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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1901
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text shows a local item referenced as a van revival or event labeled with ambiguous notes. The readable parts mention a van and a date-like string, but no clear names, places, or outcomes emerge from the fragment.
Mayor Wessel proposed the hospital appeal for financial aid be left for discussion in committee of the whole when presented to the council, and aldermen agreed without debate. He noted needed street grading and new steps, and said gifts require annual appropriation unless future provisions ensure self sufficiency.
Senator C J A Erickson donates a $10,000 library building to Burne Town where citizens provided the site for a dedicated public library. The dedication ceremony drew the town’s participation and Erickson was the guest of honor. Ely's Liquid Cream Balm ad promotes relief for nasal catarrh with a spray tube included in the price, sold by Ely Brothers.
Oscar Ryden of Moline was thrown to the pavement near the Mo line avenue barn around 9 30 Monday evening. He suffered facial bruises and a scalp wound requiring six stitches. Dr Cofegys, the company physician, treated him and he rested at the barn for the night. TOT CAUSES NIGHT ALARM One night my brother's baby was taken with croup writes Mia J C Snider of Crittenden Ky It seemed it would strangle before we could get a doctor so we gave it Dr Kings New Discovery which gave quick relief and permanently cured it. It cured me of a chronic bronchial trouble that no other remedy would relieve. Infallible for coughs colds throat and lung troubles. 60c and 1 trial bottles free at Clendenin's drug store 3d ave
Mrs. Frank Pipp leaves for Cincinnati to visit relatives. Mrs. Kipp hosts California visitor. Geo Kimmerling attends J B I U N A convention in East Saginaw. Henry Reese visits from St. Louis. Erie Dispatch agent O L H Sonne tours Twin Cities. Dr C W Grafton and bride move to Rock Island address 608 18th St. John Benson and Wm Benson head to Colorado Springs. H E Burris attends Masonic events in Quincy. P J McHugh joins Walker & Son in Moline. Wedding in Quincy as Collie Bredeweg to Joe B Keefe with Davenport home. A. V. Taylor visits from St. Louis. Fred T. George and wife from Sioux Falls visit Davenport and Walker Station. Walter Fisher leaves Moline Plow for Pillsbury. Nemo Bilmdstedt arrives from Indianapolis to visit. Rev M J Eggan to perform marriage of Fred G Anderson and Esther Smith at Deere & Company.
Mrs Blomberg hosts the ceremony at the Mission Tabernacle parsonage with a dinner for the bride and groom and attendants. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Smith, will wear blue, the bridesmaid white. Attendants include Sadie Smith and Nelson. The couple will reside at 629 4th avenue after housekeeping. Two sons of J A Sederholm are ill with typhoid fever.
A list of guests and their origins appears, including names from Columbus Ohio to Chicago Illinois and beyond. The compilation includes attendees from Dixon Dixon Morrison Indianapolis Freeport Milwaukee Bloomington St Louis and Cambridge. The long roster also mentions New Windsor Deer Grove and Sterling with several Chicago connections.
The Central Union Telephone Company may back two independents as Frank L Bills of Bills & Wortham has filed an ordinance for Rock Island and plans similar action in Moline. The situation promises to heat up in telephone circles before spring.
For the first time in Moline factories the National Foundrymen's Association was called to help keep the Moline Plow Company shop stocked. John Penton, secretary of the association, arrived Saturday and arranged to fill the shop with extra workers, with the association paying 25 cents a day more for each man.
Gust Nordstrom a painter for Moline Plow Company living at 1614 4th Avenue misplaced a roll of 70 dollars between his home and Inga Anderson's boarding house last evening. The roll held six ten dollar bills and two five dollar bills. A hole in his pants pocket caused the loss, and he hopes the finder will return the money.
The three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wulff of Davenport was kicked by a horse on Saturday and was probably fatally hurt.
This evening at Turner hall the Light Guard band presents a postponed concert and dance. A fine program has been prepared and the efforts of the band members should be appreciated by a large turnout.
Advertisers gain best results by using the Journal columns as home merchants and readers increase daily circulation. The surge in advertising space confirms the Journal as the top medium in the area for reaching the local populace.
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