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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1902
Page
5
Rock Island citizens rally for the public library funds with a $2500 gift from Frederick Weyerhaeuser of St Paul and F C A Denkmann. The donation helps cover rising building costs as Collings Bros handles the project and the board seeks extra support.
Final administrator reports filed and estates closed for Dina Domald and Wm Thieme. Guardianship and conservatorship items approved for Christian Ohrick Catherine Otto and Frank Bramberg. Numerous property transfers and legacies in Moline Rock Island and surrounding areas with amounts from 10 to 10000 dollars. Public Library board activity noted along with multiple deeded parcel changes and heirs indicated.
A crowding field of contenders including Rockford Haute and Hock felon mid Povansvalle eyes a tight pennant race while Shocking tales of injury and shake ups swirl through the league. Amid talks of changes and potential upsets, fans await decisive clashes and key performances from top clubs. A side note adds a $100 reward for a cough remedy, and ads for Hall’s Catarrh Cure outline testimonials and a Toledo pharmacists cast.
In Monmouth, Charle Augustus Jones, two, hanged by a loop of cotton braid on a screen door. Mother sent him to the front room. minutes later he was found dead, the cord around his neck. Doctors pronounced death. officials none to blame.
Ne Palmer of Kirkman Iowa reports a gasoline stove accident left a severe burn but Bucklens Arnica Salve cured the running sore after doctors could not heal it. The ad touts the salve as infallible for cuts corns sores boils bruises skin diseases and piles priced 26 cents at Clendenin's.
A poem by White Walker Gould from June 1902 questions who truly hears the voice of truth amid toil and wealth. It contrasts corrupt power and superstition with a genuine seeker of peace and hope, noting those who ignore the magi voice of truth. The piece ends by urging Forsberg & Talty's stock offerings.
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