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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1898
Page
8
Badie Altz prepares to claim the Altz homestead on Eighth Avenue. New births, travels, recoveries, and visits dominate the day with residents from Chicago to Milwaukee, Omaha, and Rock Island reporting on family, work, and community events.
Miss Minnie Bade dies at 22 after a weeklong illness from an internal abscess. Reports of suicides, assaults, robberies, divorces, and court actions fill Rock Island County notices, including Rohwedder and Hawes fight at Kim Street brewery, Newcomb theft case, Pfaff divorce suit, and multiple obituaries and police matters.
An intoxicated New Orleans man, eager to send a Fourth of July message to an old acquaintance in San Francisco, entered the telegraph office. After laborious effort and tearing of mats, he had a message framed in his own style and then lurched to the clerk’s wicket, spitting the message down. The clerk read the rest.
A Monday storm struck Jasper Sell’s barn burning it to ashes with three horses two buggies and farming gear inside. Insurance had expired three weeks earlier and was not renewed at the time of destruction.
Cordova resident John Wendt died suddenly Sunday morning at the home of his daughter Mrs. Charles. The event details in this fragment note his age and place of death, with local obituary notice trailing into surrounding family references.
Letters from Port Byron indicate morale is high as the front reports find the men well and content. A new telephone line from Moline to Morrison is set to reach Port Byron with extensions to Colona Morrison and beyond. Excursion tickets are selling for Friday with fair weather expected, and the Buffalo Hill Wild West show drew crowds in Davenport. A storm damage to a sidewalk near Albrecht’s store was repaired, and a postponed war concert at the Methodist church was rescheduled indefinitely.
Anton Recht visits Princeton to help son John with shop work. Emmert family from Waukesha stay briefly. Nellie Finch, Soper School of Oratory teacher, gave a notable performance. John Collis and family move into a new home. Minnie Oberlander and Chris of Moline visit. Mrs. A. M. Pomeroy and Mildred of Orion with Grace Humberstone depart. Orion residents camping at Colona Ferry enjoyable time. Severe storm causes minor damage. many bridges and railroads require repairs. Mrs. C. O. Gregory of Washington Heights visits with two children. George and Gertie Allen from Gilchrist plan a week here. Walter Sherrill, Lotta Sale, and Maggie Cain attend Henry County Teachers Institute in Geneseo. Rock Island timetable offers better Colona travel. Local residents remain industrious.
Preparations underway for the 24th annual Old Settlers picnic in Sandstone Henry County. Program includes calls to order by President Wm Glenn music by C C G band prayers by Rev W Gaither welcome and response by Rev S Weed and Hon W W Warner plus songs recitations and reminiscences ending with Auld Lang Syne.
The second annual Farmers Picnic will be at Woodward's Grove above Port Byron next Thursday. A confectionery stand runs by the picnic mar augers while Mr Woodward operates another. The Bowery feature is omitted this year. Rock Island Arsenal band will provide instrumental music. A vocal quartet of Linke Erpper Trent and Daily is arranged with Clara Zollinger and Mille Albrecht to sing a duet. Congressman Prince may also be secured for an address if he can attend.
Mrs. Augustus D Cox died of consumption near Peoria at 4 PM Tuesday. Her remains were brought to Rock Island and placed with the Glenuand family. interment at Hampton. Major A M Hosford of Geneseo died aged 76 after a long service in the Civil War and later Home Life Insurance work. The Dolls of Rock Island mourn their 2 year old daughter who died in convulsions.
Noah's Ark advertises a full line of tinware glassware crockery toys and notions at Third avenue Moline. The store touts a new grocery department described as the finest and most complete in the three cities and promises goods for less than wholesale prices.
The Rock Island cards are advertised as the slickest and cheapest on the market. A bulk rate of 9 cents per pack applies when ordering five or more packs, with express shipment and prepaid charges. Single packs require 12 cents postage. Address orders to John Sebastian G. P. A. in Chicago.
Through tickets to North Pacific and Puget Sound points are on sale at the C., KR. I. & P. ticket office at the lowest rate ever offered.
Go to Noah's Ark in Moline for tin ware glassware crockery and toys. The item list appears concise with a brief note about not long.
Miss Katharine Delano of Princeton is the guest of Miss Alice Paddock at a Princeton social gathering.
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