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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1875
Page
2
A dangerous counterfeit five dollar note from the First National Bank of Paxton Illinois circulates. A jilted suitor shoots at his former love in Philadelphia, a violent episode linked to passions of the moment.
The solemn ceremony installing the newly appointed American cardinal took place at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York on Tuesday.
A SECREF of bankruptcy was issued by the Dubuque circuit court against Chicago banker BF Allen. Brisbee of the Cook County National Bank believes the estate will pay little, possibly not ten cents on the dollar.
A new paper named the Anticritic will be published at Leignitz to help frustrated writers argue that their weak books are actually strong. The existing critics show no alarm about the venture.
The New York papers note that since the Beecher trial began a period in history some few may recall, the share of anonymous letters has risen. The Tur Review says it receives such rubbish this season but prefers writers save their favors for cooler weather when material becomes more combustible.
Four time age four ladies who passed the London University examination for women entered themselves in the chambers of well known barristers to study law. It was said their labor would be fruitless. They are likely to obtain profitable employment now. One has closed her term and been engaged by a firm of solicitors as a consulting counsel.
The Ohio Republicans should not be deterred from nominating Ben Wade for governor despite his stated lack of interest. Wade’s independence is refreshing and such a leader could poll a large Republican vote. The party needs his leadership to ready itself for future contests.
The dispatches report Secretary Delano believes recent newspaper charges against his conduct stem from a conspiracy to force his retirement. He has received many letters urging him to abandon resignation and, acting on this advice and duty to himself and the Republican party, has postponed resignation indefinitely.
Memorial services in many southern locales on Monday honored deaf soldiers of the late civil conflict. Reports say ceremonies, free of disunion bitterness, showed generosity toward the north with floral graves for Confederate and Union soldiers and speeches urging loyalty to the Government and a true peace.
Discussion on the Panama versus Nicaragua route for a sea level canal is joined by F W Rice former US consul at Acapulco. Rice debunks a Munchausen tale claiming every tie on the Panama line cost a laborer his life and argues against climate fatalism in Isthmus transportation.
A harsh critique argues Chicago is a modern Sodoms of corruption with scattered claims of illegal voting in the last election. It cites wards where 3,000 votes produced 800 legal ballots, missing poll books, and no election judges or clerks, suggesting systemic manipulation in the eastern metropolis.
The Northern Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church has decided against granting women a license to preach. The ruling ends the discussion and maintains existing restrictions within the conference.
The article notes Bishop Bowman’s view favoring female preaching while acknowledging that ordination rights for women are denied by the general conference. Bowman would extend pulpit eloquence to women but must close the door due to license limits, hoping the decision is appealed to the general conference.
A Boston price cut to 50 for trips to the Black Hills is seen as a nudge for miners to control the region. The piece argues government inaction would let Boston miners settle the issue and hints at swift claim theories. It envisions Native and Yankee roles and ends urging a Boston delegation to the Black Hills.
Treasury agents uncover a 1802 law allowing northern port collectors to bill for blank permits and clearances. Some ports charged ten cents or more per blank, sometimes twenty cents, boosting salaries. Chicago receipts toped others, with pay plus perquisites totaling about 31000. Officials report the matter to the treasury, unsure of next steps.
A small blaze in the rear barn at Shaw’s Grace threatened surrounding structures but was soon controlled by a prompt fire department response. Mr. Shaw’s team was burned before rescue. Cause unknown while Mr. Grant from Ohio seeks to start a nail factory in Moline, potentially employing 50 workers. The Rock Island Argus is accused of bias in the Charles E. Wood case, which twelve men concluded was self-inflicted.
The Mississippi River near New Orleans saw a deadly blaze when the steamer John Kyle caught fire at the dock and drifted downstream toward the Exporter and Bodmin. The three vessels were consumed by flames as spectators on the other ships watched, with estimates of twenty to forty fatalities and several others leaping overboard to escape.
The passage suggests that middle aged people with good habits may live to see the end of the Beecher trial, highlighting public patience and endurance amid the legal proceedings.
From Hampton, Special Correspondence reports scarce demand dulling coal jobs while farmers plow. local trades rise with HI C Fullerton & Son selling $300 of ware, Mrs Sowers runs a top hotel, schools managed by Miss Spencer Thomas Clark, and Frank Young teaches singing with a concert. new houses and shops rise, town thrives on entertainments as miners gain steadier support.
Dry goods merchants return from the east with fine spring stocks and report elation at trade. Grain shipped to St Louis includes 1 500 bushels barley from Rogers & Son. Coal and lime sales from Port Byron boost overall commerce. Jesse Maxwell Esq purchases and revamps the American House, likely renaming it Maxwell House, while Mrs Mary A Snyder sells millinery stock to Mrs Castle of Davenport then travels to Colorado.
In Edgington a council of Baptist pastors and delegates from Rock Island Moline Cordova Cambridge Andalusia Antioch Aledo and Blue Grass ordained Brother A H Post after a thorough examination and approval by the council with W H Campbell giving the opening, T R Johnson scripture, E N Elton prayer, T F Borchers sermon, J Young ordination prayer, W C Archer charge, J Cairns laying on of hands, J Mabie charge to churches.
The St Louis Globe disputes Tilton’s accusations and questions the holiness of Mrs Moulton's kiss described by Reverend Beechers. It suggests the act was a simple slap and doubts the claimed sanctity.
The recently elected mayor of St. Ouis has died at a young age. General J. C. Smith of Galena was appointed by Governor Beveridge to succeed W. P. Harper as Chicago chief grain inspector after Harper’s term expired.
The article lists numerous new houses and structures in East Moline and Moline, naming contractors such as Knutzen and Klahn, residents like Peter Westberg and Nas Vinberg, and dates and sizes for builds including 18x24 and 24x42 foot structures. It notes ground purchases, planned stores, and a surge in development around the Water Power company lands, with mentions of taxes and school funding disputes between Moline township and Rock Island city.
Three years after Dr Roschee's German syrup launched in the United States for coughs and lung ailments, 300,000 sample bottles yearly have been distributed. Druggists report high satisfaction and urge readers to try a 10 cent sample. Also notes spring goods arrival at H J Hull and a May 4 excursion ticket sale. A testimonial from Judge Smith praises a Moline wind mill installed by Edwards & Perkins for a St Louis farm.
The Diamond Jo Captain Congar sails from Fulton to Burlington with daily stops at Moline and connects with the Tidal Wave Ida Fulton Arkansas and Imperial to St Paul. Northern line boats and Moline firms ship massive quantities north and south while water levels approach legal limits.
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