Ree Reeves Meigs Case Noted At Sea
A partial OCR fragment references Ree Reeves and Meigs in a maritime context near the sea. The readable words indicate a named person and location but lack full details of event, date, or organization.
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1876
Page
3
A partial OCR fragment references Ree Reeves and Meigs in a maritime context near the sea. The readable words indicate a named person and location but lack full details of event, date, or organization.
The article details substantial industrial growth in Moline led by Deere & Company and Union Malleable Iron Works, including a new three story blacksmith and store building with a stone tower, and extensive additions across multiple firms. It also discusses railroad access to the Centennial grounds, local city council actions, public notices, and community updates.
Business remains dull as a miners strike against H. M Gilchrist & Co lasts about a month with no resume in sight. I. M. Gilchrist & Co reports a shaft in order with many workers from other regions and coal loading for the Diamond. The piece notes James Barnett's four week bedfast illness and ongoing doubts about recovery. New houses rise as Taylor Williams hires steady crews at fair wages. A Saturday baseball game saw Port Byron lose badly to the Rapid City Colliers' club.
Special Correspondent Francis Black reports a new roof finished on a Hampton store while Eh W Sikes paints woodwork enhancing the building’s look. Heagy and Stoddard completed a barn for the new hotel with a 14 by 20 foot main section and two 12 by 20 foot wagon sheds. Glance did the work. John Lemon will start an ice house with a butcher shop underneath sized 16 by 22 feet with Manuel Smith brickwork. Henry Clark, president of Hampton's town trustees, returned home from the Centennial looking well after the trip.
The council met by adjournment with the mayor and aldermen Whipple Grants Wit tick Okerberg Shalleen and Tutlev present. A petition by Sylvan Boat club and property owners of block No 1 old town sought a boat house on Moline Woolen Mill lot. Ald Shalleen moved to grant. An ordinance levying a 17000 tax for corporate purposes for fiscal year ending April 1 1877 was passed with Whipple Wittick Shalleen Tunley Okerberg andrant voting aye. The council adjourned.
A citizen should advertise locally to keep prosperity from drifting overseas. The piece argues neglecting home advertising drives customers abroad and praises a merchant’s broad line of pocket books, gold pens, memorandums, pass books, writing paper, and envelopes at Clen Martin's.
The unreadable OCR fragment mentions vows, duties, and a civic or religious rite. Names and places are unclear but the text references oaths, time, and a list of participants or witnesses amid garbled lines.
The report outlines live stock and meat market activity with notes on fatted beef, pork, and creamery products. Prices and trends are described as steady, with limited demand and varying quality from common to choice, heavy and mixed packing.
Fragmented OCR data lists times and locations including Rock Ivand Watertown Hampton Cordova Port Byron and Rapdstuty with various numbers and percentages. Missing context prevents a coherent report. appears to mix schedule numbers temperatures and times across towns.
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