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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1902
Page
7
The piece profiles Chicago junk collectors who buy and sort discarded papers metal and bottles. It notes the industry employs thousands and contributes to city commerce with scrapped value from alleys and stores. It contrasts public pity with economic reliance on junk as a thriving business.
Railroad officials warn that brass journals from car wheels and scrap paper gathered along Chicago rail lines are routinely stolen and sold to junk shops. Rewards are offered for catching thieves, with prosecutions to the full extent of the law.
A fragment from a winter song reads of a wandering minstrel and the north wind shaping the forest into a harp as snowflakes dance. The text shows archaic spellings and a lyrical, minstrel mood attributed to Philadelphia Press.
A Louisville Courier Journal item recounts a floor walker jokingly advising Mrs. Smithson to divorce after she asks to exchange a hat for her husband’s approval. The quip reflects retail banter rather than a serious dispute.
Mrs. John Nelson of Moline testifies her son Oscar, once deaf and speechless after brain fever, regained hearing and speech after one month at Dr. J. Alvin Horne's Rock Island infirmary. She urges others to consult the specialists. free consultation and $10 X ray exam offered for a limited time.
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