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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1876
Page
3
A long front page notes New Year sentiments with poems and reflections on 1876. It recounts festivities, customs, and greetings, interspersed with advertisements and notices. It lists holiday shopping and social etiquette for New Year calls, and includes local lodge officer elections and installations.
A catalog listing announces a broad range of items including switches, sliver goods for presentation, card cases, clocks, vases, and miscellaneous wares. It emphasizes the unmatched display of bronzes and a wide assortment of spectacles and optical goods.
Miss Helen Potter presented the second Sylvan Boat Club entertainment Wednesday evening at the Congregational Church. The event showcased her first public appearance and drew a modest local audience.
J S Keator & Son report a 201 day season sawing 18 725 300 feet of lumber and producing 3 608 000 shingles and 4 422 000 lath with 20 000 acres of pineries in Wisconsin. Dimock Gould & Co log timber with 8 900 000 feet sawn and 100 men employed, aims to boost 1877 output. Both mills shipped mainly to Iowa and northern Illinois, with no major accidents and plans to expand capacity next winter.
Readable items mention New Year cards at Pit Review office and holiday observances by banks and post office. Mentions include weather forecasts renamed Indications, local lectures, and a lengthy collage of society items with names, places, and events across Davenport area.
A dance at George Weaver's home near Moline ends in tragedy after a long standing feud between West and Morton. West overpowers Morton and holds him on a hot stove as Morton fires twice wounding West. Morton then fires three shots into West’s abdomen before escaping. A doctor treats Morton’s burns and facial wound as onlookers attend the scene.
An ordinance appears to ban hay stacks near structures on the poracka square but nightly piles lie within ten feet of Simsteds and Morris stores. Citizens fear arson could cause huge losses before fire squads respond. Propose police notify hay owners to move loads toward the engine house to prevent citywide fires.
After the first day of January 1877 I will be in my office over the Moline National bank daily during business hours and Tuesday and Saturday evenings to receive tax payments for 1870. A competent boss for grading and masonry is sought. A. B. Sherman, sole agent for Lazarus Morris spectacles, offers low prices and service. Footwear and prescriptions offered by John Strombeck and Clendenin Martin. Wm. A. Nourse advertises florists for weddings festivals or funerals. Knox's promotes New Year gifts and Strombeck boots and shoes for Christmas.
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