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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1881
Page
1
The Moline Public Library invites all residents to visit a large reading room adjoining the library with free writing desk reception. It features a cabinet of curiosities and tables for chess checkers and backgammon and is open daily with weekend hours noted.
Trains of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and partner lines list East vs West Day Express and Night Express times between Chicago and Milwaukee and St Paul. The notice directs mail or express material to be deposited 30 minutes before train time and notes weekly departure and arrival patterns with weekend variations.
Numerous vendors including Hirschs, Hulls, Fisks, and Richards & Johrbeck advertise hats, paints, lace, shirts, gloves, dresses, and wallpaper. Carriage of new stock at Lindvall's, maps to Park Street property sale, and a school lot grading noted. A Cream colored boy observed on Market Square adds local color.
A survey of items in Rock Island reads like a bustling town page. Merchants advertise flour, crockery, plants, fabrics, hats, and domestic goods while locals report housing, real estate, bridge work, and weather impacts on daily life.
Stroom notes a city waking with robins blue jays sparrows and other birds at sunrise as winter ends and pleasant mornings begin.
An advertisement extols Hop Bitters as a simple pure remedy that cures every time and keeps the blood pure and organs active. It claims thousands have been saved and cured, urging readers to try it and refer to another column for details.
Lapses who appreciate elegance and Purity are using Parker's Hair Balsam. The event at Armory Hall Thursday night proved financially successful with proceeds going to the Plow City Band. A lively vote over a silver-plated castor pitted Rock Island supporters for a white beauty against dark boys backing Miss Elsy of Moline, who won.
A reader from Chambersburg cites St Jacobs Oil for neuralgia after expensive attempts fail and endorses its effects. A separate local item notes a theft at Harwood's livery stable, while reports state the Rock Island and Peoria Co repairs the Milan middle bridge. Cordova mourns a typhus death as Dr Lundy travels to Meredosia.
Residents are urged to place window and door screen orders early at Hunter's Alpp on Wells Street to avoid delays. The passage hints the city clerk might be attempting to attach his name to a project, implying political exposure rather than real prominence.
Among farmers who moved stock and fixtures to higher ground during the late Rock River flood, Wm. Killing, living behind Robert Gragg's place, saved his belongings but faced great inconvenience and expense. Local observer notes sacrifice and effort amid rising waters.
If Adolph Guttsché survives into May 1881 he will mark 20 years in Moline as a resident and businessman. Anna M. Wisnquist dies of consumption at D. N. Peterson residence on Swander Street aged 16 years 1 month 2 days. she was an adopted daughter of Mr. Peterson. Wm. West engineer and a passenger from Columbus Wis have been recovered near the Meredosia bridge collapse. A diver is hired to recover the remaining bodies and baggage from the wreckage.
Mrs Harrow Barger received plants from Wm Spearing of New Orleans including yellow jasmine cape jasmine small magnolia twigs and Spanish or cypress moss with other plants. Dr Phillips rode to the Merer Edgia railroad accident scene reporting from over 60 miles away. The railroad adds a temporary trestle as work on a permanent bridge proceeds.
The article notes Father Grorkon Roppes of Moline turning 86 on April 26 1881. It praises Mr Rhodes for time treating him gently, though older vigor has waned yet he moves about with notable alacrity.
A P Fisk returns from Harvard Nebraska on Saturday and will remain at home to supervise erection and fitting of a new store prepared for him by S W Wheelock. The tearing down and rebuilding is a massive task requiring time and labor but will yield one of the largest and most elegant stores in the three cities.
PooRMASTER Slyne faces two county poor house cases as he seeks to place troubled residents, unsure where they may reside after crossing the Rock river. One is Lewis an insane man just returned from Jacksonville considered incurable. the other a sick indigent Swede brought by Rev H Lindeblad.
The advertisement claims Kidney-Wort treats both liver and kidneys simultaneously, restoring rest and comfort. It urges readers with back pain or kidney disorders to start using it promptly and not neglect their health.
The body of John A. Steel was moved to LeClaire for burial after a Saturday morning service at the house led by Rev. B C Barnard. He leaves a widow and two daughters ages 15 and 8. Pallbearers included K Chapman Wm Davis Thomas Reno Wm Temple John Treanor and Mr Godfrey.
The article extols Sozo dentifrice for cleaning teeth, whitening, strengthening gums, neutralizing bad breath, and leaving a pleasant fragrance. It notes a separate incident where engineer W A Hoagland misplaced a pocket book containing 17 dollars after a tramp-like man was seen entering the room. no suspect or clues were found.
The ad claims doctors have given up on patients but Electric Bitters can cure a range of ailments including stomach, kidneys, and urinary issues. It promises relief from constipation and headaches and asserts the medicine is the best, available from druggists for fifty cents.
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