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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1901
Page
2
A damaged OCR segment from a local page shows scattered letters and partial phrases with no clear人物 names places dates or events readable enough to summarize into a coherent news item. The readable portion lacks a discernible event or subject for a proper card.
An infirmary announces a new department for eye, ear, nose and throat care led by Dr. J A Millican of Chicago at the hospital west of New York City. Free consultation and examination, free $5 x ray exams this week, glasses fitted at no charge.
The article notes a potential canal adjustment with Great Britain and a massive labor influx as construction on a Central American waterway begins. Dredging at Greytown harbor and the San Juan river mouth progresses as a railway snakes through jungle toward Lake Nicaragua. The San Juan banks are choked with dense tropical growth, vines, and parasitic plants forming a wall of vegetation.
The article visits the San Juan and Lake Nicaragua region describing rapids Castillo Viejo and dead waters above San Carlos. It notes fortifications of Don Juan and Musraguas, colonial occupation in civil wars, and the engineering promise of an ocean to ocean canal amid tropical scenery and peril for explorers and workers alike.
A Tit Bits quip notes a doctor answering a question about raw oysters being healthy. The joke hinges on the idea that oysters never complain, implying their health status remains unquestioned.
A short stage aside depicts a sharp exchange where a woman dismisses the idea she causes harm by smoking. A young lady counters with a flirtatious line about driving nails, ending with a quip about women and their abilities.
The piece recalls the Erie railroad’s chaotic era with Fisk and Gould financing schemes. Vanderbilt’s failed stock corner and Gould’s sharp bargains are noted beside the costly liabilities today. It contrasts Erie’s wreckage with Jim Hill’s Great Northern and cites the road’s long regional blight from past mismanagement.
Mrs. Frank Phillips of 1510 Fourth Avenue reports years of back and kidney pain with dizziness now eased by Doans Kidney Pills from Clendenin's drug store. Her husband joins the praise as the Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents remind readers to Remember the name Doans.
A complete stock of library, school, and college textbooks. Encyclopedias, dictionaries, Bibles, testaments, hymnals, and blank books in varied bindings. Monograms and engraved invitations offered. Art department with engravings and watercolors. broad price range and inspection invited.
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