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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
3
Government figures show May 1 crop conditions running well below April 1 and last year, with about 15 percent of seeded acreage abandoned due to drought and winter kill. Despite losses the cultivated area remains large, offering a fair chance for a normal yield if favorable weather continues for six weeks.
Arguments urge government takeover of irrigation as a national enterprise since vast public land is vacant and arable, with rich soil ready for use. Proponents stress potential to support a large population and economic development through proper irrigation and management.
The Chicago Livestock Exchange members say a beef trust is impossible yet acknowledge that impossibilities often occur in modern times. The German Reichstag aims to challenge Standard Oil and its outcome can be predicted with some accuracy.
Fragmentary text shows continued peace negotiations alongside ongoing military actions. The source runs with garbled names and unclear details, but references to South region tension and efforts toward settlement appear amid disruptive warlike reporting.
The article praises planning a small informal garden with seeds and plants that can be swapped among neighbors. It highlights Echeveria as a decorative plant from Mexico, suggests hardy favorites like bachelor’s button and blue larkspur, notes continuous bloom fuchsias and begonia varieties, and emphasizes green lawn as essential background for a beautiful, well arranged garden.
A collage of items notes Jamaica aiming to export over 12 million banana bunches, Paris post offices as imperfect yet refined, and swindler tricks on immigrant riders in New York. Also mentions Paul Revere’s Boston house, Madrid crises, Philadelphia robberies, and aging patent medicines amid a jumble of ads and curiosities.
The notice promotes round trip telegraphic offers to Minnesota and western states, with a $2.00 round trip fare and a May start. It encourages inquiries to Max Bask in Chicago and I Whitney in Saint Paul about land, climate, crops, rates, and advantages of the Great Northwest via Great Northern railway agents.
Public notice from Moline Illinois announces dissolution of the firm Holmgren Anderson & Co by mutual consent. H J Gripp named agent to collect notes and liabilities. Claus Anderson continues grocery business at the old stand and will receive payments on account for Gripp. Dated May 12 1902.
C M and St P offer a Friday May 30 excursion to Rickford with trains departing 7 30 am. Two baseball games between Rockford and Cedar Rapids arranged. Fare 1.60 for round trip. See hand bills or call at depot. J T Schemp agent P L Henrichs commercial agent Davenport 80.
Wood & Peek announce the foreclosure under Moline Savings & Loan Association vs Frank Carlson No 4856. By decree dated March 1903 the sale of Lot No 1 in Block 2 Healy's Subdivision is set for May 2 at 2 PM at the east door of Moline Post Office, cash to the highest bidder. Master in Chancery Walter J Entrikin to conduct sale in Rock Island County Illinois.
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