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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1889
Page
8
Women voters participated in multiple wards with organized campaigns and active polling. Reports show the Republican justice candidate winning by about 15,000, while women aided in statewide ticketing. some encountered age challenges and taunting by opponents during polling.
The text argues for a phased county roads plan prioritizing small, farm-access paths first. It stresses permanent, future-proof improvements, proper grading to prevent water runoff, and macadamizing the most used sections where possible while preserving dirt roads in poorer areas. It also favors screened gravel and furnace cinders as coverings.
Voters in Cincinnati backed a mixed ticket with Mosby Republican for mayor by about 500 votes. Stone campaigned for strict Sunday bear sale laws and won about 7,400 votes. The slate includes Ericston as police judge Corcoran prosecuting attorney and Hocker director. Jacoby and Louis B Thomas win on the education board.
The April 2 election resulted in the Democratic ticket winning all seats except two Republican members of the common council. Mayor Ett. Dum. is indicated to have a majority of one.
In a closely watched race, incumbent mayor faces defeat as prohibition and saloon policy become central. Meyer joins N. in victory while the rival party claims the election was affected by recent saloon closures.
Southern Planter explains three divisions fall winter and spring plowing. For stiff land fall gives best pulverization from winter frosts while moderately stiff soil can plow in winter if weather allows. Light sandy loam is best plowed in spring with planting to align fallow and crop work, ensuring soil stays healthy and not too dry. Sand’s water retention varies and excessive moisture or drought hinders plowing. general rules depend on land type and careful application.
An Indiana farmer describes a convenient device to sort small potatoes from crop. A cast barrel screen with 11/2 inch mesh forms a cylinder driven by a crank, separating potatoes by size as dirt falls away. Small tubers roll into a basket while larger ones exit to another bin.
Fragmentary text mentions names and a claim about a shirt being famous since earlier times. The readable portion provides no coherent event, dates, or identifiable entities beyond scattered names. The piece lacks verifiable facts suitable for a complete newspaper card.
A Dr McCosh scene ends with a student offering a clever definition an impression is a dint in a soft place. The doctor chides the class and dismisses the student for the day in this Philadelphia North American excerpt.
The Public Library saw 2910 attendees in March, up 114 from February. Circulation figures appear with mixed garbled entries, listing various encoded items and stray terms but indicating overall activity levels for the month.
March entries record Henry J. Howard of Watertown and Maggie Guinn of Port Byron. April notices show Robert Reeves with Susie A. Morrow of Niktnots City and others including E B Hoke with Fred Purbash Helena Mont and more.
An ad touts Mrs Winslow's Boothing Syrup as a forty year remedy from a leading nurse and physician for teething pain. It claims to relieve dysentery diarrhea griping wind colic and to ease the mother’s burden with a 95 cent bottle price.
The report lists daily board of trade prices for Wheat Corn Oats Pork and Lard with opening and closing figures for May June and July contracts. It then shifts to a market yard update and a veterinary piece praising the Devon cattle for dairy and beef qualities, citing their adaptability to poor soils and their notable beef yields, including a Smithfield champion Devon steer with details of age and weight.
The report details seed quantities for crops like radish beet parsnip and carrot, noting actual sowing on hard ground produced thicker stands than recommended. It cites ounces per feet of drill and conversions to seeds per plant, highlighting over-thick sowings and the impracticality of dense planting.
A discussion notes that any sheep breed fares better in small flocks and highlights the Merino as best for wool and mutton. A black face cross on Merino ewes yields desirable cross bred mothers in eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York. Cross bred wethers are valued for feeding in grain regions.
Henry Ward Beecher claims a method to exterminate the Canada thistle by planting it as a crop and making money from it. He asserts worms bugs beetles birds heat cold rain and disease will all fail to stop it.
A religious meditation links Jesus entry into Jerusalem to Old Testament prophecies and Daniel's weeks. It emphasizes readiness to serve God, the faith to trust His plan, and the idea that humble helpers and their near-at-hand tasks advance divine purpose.
An old notice claims weak stomach hinges from organ weakness and liver irregularities. It touts Dr Miles remedies, promising nerve and brain support with trial bottles free at William Clendenin's Drug Store.
Physiologists warn the heart performs 6,000,000 pounds of work daily and fatigue leads to death from worn out hearts. The text touts Dr Miles new discovery as the remedy, claiming it begins when one first feels breath shortage or weakness and is sold at m Olendenin's.
A historical notice promotes Miles' Pills as a cure for liver complaint constipation piles and related ailments using a new method. Samples offered free at Wollendenin's, urging readers to try the remedy for digestive and hepatic issues.
The Mother's Friend is advertised to shorten labor lessen cost and greatly reduce danger to mother and child when used months before confinement. Sold by Wm. Clendenin.
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