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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1902
Page
8
Fair tonight and Tuesday with continued cold. Temperatures range from 3 to 13 degrees above zero with a high of 13 degrees and a low around 3 degrees. Bandstrom thermometer readings show 9:00 am levels and indicate a cold spell persisting into the afternoon.
Knox frames pictures and Kracke lays sewer pipes while Mullane and Hirsch Anderson advertise insurance. Paderewski recital and hospital benefit draw crowds as The Great Postoffice Robbery looms in theater listings.
Charlies Bowers and William Garnett were bound over to the grand jury on a charge of malicious mischief after breaking in through Rinck's grocery rear door in Rock Island. Magistrate Johnson set bonds at 100 dollars each. Meanwhile, news reached Rock Island friends that Howard Johnson of San Francisco became a father to a daughter and recently left the Q system to work as yard foreman for the Southern Pacific.
Sylvan Council No 27 Mutual Protective League held a Saturday night meeting. Twenty two candidates were introduced to the order and initiated through its rituals. Mr McCord of Litchfield spoke for the order and encouraged new members before supper was served.
Mrs Al Dimock announces a trimmed hat display on Tuesday and Wednesday inviting guests to attend and view handcrafted hats in a personal exhibition setting.
Jean Ramser died of pneumonia at his home on Seventh Street and Fourth Avenue in Kienk Island at age 60. A native of Berthoud Switzerland he came to the United States ten years ago settling on Rock Island with his wife and daughter. Funeral services were held at 2 o clock this afternoon from the real estate office.
A faded ad praises Kr King s New Tafe Elie as a daily improving cure for liver and bone troubles. It claims to relieve constipation headaches biliousness jaundice and indigestion and invites readers to try it for 25 cents at a drug store.
Fragmentary text suggests a legal action or dispute involving a party named John EMand and a Five Points grocery. Details are unclear but the tone implies potential civil proceedings or accusations connected to a local business.
The third annual election of Tri-City Road Men was held Saturday evening with the following officers elected to serve. The gathering featured local nominees and community supporters as they organized for the coming year.
Miseea T J Malmberg announces an Easter millinery opening on March 19 and 20. Miss Malmberg and two trimmers showcase street hats and pattern bonnets from a stylish selection. The display invites all ladies to visit the Malmberg millinery shop at 1414 Fourth Avenue, Moline.
March 17 Streets of Cairo by Industrial Home Association of Moline at Industrial Home. March 17 Armory hall St Patrick's mask hall by Naval Reserves. March 20 Pilerr's hall Card party by Court of Honor No. 100. March 22 Vorwaerta hall Twentieth Century Club dance.
The article notes soaking rains have thawed frost and begun turning fields green. Farmers, energized by high prices and strong demand, anticipate rapid planting but face a labor shortage with rising wages. Some believe fewer hands may shrink farm size, benefiting landlords and tenants in the long run.
A vintage ad claims Electric Bitters cure female troubles and nervous ailments. It describes symptoms like melancholy appetite loss headaches insomnia and fainting spells and asserts thousands have found health and happiness using the remedy sold for 50c at Clendenin's drug store.
Master Hugh Harris hosts a lively evening with friends, music, games, and gifts. The South Moline People’s caucus convened at the town hall naming L O Johns for supervisor and Chas Larson for clerk among others. Mrs Henry Mahon improves. Edith Carlson returns home. Ezra Smith funeral planned in Park Ridge with local attendees. Epworth League cabinet meets W A Brown. Queen Esther sewing circle with Mrs Clarence Trevors. Second ME church holds quarterly conference Tuesday.
The Bottles Pharmacy operated by H. Sandstrom offers a full refund on a B0c bottle of Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold. A 256c bottle is promised to prove satisfaction or money refunded.
The page invites readers to explore the Woman's Department on page six and previews the feature "Affair of Bunker, the Bookkeeper" on page seven, a short story with continuing interest to the finish.
The will of Henry H. Lohse of Rock Island was admitted to probate. Dated October 14, 1901, it leaves all real and personal property to wife Katharina Lohse, named executrix without bond. An unrelated classified-style note promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and other lung issues with a local drugstore offer.
Advertisement fragment urges customers to remember the millinery opening at Mrs. A L Dtmock's while promising sewer water and gas plumbing services from Moline Heating and Construction Company with guaranteed work and a satisfaction pledge.
Ignace J. Paderewski headlines a grand piano recital at the Burtis Opera House with a concert to follow by Vogel's Minstrels. The piece in Burtis notes the pianist’s New York opera production and strong local demand for seats.
Display of trimmed hats and exclusive millinery novelties on Tuesday and Wednesday March 18 and 19 by Mrs A L Dimock.
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