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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1902
Page
4
A Morbona hospital case in Davenport details a woman with trichophagia who eats her hair. Doctors remove about four pounds of hair from her stomach after a Friday operation and expect further surgery to remove intestinal hair. A previous operation by Dr Allen seven years earlier also removed a hair mass from her stomach. The rare condition remains incurable.
June 22 Omaha Nebr reported Mrs Hille Beckwith widow and George T. Prince former Omaha Water Works chief engineer married in Davenport after Prince resigned and returned to Omaha. She allegedly urged a former suitor Samuel Baxter to wed if she divorces Prince, then fled with her two daughters to Hot Springs South Dakota for a divorce. Prince bound for Philadelphia to work as assistant engineer. Prospect Park hosts free attractions on July 4.
The Davenport Elks carnival closed after a soggy three days. Rain reduced events such as the Darktown fire brigade drill but tent shows drew large crowds. Bostock Feral shows with trained animals attracted many visitors, making the carnival a financial success with profits from concessions clearing expenses.
A noon ceremony united Mr Charles Senholm and Miss Mabel Pauley at the First Methodist parsonage with few relatives present. Attendants were Peter Senholm and Miss Maude Pauley. The couple left for Chicago on the 12 0 train and will return Friday evening, then reside at 1228 Eleventh Avenue. The column notes multiple city engagements including weddings, visits, and relocations of local residents and visitors from Chicago, Moline, Des Moines, Morrison, and Detroit.
Bad weather forces the Deere & Company employee picnic to be postponed indefinitely with a plan to reschedule this summer even if the shop begins operations. a possible hold at week’s end is mentioned. The Odd Fellows’ picnic and the Marine Band open air concert in Market Square are likewise postponed until weather improves.
Special notice announces Swedish-Olive Lodge 1odge holding its annual picnic Picaday at Linwood Grove. Members meet at the R.L. & P. depot at 9:00 am by train to load. Tickets are 85 cents, available in advance from the committee at the depot.
Unclear and garbled text from the page mentions Moline Chautauqua and an action labeled Bask Bemambartia with a date fragment. The readable items suggest a local summer event drawing attention, but specifics and outcomes cannot be determined from the readable fragments.
A confrontation at Manwaring's near Perry Street led to a shot fired by Jock Menwarthay wounding a Stapleton boy in the leg. The injured lad was among a crowd at the rear stage during a carnival vaudeville show. the bullet was extracted with no serious injury expected.
South Moline details numerous visits by residents and guests from Rapids City Quincy Rockingham Des Moines Michigan and elsewhere. The piece notes missionary meetings Little Light Bearers gathering and a new daughter for Mr and Mrs Amimal Snook. It also details the formation of a veterans camp modeled after the G A R with officers listed.
John Peterson and Esther Olsen union Saturday evening in the city. Peterson, a painter at Deere and Company, and Olsen’s daughter, 1722 Twelfth Street, are well known. After a lavish supper hosted by the bride’s mother, the couple departed that night for Milwaukee.
William Homan pleaded guilty in county court on Saturday to theft charges. Judge Adams sentenced him to four days in jail and fined $20 with costs, to be paid or worked off at $1.50 per day. The case concerned the theft of apparel from a boarder at a Rock Island Dangerfield boarding house.
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