Postal check system gains journal backing and local politics
A long item reviews support for a postal check plan, noting farmer use, claims by C W Post on money mail flows, and critiques by the Free Trader and Moline Journal. It highlights Moline representation through W R Moore and J L Magill, and mentions local political dynamics and scandals including a Boston to New York horse theft case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline Journal
Post
Moline ‘Journal
Montgomery Ward & Co
Mr. Post
Nail substitutes draw carpenters' sharp critique in Hawkeye
The Hawkeye reports Burlington carpenters condemn wire nails as unfit for shingles. Captain T. F. Baldwin highlights shingle walls and warns a roof is vital for homes, crops, and politics. A Keokuk lumberman shows rusted samples, noting five year old shingles fail, roof decay evident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Hawkeye
T. F. Baldwin
Keokuk Gate City
Bie
Keokuk
Dressed for Breakfast Not Dinner in Homeville Joke
The dramatic version of David Harum omits a famed joke about not dressing for dinner in Homeville and dressing for breakfast. The piece notes resurfaced debates on the masculine shirt waist, counterfeit currency shifts, and a look at counterfeit postal cards amid coronation banquets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Harum
David
Homeville
Telautograph prints handwriting remotely via inked pen
A Paris exhibition of the telautograph by Mr Ritchie shows a device that copies a writer’s handwriting onto a slip of paper. The system transfers messages between Paris Lyons and Tours with precision, as the sender’s page feeds and a receiver pen inks from an inkpot for the next page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchie
M. Breuer
Paris
Lyons
Tours
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Natural Heat Accumulators From Transylvanian Salt Lakes
A Hungarian chemist reports warm salt water layers beneath cooler surface water in Transylvania salt lakes. In Medoc lake the surface runs 70 degrees in summer while four feet down it reaches 132 degrees and then cools to 66 degrees at the bottom. The warm layer is intensely saline and heated by sun, trapped by the overlying fresh water. Potential uses for these natural solar heat reservoirs are suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transylvania
Medoc
Curiosities and Facts from a Historic Glossary
A mosaic of trivia spans food, materials, aviation, and language. Notes include ping pong ball composition, silver tarnish, silk strength, Honolulu rat control, grain counts for sowing, tree northward limits, Blue Peter origins, printing capitalization, a large Mexican anaconda, and English word pairs with opposite meanings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Gardner
Electric Lines in India Impress Engineers Against Wildlife
A Yonkers Statesman style excerpt notes American engineers building a transmission plant from the falls of the Canvery to Kolar in Mysore. Wooden poles sit in seven foot sockets to fend off white ants and elephants while wires stay beyond reach of a towering elephant on hind legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Canvery
Kolar
Mysore
Rain Weathering Rocks And a Sciatic Rheumatism Cure
Rain dissolves chemicals from rocks and wears surfaces away shaping weathered stones and eroding carvings. Springs and rivers rise and flow from rain and groundwater. Josh Edgar of Germantown Cal claims fourteen years of sciatic rheumatism ended after using Chamberlains Pain Balm, now selling via F J Clendenin and E Helmbeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Edgar
Germantown
Cal
Chamberlain
F J Clendenin
E. Helmbeck
Great Northern Excursion Promises Low Round Trips and Cheap Settler Tickets
Great Northern Railway offers round trip tickets to multiple western destinations on 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 priced from 15 to 25 dollars. Proponents urged to contact Great Northern agents or Max Base or F I Whitney for illustrated land and climate information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Great Northwest
Great Northern
Great Northern Railway
Max Base
G.I. A
Clark At
Chicago
F I Whitney
T. A
St. Paul
Minn
Master’s Sale in Partition Case at Moline
