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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1875
Page
3
A long letter urges civic openness to strangers and criticizes social coldness as a barrier to growth. It uses the iceberg analogy to urge friendly welcome, with a call to melt coldness through communal acts and hospitality, then ties to August 1875 council notes and local items.
A Hillsdale ferry boat gathering to remove a river snag ended in a brawl between George May and Henry Huhn. Ped Blaisdell and Herman Rice attempted to intervene while Ocklebarger washed Hahn’s face. Hahn later lay unconscious on a lumber wagon, found in a faint condition next morning.
The piece extols Moline Illinois real and natural advantages for a city of its size. It credits residents with liberality and enterprise, noting manufactories built by local effort and capital. It contrasts self-help with other towns that invite outsiders but invest little themselves.
The Mo line Turners society marks its tenth anniversary on Sunday August 8 with a Davenport grove picnic and a 3 pm fine turning. About 300 members in uniform from Davenport West Davenport Rock Island Buffalo and other areas attend as Luppy’s band provides music.
A collection of small town items notes include Knell's in Lancashire Turner securing a 1600 dollar organ order from Ogle County. Geneseo riders head to Barnum's show by special train. Peter Knutson lands a 1465 dollar Swedish Methodist parsonage contract. Union mocks Mayor B Davenport calling him municipal blunderer. Freja society marks its fifth anniversary with continuous celebration. Moonlight Baptist festival and croquet party announced at C T Toth residence inviting local youth.
The Davenport Gazette praises the Sylvan Boat club for organizing a winter lecture course for Moline. Notables Gough Schurz Swing and the Richings troupe are among confirmed speakers and singers. The Rock Island Union endorses the plan hoping for financial success based on prior lecture initiatives.
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