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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1901
Page
8
Local items note a 60 cent round trip ferry to Clinton on Sunday with a special Blue Line car from Moline. Weary workers and thieves, burglaries and court trials appear, including a Rock Island burglary hearing and a Rock Island family jewelry loss.
Listings show upcoming events from Sept 6 to Oct 6 featuring Ladiva of Miccabers, Wagner Opera, and city fairs in Joslin Aledo and Springfield. Highlights include Mercer county fair in Aledo Sept 17 20 and Illinois state fair late Sept to early Oct.
Hospital on the Exposition grounds receives top doctors from Buffalo and New York as surgeons operate after a shooting. Bulletin says the President will recover as bullets are removed from the abdomen and stomach. Crowds gather outside the hospital awaiting news of the chief executive’s condition.
Sad news of the President's visit to the Exposition casts a shadow over the celebrations. The joyous event ends in sorrow and the Exposition suspends planned festivities.
The would be assassin Frederick Nieman is described as a young Pole about 5 feet 9 inches tall, 160 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He arrived from Europe recently and is believed linked to anarchist circles while authorities report he is in the U.S. to target the President. Col Mikey carries official bulletins from the wounded leader’s bedside.
Rock Island defeated Rockford 6 to 5 to close the league season in a near-season finale. Middleton Moriarity Hoy Shaffer and Tate starred with multiple hits as Rock Island's eight run fifth inning sparked the win. Postgame, pitcher Hughes and fielder Arthur were released and the team prepared for Cedar Rapids next weekend.
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered city names Detroit Philadelphia Chicago Washington and numbers like 2 9 7 9 3. No coherent event or outcome emerges to summarize a single news item.
Des Moines 10 Omaha 0 and St Joseph 4 Kansas City 5 highlighted a busy Western League night. St Paul 5 Minneapolis 6 and Colorado Springs 3 Denver 6 completed the set with all games decided.
The J. B. will run a last grand excursion to Clinton this Sunday with round trip fare cut to 60 cents. A special blue line car departs Moline at 6:30 AM and meets the boat at Rock Island at 7:10 AM. The note then shifts to a medical tip on abdominal cramps linked to improper food and ice water and praises Perry Davis's Pain Killer for fast relief.
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