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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1902
Page
10
Guy escapes Concord lockdown as Harmony supporters steal the courthouse and records. Pursued by Pettibone Leffingwell and others toward Amityville, Guy officers and townsfolk grapple with the chaotic aftermath and a tense standoff at the road fork.
In Harmony driven Concords plan to lift the courthouse is exposed. Judge and Guy discuss a daring theft blamed on Miss Betty, with a mocking post notice left at the site and a confirmable trail of wheel tracks in mud.
The item recalls Miss Screecher’s singing moving listeners to tears and mentions neighbors recalling its impact. A dialogue snippet between Gyér and Weeth Saving shows a memory of the audience’s reaction and shared experience from a street scene. The piece conveys local color and humor without formal reporting.
The Journal offers atlases for sale at 10 cents each, touting Rand McNally maps for students and geographic coverage of the US Canada and global regions. An accompanying medical ad promotes Hulls Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with testimonials and a $100 reward for failure to cure, plus Hall's Family Pills as a top seller.
May schedule lists opening of Prospect Park on May 8 and events at Augustana College including vocal recitals by Frank Friestat on May 12 and Misses Alice Anderson and Minnie Paulson on May 19, plus a Crescent Club dance at Watch Tower Turner Hall on May 7 and Thor lodge anniversary on May 10. Also notes a Rocky Mountain Tea health claim sold for 35 cents by BF W Uhrus.
George H. Chase requests all debtors to call at the store and settle their accounts at once, asking for prompt payment of outstanding balances.
The C B and Q Railway will offer homeseekers excursion tickets on May 6 or May 20 at one first class fare plus 2 dollars for the round trip. The fare applies to a large territory covering the north west south east regions.
Great Northern Railway announces popular homeseekers and settlers excursions with round trip tickets to Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington Oregon British Columbia sold first and third Tuesdays in May at one fare plus 2.00. One way settlers tickets to Montana Idaho Washington Oregon and British Columbia available daily in March and April from 16.00 to 25.00. Information provided by railway agents or by Max Bass and B Whitney with addresses in Chicago and St Paul for full illustrated land climate and rate details.
Homeseekers offer extensive excursions to California Washington Oregon and other western and northwestern points via Chicago and Rock Island Pavish railway. Daily departures throughout March and April with new reduced rates. Inquiries at ticket office 4th Ave and 18th St. Phone and telegraph contact provided.
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