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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1889
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows freight and express train numbers, routes, and offices with several unreadable words. The garbled text references West Liberty to North routes, multiple freight trains, and a supervisor title, but lacks coherent events or dates to confirm a full item.
In Illinois, the county court in chancery schedules a public sale by auction. Albert Axweage seeks sale of property described by metes and bounds in Rockford area to satisfy a judgment, with bids at one o’clock in the afternoon at the courthouse steps on a Saturday in August.
The Rock Island County Court issues notice to heirs and Mary Cole to answer in a September term about the estate of the deceased. A subpoena has been issued for Mary Cole to appear at the court house in Rock Island on the first Monday of September to answer the complaint and matters stated. The clerk is Donaldson. solicitor WMA MffsF Rock Tahand. dated July 18, 1489.
Henry Jones, a Nebraska City truck farmer, wed his first wife Alice Morrow then married her mother after her disappearance. The two marriages were kept secret until the daughter returned seeking reconciliation. Jones plans divorce from the first wife and remarriage to the mother to resolve the situation.
James W Smith, the judge's principal figure in Sunday’s tragic court scene, is expected to recover. The letters he sent to J W Taylor claim innocence and threaten self harm if found guilty, but contain no court evidence. Judge McConnell disputes published emotion claims and says no decision on publishing letters has been made. A wife interview and juror remarks add to the unsettled case and related rumors.
A satirical note on theater antics of the Merry Wives of Windeer contrasts with Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription claiming safe vegetable formula for women's ailments. The article also reports a large Australian gold nugget found near Wedderburn in Victoria by Costa Clovich, an Austrian immigrant.
Johnstown resident W H Overbeck, longtime Cambria Iron executive, is revealed to have a Philadelphia wife and three children born there. His widow in Johnstown and his Philadelphia partner claim the estate and insurance proceeds as the flood’s aftermath unfolds.
Freddie Neece a nine year old known as the youngest horse thief on record stole three horses and a cart in Bloomington Ila then a spring wagon and a tricycle all in one day Authorities face a dilemma as he is too young for reform school and no clear plan exists. Ex President Cleveland plans a two week yachting trip starting August 1 then to the Adirondacks with Mr Cleveland Col D and Lament aboard and later joining family in Sartano Ma
A merchant’s clerk wrote a forty dollar check but spelled the amount as f o a r t y. The employer teased him about a bad spell this morning and the clerk replied in a garbled phrase, indicating confusion or continued error in spelling the amount.
The July 24 Ohio Prohibitionist convention in Zanesville made the temporary organization permanent and adopted a platform praising God as source of power, urging liquor suppression, woman suffrage, tariff reform, Sunday law enforcement, and arbitration. Nominations: governor J. B. Helwig, lieutenant governor L. B. Logan, supreme judge Gideon T. Stewart, state treasurer D. M. Trowbridge, attorney general E. J. Penney. A riot stance condemns liquor party compromise. Cincinnati saloon rally defies law with 1,200 plan to keep bars open.
Readable fragments show Viger and Vitality dialogue about a yearly observance at NP. Details are unclear but indicate a scheduled activity or festival organized by or involving these two names and the location NP.
An advertisement touts a constitutional cure for deafness caused by catarrh and inflamed Eustachian tubes. It promises a $100 reward for any case of deafness not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure and solicits readers to request circulars. Also features testimonials from Moas Point and vendor endorsements for Van Wert’s Balsam and a free trial size offer.
The passage recalls a long standing marketing jingle for Castoria, noting how the product accompanied a child from sickness to motherhood. It highlights the brand as a trusted remedy across generations and stages of life. The tone mirrors timeless advertising nostalgia.
An advertisement-testimony extols Ayer s Sarsaparilla as the most effective cure for the uric acid condition and rheumatic trouble. Mrs R Irving Dodge of New York recounts eight months of use leading to no relapse, while Mrs L A Stark of Nashua New Hampshire reports rapid improvement and regained health after inflammatory rheumatism.
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