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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1901
Page
7
Health outreach offers free examination and guidance to those who call by October 12. Public notices invite residents to learn what ails them at no cost, indicating a limited time opportunity.
Specialists at the Illinois Infirmary in the Mitchell & Lynde building Rock Island offer a regular 9 percent X ray examination free for patients who call before October 12. The exam is described as gentle and painless. No harm comes from taking advantage of the free offer.
A list of health inquiries asks about nervousness, weak spells, constipation, bloating, bad morning taste, coughing, weight loss, blood in stool or vomit, fears of consumption, hot flashes, back pain, growths, tumors, cancers, blood diseases, pimples, hair loss, weakness, rheumatism, liver or kidney trouble, dizziness, gall stones, nocturia, puffy eyes, heart flutter, memory, despondency, and life's uphill feel.
The piece describes Norway's labor movement strength, the labor party, and municipal influence. It outlines a ten hour day goal, current hours, and child and women labor restrictions. It explains compulsory accident insurance for workers in many sectors, government oversight, and benefits for injuries, death, and dependents with premium structures and annual payout totals.
A stranger asks how all improvements are made on a single street. A citizen, claiming to be town council chair, replies that no singular cause exists and asserts his authority over the area. The dialogue shifts to a light exchange about letter writing and forgotten pages in a separate tale.
Willie Boerum argues with Brooklyn Engle about whether owls hoot in the afternoon. Engle insists owls hoot only at night and sleep during the day, while Boerum questions if they might hoot in their sleep.
Working night and day an advertisement hawks Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming to convert weakness into strength and restlessness into energy. It promises health buildup and mental power, selling at 25 cents a box through F J Clendenin, druggist, Moline.
The theater page notes a Saturday Wagner bill with Rise By Theaterical, Edward Hisner's dramatization of Oulda’s novel, under Will R. Wilson. It promises grand scenery, fine costumes, and a complete New York, Chicago, San Francisco company production. Also advertised is At Valley Forge for Monday at the Wagner, a colonial drama with strong climaxes and human interest, plus local medicinal ads for Arnica Salve Ballard’s Syrup and Herbine.
Railroads announce home seekers tickets to many points north west and south at low round trip prices for dates in October. San Francisco routes open with stop over west of Denver. Rock Island and Peoria issue Springfield Illinois state fair fares with limited dates and special trains. Eight daily through trains to Chicago via Rock Island except Sundays. HS Fristor, Agent.
Advertises Hall’s Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Toledo Ohio as a constitutional treatment with a $100 reward for failures. Mentions Hawaiian club debate on Rocky Mountain Tea, Herbine tonic, White’s Cream Vermifuge for children, Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment, and Ballard’s Snow Ointment for injuries with local sellers in Moline Illinois.
Rail schedule lists trains from Dubuque via Bevanna Moline and from LaCrosse Wis to Milwaukee via Freeport Sabula Clinton Davenport and Savanna with departure times around 6:45 am 11:25 am 2:06 pm and 9:00 pm. Some trains change cars at Sabula Iowa or Savanna. Nos 36 8 carry passengers for Dubuque division stations and Nos 6 64 for R W division at Savanna.
Multi line rail timetable listing arrivals from Peoria to Chicago area towns and departures toward St. Louis and Peoria. Details include stop sequences for No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 and other numbers with origins from Peoria Bloomington Springfield Indianapolis St. Louis and connections at Barstow Union Depot.
The timetable lists daily train numbers and routes for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line through Des Moines Davenport Council Bluffs Omaha and Denver with arrivals and departures. It notes exceptions: Nos 23 and 4 do not run daily, No 1 terminates at Des Moines except Sundays, No 4 runs Davenport to Chicago Mondays, and No 3 so far goes to Davenport on Sundays.
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