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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1891
Page
3
Various local items from Moline and Rock Island include obituaries and deaths of Mrs. Howe and Miss Hannah Benson, health notes on Judge Souther, and comments on residents like Otto Sala and George Stephens. Reports cover injuries, church work, schooling, and civic matters including paving bids and city council actions.
At Stewartville caucus John H. Loding chaired by district call, Republicans adjourned after forming township central committee with John H. Loding I Minteer and Andrew Nelson. Full ticket nominated for Town Clerk William Batley Assessor J G Heck Collector Andrew Hannah Highway Commissioner J F Giles Pound Master W Mam Simmons Constable J W Jamieson. Superintendent holds over. vacancy questioned but a constable was finally nominated. There is an unrelated advertisement for Hood's Saraparilla.
The Twin-City Typographical Union held its annual meeting in Rock Island on Sunday electing President M Cloud and Vice President John Schlemmer as officers. Chris Schlegel is Financial Secretary and Treasurer, John Finnegan Recording Secretary, and John Lale Sergeant-at-Arms. Four new members were admitted. three more applied. A sick benefit for printers was approved at 3 or 5 dollars weekly, to be decided later, and funeral expenses of 24 dollars were set. Labor Day preparations and the tri-city celebration in Moline were discussed with enthusiasm.
Rock Island and Peoria lines offer a one fare round trip for State G A R Encampment in Decatur from April 8 to 10. Tickets on sale April 70 valid for return through April 1. Trains from Rock Island depart 10 A M 2 30 P M and 4 45 PM arriving in Decatur 2 50 PM 4 10 PM and 11 0 PM. Inquiries to F H Rockwell or R Stockhouse Rock Island Illinois.
G A Encampment in Decatur Illinois from April 8 to 10 1891. B and Q railroad sells tickets from Illinois points April 7 to 10 at one fare round trip with return by April 11 1891. Good connections both ways. H D Mack D P A.
An 1800 expedition by George Henry Wethersby and his nephews discovers a 100 foot ship inside a cavern near Mount Bauperkui Waikato headwaters. The vessel features rosewood deck and ebony masts with copper wires, all joints secured by hardwood pins. Debates rise about transport and burial of this unknown marine craft in a remote New Zealand interior.
Aged senators and aging in the U S Senate are discussed with notes on Mr Payne of Ohio and Senators Palmer Morrill and Harris. The piece mentions uncertainty about Harris age and hints at a lecture to inquirers. A New York Times remark about radical dinners and polished mahogany surfaces appears in the broader excerpt.
A gaunt man with a bandaged hand besieges a window clerk to draft a personal ad. He seeks a sealed-sewed plea for a sealskin wearer with gold teeth and a possible romance, asking for a address at Crushed but Not Conquered, City Post Office. He vows the plan will work and asks for a dollar for roses.
A rich banker and an inventor argue over marriage prospects for a daughter as the inventor builds a flying machine. After months of effort the two test the Aerial Queen at 1000 feet, then peril looms as descending becomes impossible. The excerpt ends with a cliffhanger.
A dealer and an artist argue over a Teniers painting with the dealer complaining about the background. The artist offers to adjust it or repaint the piece entirely to satisfy the client.
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