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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1884
Page
4
Community notices report Frank Lambert visiting Moline, repairs and upholstery by Samuelson Johnson, new hat and boot bargain ads, school trustee election due April 12, and local residents like Miss Jennie Barber and Mrs Gardiner in town. Also listings for furniture, carpets, and the Moline Building Association sixteenth stock series, plus legal fines for disorderly conduct.
Joseph W. Long reports Booth Moline collection at 8306.85 with 3811.37 delinquent. City visitors include Mrs Woodruff of Chicago and Elisha Hills family in Moline. Several residents relocate or plan purchases, with farm moves to Iowa and Nebraska. The United Presbytery session in Davenport and Kohler Sisters hats feature in city life.
Miss Nannie Kaufman a Rock Island Central office operator of more than three years is visiting Chicago for a well earned vacation. She has consistently shown alertness and attentiveness to patrons of the service.
The Dimock Gould & Company raft boat Moline arrived at the mill at 6 30 o clock with a raft. It brought the raft down from Linksville and completed the round trip from Moline in under five days after leaving last Saturday at noon.
E. P. Reynolds of Rock Island received a telegram from Judge Tracy of Burlington notifying him that the contract to build fifty miles of new road for the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Rock Island Company has been awarded to him. The route runs from Spirit Lake, Iowa, in a northwesterly direction, and Reynolds will travel to Burlington tomorrow to secure the formal contract.
Alma, the young daughter of Mr and Mrs Stewart, is improving. Shabus endured a serious illness with scarlet fever and diphtheria simultaneously. Carrol Kinsey of Cambridge is hired as prescription clerk at Col Clendenins drug store, bringing a thorough pharmaceutical education.
Bradstreet notes weekly failures at 143 this week versus 162 last week and compares 1893 1882 and 1881 figures. Sugar is offered to the trade at record low prices with granulated sugar at 7 34 cents and all other grades at similarly reduced levels.
Post Commander A C Grout is named Assistant Inspector for the department of the A R. The unit covers Maine Rock Island Unois City Coal Valley and Milan.
Frank Burnett an eight son of Roadmaster Burnett of the OC Ro and BP road Joliet is visiting this city. He formerly resided at Geneseo and has many friends in the region.
W T Ball and C O Nason are renovating their Third avenue residences with repainting and other improvements after a contract was awarded. Hecker Lodge Odd Fellows of Rock Island to hold an Anniversary ball at Turner Hall on the 26th inviting sister tri cities lodges. Old municipal year ends next Monday April 15 with a special council session that evening to finish affairs and organize the new council.
At a recent meeting the Minnehaha hose company voted thanks to Rescue hose company No. 3 of Rock Island for a photograph of their cart and to the A U T hose company for a picture showing firemen at Fifth Street or Rodman Avenue with a badly damaged sewer cross. The sewer, broken during water and gas work, blocks drainage and hampers teams. the proper authorities should inspect the site.
Dimock Gou'd & Co start up their other rotary saw but the project is delayed due to a required part not yet produced by E43 & Co of Milwaukee. The setback incurs expense similar to the mill’s cost while the new edger from Williams White & Co promises improvements and greater lumber production.
An advertisement touts Wells' Health Renewer as restoring health and vigor, curing dyspepsia impotence and sexual debility for men seeking renewed strength and energy.
The Feary county Republicans met in Cambridge to select delegates to the State convention in Peoria next Wednesday. John P. Hand opened the meeting with W. W. Warner as chair, a township-nominated slate chosen, and a county central committee organized. The final list includes delegates from Kewanee, Cambridge, Geneseo, Milanville and others, noted for broad representation across towns and occupations. An additional note from the Kewanee Courier praises the diverse delegation.
The report lists quarter end receipts for stamps and postal cards 82637 50 envelopes and wrappers 1831 75 newspaper stamps 376 18 postage due stamps 190 box rents 642 85 waste paper and twine 5183 61 registered letters 520 money orders 749 9194 12 merchandise 3181 tie sacks 665 postal cards pound rate papers transient papers and circulars merchandise pieces 12219 17 postal notes 656 1284 86 paid 400 10366 mail dispatched domestic letters 20 drop Canada staters postal cards 2 transients and circulars pound rate papers pounds mail received letters
The Kohler Sisters have just received a beautiful line of children's hats and examine the new assortment.
Booming gallery by Atkinson visits Moline through May 30. Card photos priced at 1 dollar and 1.25 per dozen. Cabinets offered at 250 dollars and 3 dollars per dozen.
An old advertisement lists Griggs Glycerine Salve as a universal cure for cuts bruises burns and sores with a 25 cent price. It also mentions Dr Win Hall’s Balsam For The Lungs credited with curing a severe lung illness in a Cincinnati girl, and Dr Mott’s Liver Pills as cathartic regulators. Barnum offers a $500 prize for a poem about his grey elephant.
An advertisement touts Dr Jones' Red Clover Tunic as a superior remedy for biliousness dyspepsia costiveness ague malaria and kidney and blood diseases. It claims rapid relief and lists a price of 50 cents and sourcing by Wm Clendenin Illinois.
Promotional note touts Dr Biglow's Positive Cure to remove illnesses and lung diseases with trial bottles offered free by Wm. Clendinin. The item also mentions Charles Pearsall from Fulton Market New Jersey eating sixty eggs daily on a bet of two.
