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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1884
Page
2
The Dispatch proclaims leading circulation in Moline and surrounding counties and promotes its weekly and Sunday editions. It outlines subscription prices, including weekly ten cent rate and annual options, and urges advertisers to compare rates with competitors.
Numerous small ads and happenings fill a village page: fire department chief election next Saturday. sales on boots, wall paper, and ceiling decorations. wood and post ads. people traveling to Chicago. hay and machinery purchases. a weighnut sociable at Congregational parlors. construction on a two story block. baseball at the park. and a mix of local trades, clothing, and supplies advertised by various merchants.
Local business chatter and community updates include retail ads for clothing prices and paints, a Davenport saloon arrest and fine, upcoming Peoria Reds versus Hock Islands game, travel notes on Captain J J Parka, requests from the Woman's Suffrage society, and assorted street corner curiosities such as gas lighting and novel phonetic crosscuts.
Isaac Rotsem1ip of Davenport announces 3560 pairs of jeans will be sold at $1 per pair on Saturday. Former price listed as $125. The offer promises mixed colors and guaranteed quality with broad shade options.
J. M. Holt purchased a curry comb and brush from a peddler days ago and suspects past encounters with Joss. Several city residents report barns entered at night with tools and harnesses carted away, prompting warnings and vigilance.
Ilan WoW Warner of Western went to Rock Island yesterday to buy material for the cheese factory he owns. He says he leaves home after supper, goes to Rock Island to transact business and returns home before night. The current C B and Q railroad service is unsatisfactory to residents in western Henry County.
Forward and Qleason showcase delicate bonnets while Woo Cram expands to paint production offering mixed colors in patent top cans. Fred Rundquist hosts a daytime surprise for a newborn weighing ten pounds and a few minutes old, as only one guest arrives.
A mixed set of short notices includes a Calico Ball at Peal’s Hall on Saturday April 26 hosted by the Nordenskjold Singing Society, a local worker’s return to re locate, a Dakota farming move, Princell of Knoxville preaching at Gustaf Adolph church, and Frank S. Badt finishing electrical work in Chicago. Also reported are hospital board meeting notes, ticket sales for the ROL & P ball, Eliza’s vacation in Albany, Axel Baker’s health trip to Sweden, Lyman W MeBout opening a medical office in Rapids City park, Bonaparte man seeking U S citizenship, and Col Clendenin naming non commissioned officers for Company F.
A reunion of Scandinavian Odd Fellows lodges in Lavis will be held in Moline this summer with a likely early June date. A sign on Elm Street Rock Island advertises A Benedicts Addition for sale cheap. An anti monopoly convention is called for Monmouth May 6 to choose four delegates and four alternates for the Eleventh district Chicago May 16.
School trustees of District No 1 vote down annexation to the city district. Citizens oppose losing access to the city high school unless tuition is paid. The board cites Mr Gest of Rock Island who said two-thirds of the people would be required to legalize annexation.
Election at Pleasant Valley records 39 votes with two directors chosen to replace resignations. Ballots show FM Smit and Orin Skinner for one seat, PL G Palmquist and Jim Corbin for the other. Also notes about summer term start, teacher Mr Barten, and local farming remarks. Mentions Patented tonics and a dubious reference to El Mehdi.
The committee of arrangements appointed by Graham Peat and the G A R met at City Clerk Follett's office to organize Memorial Day. Leaders include A C Great as President of the Day and Col. Van Clendenin as Marshal, with multiple committees for invitations grounds flowers decoration and program. A special weather contingency group plans an indoor ball if rain prevents the outdoor program. A final note mentions a complete line of Rogers Brothers utensils.
Graham Post and Trego Post members gathered Monday evening at Keator House to discuss battle scenes and share oysters. Capt Jordan failed to attend, sparking playful blame about a runaway harness. Graham Post formed Memorial day committees and announced Riverside Cemetery services, with plans to march from Fifteenth Street to the Island after dinner.
Forward & Henson's at 218 Brady Street Davenport advertises a benactor hat to match a new spring suit. The notice emphasizes coordinated attire and shopping location.
Yesterday morning's Axton carried an error about a streetcar near the Wagon Company's switch at Wagon crossing. The writer misdated the time and mixup with York York PM. Daisy's engine uses that switch and avoids blame. the Union likely meant Plow Company's switch.
The salve promises relief for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum and more with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Priced at 26 cents per box, it is sold by Richards and Sohrbeck.
A Brazilian province reports the emancipation of six thousand enslaved people during the past year. Officials describe the move as a major step toward ending slavery in the region and anticipate further liberations in coming months.
The report notes anvil production at Glasgow 2105 using six steam hammers in a synchronized strike sequence. It outlines the plan to form a single large anvil by progressive hammering across stages.
