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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
2
Chicago May 2. Wheat corn and oats price ranges reported with May and July contracts. Wheat May and July show gains and declines, corn quiet, oats mixed. The report notes price changes, cash oats deliveries around 600000 bushels, and mentions pork lard ribs futures and cash prices for produce items such as lettuce parsley celery apples and fruit. The piece also includes an advertisement for Catarrh Cure and Halls Pills.
Daily price quotations corrected by Brown & Christison and other firms for corn oats hay cattle hogs and dairy goods. Includes coal wood and local retail market prices for produce fruits vegetables and kitchen staples with per unit and per ton figures.
A selection of bicycles is offered for sale at Peoples Furniture and Carpet House on Fifth Avenue. Prices are tentatively low for quick sale, with models including Eldridge Rugby Westminster and Columbia. Wheels unused, but must be sacrificed. Call early.
The Journal offers remaining atlases for sale at 10 cents each. Rand, McNally & Co produced this handy world atlas with colored maps of US states and Canadian provinces, plus full page maps of countries. Call at the office while a couple of hundred remain.
Eight Bells will be presented at Burts Sunday evening May 4. The Byrne Bros production features trick scenery music and clever specialties with the John lsarne troupe delivering acrobatic feats. The show promises vivid stage effects including a revolving ship scene a trick Wagon and a hustling octopus. It is praised for texture and entertaining textures.
The bulletin notes a mix of dry periods and heavy rains, with northern and central districts receiving most rainfall. Frost caused minor damage while pastures and crops show uneven growth but overall moisture is adequate. Fruit prospects are promising in the southern district, with peaches and seedlings expected to fare well.
Community listings show openings and cultural events in Prospect Park and at Augustana College. Highlights include a May 3 park opening, May 5 vocal recital, May 7 Crescent club dance, May 10 Thorlodge anniversary, and May 12 19 recitals at Augustana by Frank Friesrat and by Misses Alice Anderson and Minnie Paulson. The page also contains advertisements for Chamterlains Stomach and Liver Tablets and a literary quote from the Atlanta Constitution.
A Manila weather diary from 1883 records temperatures never exceeding 100 degrees or dropping below 60 and an annual average around 80 degrees. A drug store ad promotes Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as easier to take than pills, with no constipation, price 25 cents per box.
The article prescribes cold water treatment to ease throat muscles and frequent colds. Apply cold water nightly and every morning, sponge the chest in winter, and dash water on the throat and chest until skin glows. Finish by rubbing with the towel then the hands for at least ten minutes.
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