An old advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a guaranteed cough cure with doses priced at 50c and 1.00, sold by Wm. Clendenin. A Philadelphia man, David S. Rawlins, killed himself by striking his head with a stone. Allen's Brain Food is promoted as strengthening the brain and curing nervous debility at 1.00 package, from Allen's Pharmacy in New York. City property in Spokane Falls, Washington Territory, is said to be worth 270 dollars per front foot.
Greenwich Review editor A M Vaughan of Greenwich Ohio recounts a severe January accident from a runaway horse. He says salves failed until Henrys Catholic Salve was recommended, bought, and cured his wounds in two months, endorsing it strongly to friends.
T G Coyle of Clarksburg West Virginia endorses Scovill s Sarsaparilla and Stillingia or Blood and Liver Syrup as superior remedies for diseases of the blood that have puzzled physicians. He reports using the products for fifteen years as an alterative medicine and cites their apparent effectiveness.
Wheeling deputy sheriff W H Davis was discharged from his post after repeatedly writing to newspapers. The record notes his conduct involved persistent newspaper correspondence.
The Woman’s Christian Association met at the Congregational church parlors and completed its organization by adopting a constitution and electing officers. Presidents include Mrs. I. D Bearby and several vice presidents. officers listed include Rec. Secretary Mrs. Flora N Candee and Treasurer Mrs. Nettie M Wheelock. Next meeting is the first Tuesday in May at the Swedish Baptist church.
An old fashioned ad urges readers to use Parker's Hair Balsam to stop hair loss. It promises to arrest falling hair, restore color and shine, and act as a pleasant scalp dressing. The product is described as clean, perfumed, cooling, and healing.
The Canadian weather bureau will place weather signals on railway trains to aid farmers. The plan aims to provide timely meteorological information directly to agricultural users, enhancing farming decisions and crop protection.
The advertisement proclaims Araica Salve as the best salve for cuts and various skin ailments including tetter chilblains corns and eruptions and even piles with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold by Richards Solerbeck.
Eliza Fitzpatrick of Sandusky bequeathed her body to doctors then cut her throat with a handsaw in a fatal act. Police report imminent investigation and medical acknowledgment.
A four place jet located on Thirteenth street between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenue offers $850 worth of improvements. Priced at $750 if bought within one week from April 10. Inquiries at the premises. C. O. Pergerson.
J A Tawney Esq of Winona Minnesota reports after over three years of use that Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption is the best remedy for Coughs and Colds. He states it never failed to cure severe colds and relieves chest pain. Trial bottles are free at Richards Lohrbecks Drugstone. Large size one dollar.
A list of letters remaining in the Moline Illinois post office Rock Island county includes Adolph Chris Hultingbers Emma Anderson Andrew Johnyson Phebe Bengtson Martin L Co Minnie Bowman Mary A Lauer O P Burns FP Marty Tillie Dawsy Lon Mistdorf John Davis Chas Uick Sarah A Dillon Edmund Hoe Co Moline Razner A H Richter Willie Ferguson W MS Robertson Nick Fuppling Christina Segur Frederick Hannaford J A Smith S M Vansen Bengtson Swanson F Helen Mrs Emma Taten Susie Heryberg G Ha Wagner Benson Holmberg L E Wright Mrs E A Young Mrs Flora When calling please say advertised and give date of list L E Hemenway P M
The Morxk Ice Co markets its largest supply of clear ice cut from a water power pool at reasonable rates for both old and new customers. Orders are promptly filed, with ice wagons painted in blue and bearing the firm name delivering the product.
For rent a ten room house with a good well and cistern Located at the corner of 8rd avenue and 18th street Apply at Disparcn office.
During March 16 arrests were made. 14 city cases include assault and battery five cases abusive language eight congregating on street one drunk and disorderly three and disturbing the peace one. State cases include a house searched for stolen property and one larceny. Sixty two tramps were provided lodging and two cows and one horse were impounded.
Advert says Electric Bitters quickly cure Brights disease diabetes and urinary complaints by purifying blood and regulating bowels. Each bottle 50 cents sold by Richards and Lohrbeck. A dinner with French Academy members noted poets wrote gannets on ladies’ tans.
A careful offer invites men and boys with nervous debility and loss of vitality to try the Dr Dyus Voltaic Belt and appliances for thirty days at no risk. The advertisement appears in this paper.
General Goshorn, famed for Centennial achievements, is offered a high salary to manage Cincinnati's new museum of art. The move would place him at the helm of the institution amid prominent public interest and expectations.
First a cold then bronchitis. Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar is recommended. Pike's Toothache Drops promise a one minute cure. Dyspeptic and nervous people may use Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic, claimed to cure. Ask for Colden's at druggists.
Citizens in Victoria British Columbia condemn Churd Alone County accusing it of fraud and seeking accountability from local authorities amid protests and calls for investigation.
A collage of medical cures, patent medicines, and consumer notices appears. Claims include Buchu-paiba for urinary issues, Samaritan Nervine for epilepsy, Emorys Standard Cure Pills for malaria, Papillon cures, cod liver oil, Juniper Tar Soap, and SOZO DONT dental health. Also mentions major travel water immersion, a Boston man’s epilepsy anecdote, and Carl Ross’s London opera season.
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