In Rock Island County Illinois Master in Chancery Walter J Entrikin will sell at public auction on June 14 1902 to satisfy a court decree in Partition No 4799. Lot 5 in section 5 township 17 range 1 west of the Fourth P M City of Moline will be sold for cash with lease restrictions and no bid under two thirds of the appraised value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Moore
Sweeny & Walker
State OF Illinois
Rock Island County
Circuit Court In Chancery
Stephen A. Bartlett
Henry L. Sullivan
Samuel M Sullivan
Clara’ L. McGraw
Sarah J Norris
Hiram Jinks
Samuel B. Sample
E. B David
William L. Sample
James S Sample
John L. Sample
Daniel W Sample
George W. Sample
Frank Jinks
Edward L. Wroten
Frank Wroten
Harmony ‘Tenny
Harrison P. Bartlett
William Q. Fart‘lett
Charlotte Crawford
Emma Batchelder
Warren M. Sullivan
Moline
Illinois
Walter J. Entrikin
Iinois
W. R
Walter Jentrikin
Chancery Rock Inland County
Wook & Peek
Solr
Foreclosure Sale in Rock Island County Court
By decree entered March 24 1902 in Moline Illinois the sale of Lot No 1 in Block 2 in Healy subdivision part of section 33 township 18 range 1 West is ordered at 2 PM May 24 1902 at the east door of the Moline post office to satisfy the decree The parcel is described as the land in Rock Island County Illinois with the specified exception and is to be sold for cash to the highest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Rock Island
Illinois
Healy
Executor's Notice in Ezra Smith Estate Obituary
Elizabeth Smith as executrix announces the Rock Island county court appearance for June term to adjust claims against Ezra Smith estate. Creditors must attend to present claims or seek payment. debtors urged to pay promptly. Dated April 19, 1902. Attorney W J Entrikin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Smith
Rock Island
Illinois
Rock Island County
A. D
Elizabeth Smith
W. J. Entrikin
Railroad Time Schedules for Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Schedule list for CB&Q trains South, East, West and North with numbers, destinations, connections, and daily/ex Sunday service notes. Includes arrivals and departures at Moline Rock Island and connections at Barrstow, Davenport, and Union depots, with notes on fast mail No. 31 and through services to Kansas City Denver Los Angeles and Chicago.
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A.m. P
E. Moline
St. P
Dubuque
Savanna
Clinton
Davenport
St Louis
Rock Island
Peoria
Beardstown
Quincy
Burlington
Lincoln
Denver
St L
Wesr
North
St. Louis
C. B
K. C
8St. L
Pep
Burl
Sterling
St P
Des Moines
Kansas City
Topeka
Texas
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Fort Worth
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Sioux Falls
Omeha
Omaha
el Paso
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sayam l
Minne- Bpomb
California
Fast Mail
Moline
Wlig
Pd Aes
Sherrard & Cable Sands
Sherrard & Cable
Sherrard
Union Depot
Steamers Advertised For Regional Passages
Carnival City Packet Company serves Muscatine New Boston Keiths burg Oquawka and Burlington with the Steamer Helen Blair sailing Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 p.m. The Steamer W J Young Jr is also listed for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
New Boston
Keithsburg
Oquawka and
Burlington
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Guy of
Thomas I
Stanley
Warren L. Eastman
Secretairy Z
Maurice Farnham
Eyc Ape
Moline, Illinois
Ottawa Free Trader
Free Trader
Congress
C. W. Post
Postal Check Bureau
W R. Moore
Moore
JL. M. Magill
United States
England
France
Germany
Belgium
Denmark
Russia
Ireland
Italy
William Aylesbury
Boston
New York
New England
Rascal
Aylesbury
Connecticut
Mise Stone
Major Pond
J. Pierpont Morgan
London
Telautograph
Patience
Patrice
Yeu
Yonkers Statesman
Railway News
J. B. Oakleaf
U. S
McKinnile Block
ORY Ca
L. M. Richards
Fifteenth Avenue
Moline, Ill
Tuning Bureau
P O
Waitfers
Holt
Peterson
Fifth Ave
Union News
Moline, Minots, Depot
The
Daily Journal
Da.ring
Chichester
Ininas
Kester
F.a.sand
the Tailor
Thirty-Eighth Street
Fifteenth Street
Utah
Wyoming
C. B. & Q. Depot
Mmesvnef
Crail Lfs
Sthave Run
Ilinois
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul
East Moline
LaCrosse
Freeport
Til
Sabuls
Milwaukee
Iowa
Eeaseer
Babula
R. R
P.m
Springfield
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Bloomington
Cable Branch
John
H. Mueller
Second Avenue
Carnival City Packet Company
Helen Blair
W. J. Young, JR
W. J. Young
E.q
Jay
Clintoia ' Asi
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