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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
8
Showers tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Mississippi River levels easing between Dubuque and Davenport. Temperature readings from Sandstrom’s thermometer: 9:00 am 73, 12:00 pm 78, 8:00 pm 78, with yesterday’s high 78 and low 68.
A dense page of brief items lists local vendors and services including Mullane's dry goods, Hirsch & Anderson fire insurance, Shallberg Bros hardwood, Cederberg cabinetmaker, and Union News Depot. It also promotes erectors, concerts, excursions to Cedar Rapids, and public notices about horse racing fines, scholarships, and political notes from Rock Island and Andalusia.
A Mont Pelee eruption column reportedly 300 feet high was ejected and fell on Basse Points, enveloping the town’s lower portion and razing twenty houses. No loss of life is reported according to a Fort De France dispatch shared by Chicago special to the Journal.
A Moline reader proposes a city Mardi Gras carnival run by the Business Men's Association. The plan includes a street parade with booths, evening festivities, and proceeds funding a local opera house, inviting outside patrons to boost town advertising and money staying at home.
Downtown Davenport saloon keepers circulated a petition to end the free lunch tab during the Elk carnival. Sandwiches will cost five cents and sight seers must pay for a square meal, ending the free meals.
An advertisement promotes Sweets To The Sweet offering confections ice cream cakes and pastry plus homemade whole wheat bread. Ice cream is priced at 1.25 dollars per gallon.
A Boston man married a sickly woman, then claims happiness after giving her King's New Life Pills. The pills are advertised as infallible for jaundice biliousness malaria fever and ague and all liver and stomach troubles. Gentle but effective, 25 cents at Clendenin's drug store.
A representative claim of reliability is voiced, stressing no underhand methods and full transparency. The firm promises exact interest rates, asserting they will be the only charges throughout the entire transaction.
The notice offers quick cash loans on household items including furniture pianos and horses. No publicity or removal of property needed. Amounts start at ten dollars. An interview is required to verify the claim.
Mitchell and Lynde Bi'k Rock Island location opens 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and Saturdays evenings. Telephone 1814.
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