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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1901
Page
9
A Rock Island tale recalls a young woman who packed a pink silk sofa pillow and a braiding amber into an India box for starving English families. The generous gesture is praised yet critiqued as impractical by local readers and reflects tender intentions with mixed judgment.
Geneseo welcomes Prof George Swan who travels from Moline to lead violin classes at Geneseo Collegiate Institute and will teach on certain weekdays. He studied with Hugo Toll, arrives with strong endorsements, and will lecture publicly Monday at the university extension. Swan is son of former GTI piano and vocal instructor Mrs Gatha Swan.
Grinnell Iowa passes a sweeping liquor ordinance making it a misdemeanor for two or more people to drink alcohol anywhere including their homes. The measure applies to members of the same family and aims to curb social drinking outside approved venues.
Finance committee presents month ending September 30 1901 itemized bills totaling 12.70 for street and alley sidewalk funds paying fund water works light printing building and grounds police health and miscellaneous funds and more. The committee recommends payment and notes Rhine improvement spending by Germany of 3 000 000 below Strasburg.
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