An OCR fragment touts Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar to soothe lungs, Pike's Toothache Drops claim a one minute cure, and Colden's Liquid Beet Tense Colden’s for coughs fevers age and weakness, yearned as universal cures from druggists.
Nine year old Julius Prower starts in Vienna, praised as wonderfully gifted in music and likened to the famed Blind Tom for his remarkable talent.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan offers to send Dr Dye’s Voltaic Belt and Appliances on trial for thirty days to men and women with nervous debility and related conditions. Emory’s Little Cathartic Pills are advertised as strong yet safe for children and weak constitutions. One editor accuses another of stealing $2.60 from a boarder.
An ad page extols Sozodont for teeth and breath, touts New Jersey Prison factory marks, then cites Dr Jones' Red Clover Tunic for biliousness and other ailments. A separate line reports a child choking death by bread in New York.
The note extols Dr Bigiow's Positive Cure as a remedy for health woes including hacking cough severe cold and lung disease. It claims trials are free and mentions a trial at Wm. Clendinin. A followup line notes a 100 pound octopus captured in British Columbia last Tuesday.
W Atkins of Girard Kansas praises Electric Bitters saying they satisfy customers and sell rapidly. The ad claims they purify blood regulate bowels and cure kidney and liver complaints while saving on doctor bills. bottles sold for fifty cents by Richards & Soherbeck. Mexico plans a band and troops exhibit at New Orleans.
Messers Richards and Solerback secure the agency for Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and lung ailments. The bottle is sold with a positive guarantee and trial sizes offered. Buffalo, N Y announces a forthcoming swimming school for both sexes.
Some readers are urged to try Kemp's Balsam for persistent coughs with a positive guarantee of cure after the first dose. The ad states price 50 cents and 100 dollars and notes sale by Win Clendenin.
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal project has reached a total cost of 3 million dollars. Officials note progress on enhancements to navigation and safety features as part of the ongoing works.
Henry's Catholic Salve promises perfect satisfaction for cuts bruises sores and all skin eruptions with a 25 cent price and warning to avoid imitation counterfeits. It claims to be the best salve in the world and advertises widespread use for various skin conditions.
Describes a tonic claimed to cure dyspepsia biliousness malaria indigestion and other stomach ailments by cleansing the blood and purifying the kidneys and body. Promotes its long traditional use and health benefits.
Historic ad copy claims Eurnes Catarrh Snul cures catarrh and all affections of the mucous membranes with asserted benefits. The text presents a medicinal preparation claim common to period advertisements and medical patter.
Denton's Balsam claims to cure colds coughs rheumatism and kidney troubles. It may be used externally as a plaster.
Papillon Skin Cure Papillon Cattarrh Cure Papillon Cough Cure from Papillon Manufacturing Co Chicago Illinois advertised for sale by Richard and Sohrbeck and Wm Clendennen.
The advertisement proclaims Griggs Glycerine Salve as a universal cure for cuts bruises scalds burns wounds and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold by Wm Clendenin for 25 cents.
Advertisement notes What Cheer Iowa claims no cemetery exists and markets Allen’s Bilious Physic as a vegetable remedy for offensive breath coated tongue torpid liver and disordered stomach. Sold for 25 cents at all druggists.
Market Square reports fair demand for produce amid improving weather and roads with hay and coal sales steady. Prices fluctuate by quality. Canal project updates show little new progress as House delays and an Illinois Iowa joint committee seeks an appropriation. New York cabmen repaint cabs to oppose a cheap carriage line.
An old advertisement touts Mother swan's Worm Syrup as infallible tasteless hart less and cathartic medicine for feverishness restlessness worms and constipation priced at 25 cents.
Victor Andre, the gay German subjected to a fatal shooting by his former lover in New York, has returned home by sea. The incident drew international attention and prompted investigations into the circumstances of the abandonment and attack.
A Granby Missouri man testifies that Samaritan Nervine cured his daughter's nine year epileptic fits. The product is advertised with a $150 price at druggists.
Forty two children born in Brooklyn on February 29 will celebrate a birthday that only occurs every four years.
Cough and cold relief products advertised include Troches priced at 15 cents and Liquid at 15 cents. The items target coughs sore throats hoarseness with simple dosages implied in this period advertisement.
Hartford Connecticut resident John Perry has surfaced in Texas after the war era, with reports noting his relocation and current whereabouts.
Mrs Harriet Cummings of Cincinnati reports her daughter’s severe cold turning into lung illness. After medicines failed a physician said recovery impossible. A friend cured by Dr. Win Hall’s Balsam For The Lungs advised a trial. One bottle helped, three cured the case. Dr Mott’s Liver Pills praised as the best cathartic regulators. J G Heaps of Annawan in the city, known as a Chicago Drovers Journal correspondent.
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