of demanding a price and splitting the proceeds, with investigations ongoing into the group’s secretive activities.
Davenport officials led by Col Hord joined Mrs Butler and attorney Henry Vollmer on an east Davenport ride to survey the route for a proposed interurban railway to Clinton. Hord acted as chap eron though a rival in interurban promotion, aiding in social form.
Swift & Company reports patents granted this week to Illinois inventors. Names include John G. Brown Jerseyville dehorning instrument Charles Cotto Shannon automobile Wallace Grange Kirkland letter file cabinet Bion D. Hobbs Edwardsville rotary engine Samuel LaMarr Salmyra hinge August Lindgren Moline lister cultivator James Macphail Blue Island barrow Samuel W Parr Urbana heating capacity of combustibles Charles J Passmore Fulton shoe stretcher George W Smith Evanston picture projecting apparatus.
The readable fragment hints at Democratic attendance at a forthcoming event tomorrow night. Details are incomplete, but the mention ties to a political gathering or meeting and a scheduled time. Additional context or correct wording is needed for full accuracy.
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