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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1901
Page
3
The page lists editorial staff including Warren L. Harthan and Maurice Farnham. It notes telephones and office locations with printing room details. Subscription prices are given for mail and carrier delivery, with a note about the paper's post office classification and mailing arrangements.
The article notes Spain equipping its new gun factory with U S machines, a thousand U S car orders for the principal railway company, and progress with American machinery and bullfighters. It also mentions Roosevelt’s six children and a housing concern, plus a local donation to a YMCA library and a state game warden banning poison to protect birds and game.
The Courier-Journal notes global religious giving, totaling about 1 009 800 404 yearly, with United States expenditures for maintenance education and hospitals and missions. It cites regional sums from England Scotland Western Europe Russia Africa and beyond, arguing religion persists despite unbelief. It also contrasts literacy in New Mexico and New York, linking education quality to ballot reading能力 and noting James J. Corbett's New York court actions.
A former New York figure boasts of spending $24 000 quickly after selling property, challenging whether he merits his "Gentleman" sobriquet. The obituary notes Judge Wilson's blend of kindness and legal leadership, including the Schley defense, while a Brooklyn divorce column details a brutal domestic dispute and a Boston inventor touts a rooster gag device.
A missionary returning from the New Hebrides says he lived forty-one years among cannibals. He must have been a very thin missionary.
Fragmentary classified-style notice touts a guaranteed remedy for impotence and vitality, naming individuals such as John Harding and H. Torbert and places including Elgin and Dubuque, but the text is garbled and incomplete.
Gov Gen Wood ends Cuba's constitutional convention and halts salaries as 10 000 to 15 000 Havana bankers and merchants urge duty reductions on Cuban products to align with reciprocity. Telegrams from municipalities back intervention with strong annexation sentiment and support for Wood to lead Cuba's cause.
Mrs Eliza A How widow of James F How gives 100000 to Washington University St Louis for a memorial to her father Captain James B K Eads builder of the St Louis bridge and New Orleans jetties. Gift accepted by the university board.
A Thursday night blaze in Chicago's lumber district at Twenty second and Throop threatened widespread destruction. Total losses top 20,000 with Maxwell Bros suffering about 15,000 in damage to their box making plant. The fire is believed to stem from spontaneous combustion at F Bloss's plant.
State School Superintendent Jones will request all public schools in Indiana to allow pupils to contribute to the Harrison monument fund. He will set a November day for donations while outlining a five cent pupil and ten cent teacher contribution.
Indianapolis October 4 Governor Durbin issues prelamation for Arbor Day October 27 proposing trees in honor of President McKinley and his remarks on trees beauty. The plan gains support as governors of several states adopt the idea.
Des Moines reports the convention adjourned after reelecting officers and naming Memphis Tennessee as the next site. It adopted resolutions urging Congress to amend the interstate commerce law condemning bucket shops and supporting crop service reorganization and cooperation with the National Hay Dealers Association. It urged Kansas City exchange to repeal its anti affiliation rule and invite it to join with the National. Benjamin Lockwood of Des Moines elected president.
The Westinghouse company will start a new town and large foundry plant at Stewart State n, near Dallas New Town Pittsburg, Pa. It has secured 650 acres to concentrate all foundries in one plant and erect a town named Trafford Park. Improvements cost about 5 million dollars and over 2,000 workers will be employed.
The Savannah city council unanimously invites President Roosevelt Mrs. Roosevelt and cabinet members to visit Savannah at the president’s pleasure with the invitation extended in October.
A man with a gunshot wound found in tall grass near Mogadore north of Canton Wednesday night was rushed to Ward Cuyahoga Falls before identification. He and two companions resembled anarchists and may have been involved in an alleged attack on the McKinley tomb Sunday night.
Two inches of snow blanketed the northern Mi ami county area on Thursday following a heavy hailstorm. Macy reports over two inches of snow with cold air driving the early winter severity. This is the severest early-season weather in 25 years for the region.
The London report cites a South African casualty list from September 29 showing 26 British officers hit in the Col Kekewich camp attack at Moedwill. Four were killed or died of wounds, 22 wounded, with Col Kekewich severely wounded but recovering. The note adds St Joseph Moht. The plow trust in Chicago faces strong opposition as Joseph company launches a counter move amid 20 western manufacturers joining.
Chicago markets show steady or mixed moves with flour demand moderate and prices unchanged. Wheat corn oats rye barley pork lard futures and cash quotes listed with December and October positions and various grade details.
Short rib prices eased with cash bids at 3350 to 870, October at 86860, January B.CKG00, and May around 8.10 to 8.12. Potatoes firm with Burbanks and white stock at 70c fancy. eggs steady with 17% new cases and returns. Butter softer at 2 21% cents, livh poultry dull with turkeys 7% and chickens around 7 to 8 cents. flour very dull. wheat spot dull with No 2 red around 77 7/16 cents and options ease. Corn steady No 2 around 62% cents with May close near. oats steady to irregular. Cheese firm with large colored at 94 cents. Eggs steady across regions with candled near 2% to 19 1/2 cents.
Chicago and South Omaha markets show mixed activity with hogs steady to stronger and cattle mostly steady to lower. Native beef steers and western calves command moderate prices while hogs post broad ranges from around 4.50 to 6.70 with light and mixed classes evident. sheep and lambs hold firm near 2.60 to 4.0.
A terse saying from the Chicago Record-Herald cautions against judging by appearances and warns there are many deceptions in worldly affairs. The quip notes that clothes worn by a person’s beloved are not reliable indicators of character or actions.
A fragment from a weekly page shows a humorous exchange about a jeweler and a ring. The dialogue centers on a claim of a genuine stone and real gold, with interruptions and miscommunications. The snippet captures playful miscommunication and social dynamics.
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