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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1901
Page
8
A jumble of local commerce items appears. insurance firms, hardware and dry goods ads, mattress repairs, moving pictures, and clothing solicits clutter public notices. The page notes a James H Stoddard embezzlement bond, a crime case, a Johnson fined for disorderly conduct, and several small-town business promotions.
A reader recounts a cold mishap and the quick remedy of Perry Davis Pain Killer in hot water with sugar. The ad then promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a beauty aid for women, priced at 85 cents and sold by druggists.
The Drake Furniture Company's Davenport store opened with unprecedented advertising across three cities. A crowd flooded the four story showroom as Afe Drake and staff guided visitors through china and hardware in the basement to parlor suites on the upper floors. Petersen's orchestra, ornate window displays, and aluminum jewel trays as souvenirs highlighted a successful launch in a grand interior setting.
A Chicago Record-Herald correspondent argues wages rise with union strength, and that organized labor keeps hours down. The writer urges skilled workers to unite, praising collective action and urging new members to support a stronger organization.
Federal efforts probe a large express robbery in St Louis and surrounding areas. About three days ago thieves targeted a shipment en route between Indianapolis and St Louis or near St Louis, taking roughly 50 000 in ten and twenty dollar notes printed for the National Bank of Helena. The loss remains under investigation as agents search for suspects and trace forged bank signatures found on a recovered ten dollar bill.
The article notes women employed in federal posts in Washington forming a union as young women seek industrial work in Fort Wayne while textile and other industries expand. It highlights a growing international union with over 100 locals in under two years and mentions recruiters appealing to Negro workers for turpentine tasks in Georgia.
The Battles Pharmacy and UW Sandstrom offer a refund guarantee on Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar. If the 50 cent bottle fails to cure cough or cold, a full refund is promised. a 26 cent trial bottle is also offered to prove satisfaction or money refunded.
Presid Trevelt advocates broad reciprocity with Germery on occasion of anniversaries. British reformers expect Ward to remove Buller. New century projected to bring record farming results and rail wage changes. Orrery of finance shows multiple revenue gaps. Senator Frye may yield foreign relations chair. Cullom likely to succeed. Royal Plymouth Morse heir Everleigh de Moteyrs arrested for fraud. Gwynne and Mrs Vanderbilt kin ordered to pay for Paris jewelry. Weckel's advertises granulated sugar at $1 for 19 pounds.
Georgetown Kentucky October 14 The Powers murder trial adjourned after aelock Saturday night with the jury still incomplete. Six times the panel was accepted by the commonwealth then broken by defense peremptory challenges.
Excerpts cite President McKinley on labor as national strength and worth. A Canadian survey notes a potential railway to the Yukon could be built at reasonable cost. Also mentions the printing cost of Bank of England notes at about a halfpenny.
In a humorous Chicago Post snippet a customer challenges a tonic seller about hair growth. The clerk concedes the product cannot grow hair if none exists, while a Chicago Tribune joke imagines a boy asking his mother about a future stepmother and vows to be polite yet harbor malice.
A Chicago Daily News excerpt notes ship yards are busy with orders at least 12 months ahead. It reports 1,173 vessels built in the year to June 30, 1901 totaling 401,288 tons, up from 1,058 last year, signaling rising American maritime importance.
O R Larson of Bay Vila Bundays River Cape Colony runs a general store nine miles from the railway and twenty five miles from the near Mr Larson says farmers within a thirty mile redigs supply Chamberlin remedies and other goods, claiming broad custom.
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