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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1901
Page
3
Thomas J. Stanley listed as President, Warren L. Hastman as Secretary, and Maurice Farnham as Treasurer. The record shows a 35.00 amount and a 2.95 figure, likely expenditures or balances.
A sprawling report outlines factional splits and maneuvers among Illinois leaders including Governor Yates and Lieutenant Governor Northcott. It notes Speaker Sherman and Dawes maneuvering for the Republican nomination, unsettled outlooks in Springfield, and rumors of shifts aimed at shaping the state’s political future.
A Chicago area suburb enforces speed limits with a wire rope barrier and magistrate action after drivers ignore limits. The piece questions foreign missions in Turkey and China, urging focus on domestic uplift amid urban poverty and danger.
The Tandil rock near Buenos Aires is the largest rocking stone, about 700 000 pounds, rocking for centuries with imperceptible movement. Placing a bottle beneath it shows its slow pendulum shift due to uneven heating and expansion. Locals call it piedra enobediza and deem it a major Argentine curiosity.
In Louisville on October 24 a theater panic broke out when a small flame near a polyscope machine sparked a rush to the doors. The scramble left many injured including two unconscious boys, a child trampled, and others with injuries to the head, chest, and limbs as ushers and police detained the crowd and ambulances rushed the wounded to hospitals.
Wheat weaker and lower with November and December notes. corn active in December. potatoes steady with good stock. Butter firm with creamery products higher. eggs steady with good choice quality. Turkey and poultry markets steady to firm. flour and oats mixed with spot wheat firm and options closed.
Oct 22 auction figures show mixed cattle and calf prices with some stronger heavyweights and several classes down from previous levels. Beef steers and cows range around five to six dollars while lighter feeders and heifers fluctuate. overall market steadiness noted with lighter sales activity and broad price dispersion across grades and weights.
Fragmented text references a creamery and cheese factory with mentions of fancy cream, large white butter, price notes, and regional references toWestern and state mentions. No clear event or outcome is stated.
An advertisement touts Virtuama a guaranteed cure for impotency and a promoter of vitality for age groups, claiming benefits for business, social life, health, and happiness. It lists John Harding & Co, a druggist, and Torbert Dubuque as distributors offering a full line of rubber goods.
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