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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1902
Page
8
The page compiles brief local notices, sales ads, upcoming events, and community notes. It mentions cabinetmaker Protas Ederberg, a large hardware and insurance ad, watchtower events, a park picnic, and several civic notices including injunction delays and a court case. It also notes a few oblique personal items and public interest updates.
Memorial Sunday exercises honored the boys in blue at Riverside with Graham Post and local patriotic groups attending. Rev M W W Crumbaker delivered the memorial address, assisted by Rev F H Burrell. Rev Burrell gave the high school baccalaureate sermon at Christ Episcopal church for the class of 1902. The First Congregational church featured a morning sermon on Christian Education by Van Ogden Vogt of Beloit College. Evening vesper services and a varied program followed. The missionary society, midweek meeting, and King’s Helpers gatherings are scheduled, church remodeling begins July 1, and completion is expected by August 1.
Pupils and their parents prepare for an upcoming reading class session. The Junior League sponsors the program as gates and extended activities are arranged for the weekend gathering.
On account of Augustana College exercises there are no weekly church meetings this week. Decoration day sociable at the missionary gallery will aid the sinking fund. A concert and several meetings fill the week with services by Rev G A Young and Rev Gust F Johnson and by visiting speakers from Assam.
Article discusses terrapin species in Chesapeake Bay and upper Mississippi river work by the fish commission. Notes the Civil War era steamer Illinois, renamed Reindeer, used to transfer fish from ponds to main channels. Describes seasonal seining and the hoped impact if applied to the upper Mississippi, with references to Marshalltown Times-Republican. Also advertises White's Cream Vermifuge for children and local pharmacy notices.
The notice claims a tri city loan service offering prompt funds at a fair rate without publicity. It states borrowers can use furniture, piano, horse, wagon or other personal property as security, while the owner keeps possession, and invites readers to investigate their claims.
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