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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
2
Luther Laffin recalls a conversation with John P Altgeld on the county bench where the judge spoke of uplifting the workingman. The exchange impressed him as a sincere, forceful moment revealing Altgeld’s deep feelings beyond his judicial acts. The Tri-City Towel Supply Company.
Lacon pastors praise Evangelist Chas Cullen Smith as a cultured Christian leader and effective soul winner. He and coworker Mr Colburn offer musical services. revival set at First MBE church starting Friday March 2 with local pastors urging securing their aid. Also note Dr King's New Discovery promoted for respiratory ailments with trial bottles at Clendenins.
A notice invites all to a community fair and supper hosted by Lady Marrabees at Pheshall on Friday March 16 19 20. Supper from 5 to 830 with 10 cent tickets for children under ten and 2 penny entertainment. Admission 10 cents includes entry to the patronal handkerchief booth and other small attractions.
The tax collector's office opens in the Moline National Bank building offering hours 9 am to 6 pm and 9 am to 9 pm Wednesday and Saturday. Taxpayers urged to pay taxes early to avoid penalties as John H Peters acts as tax collector.
The piece notes United States Steel orders totaling 6,000,000 tons value 180 million dollars. It reports unions seek peace, strikes by Adams Express agents on Chesapeake & Ohio. It mentions Carnegie library endowments in forty towns, beet sugar capital plans against American Sugar Refining, and critiques labor earning, consumption, and living standards with quotes attributed to Judge Baldwin.
Chicago Tribune reports Rock Island to rival Kansas City Southern for Port Arthur export trade via a Fort Worth to Port Arthur line through Sour Lake and Beaumont. Corsicana survey begins routing southeast from that point. Fitck Johnson wins 60 mile grading contract on the Panhandle Trunk, boosting 1600 new crews. Northwestern plans Omaha-Deadwood relays with 60 pound rails and bridge work. Big Four leaves Central Freight Association as belt line for St Louis forms with 21 miles around the city and Missouri Pacific and St Louis San Francisco connections.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promise a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee. Grove’s signature appears on each box and price is 25 cents.
Readable text mentions Isis area and new developments with sparse context. Names and dates are unclear, but the fragment implies a report on security or regional activity involving Isis. Further detail is unavailable from the excerpt.
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