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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1882
Page
1
The notice warns subscribers that the date opposite their name on the printed ship shows the paid period and may be incorrect due to agent dishonesty. Delinquent accounts are urged to remit payment promptly to avoid further issues.
A reflective Thanksgiving piece recalls the day’s family reunions in Illinois City. It portrays scenes of relatives visiting, meals with traditional fare, and memories of departed loved ones around a long table. The author notes the enduring American home life and laments vacancies at future gatherings.
A market note from December 1 1882 shows corn priced at fifty cents a bushel. The quoted price suggests a tight supply and rising demand for staple grain.
Miss Helen Casteel clerks in Gaylord's store while Supervisor John Shafer attends a Rock Island meeting. The river froze at this point last night and the academy closes for a few days as Mr Ed Harper travels to Chicago. Walter Skelton heads to Rock Island to study dentistry. Magill’s office notes Walter’s varied career. Donovin's Tennesseans to perform a concert at the ME church Friday evening December.
Amusements notes announce Prof Stolpe’s December 9 Wagner's Opera House concert with Miss Ella Munson and the Harmonie Quartette plus a Moonshine lecture. Smith Russell to perform December 21 in Edgington Folks. December 18 Farmers Daughter drama. December 19 to 27 Hamlet and Queen tours. Coroner William G Morris reports 23 inquests in 1881 1882 and plans to turn office over to David Hawes with financial details.
A local tale follows a popular young lady who trials bangs for a date with a city suitor. She dries them on a chair and later in an oven to curl them, but a bull pup steals and ruins the fringe. Her brother Charlie visits, and the girl is sent to rest with a headache.
Gen Geo McDonald, a Bedfordshire regiment officer, is 98 and has observed Britain’s wars from Trafalgar to recent campaigns. He recalls his early service as an ensign in 1805, siege of Tarragona in 1811, Canadian posting, Waterloo wounds, and later civil posts, while noting veterans’ interest in field history amid ongoing borrowing troubles among merchants.
Jay Goutp buys a plot in Greenwood New York for 40000 as an exchange urges W H Vanderbilt to bury railroad accident victims under his lines. The remark notes that even millions offer little comfort while newspapers pursue Vanderbilt.
The Garfield Board of Audit has nearly completed its review of all claims. The main issue centers on physician charges exceeding the $85,000 appropriation. All allowances are agreed, but payment will be withheld from the public until final decision. Outside physician sums, the other claims fit the appropriation.
Tax Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific has not cut rates between here and Chicago yet and probably will not unless the war continues. Those who rode the O and M S P are returning by the O R I and P paying the regular fare, the excursion sets do not explain the reason for this anomaly.
Reports say observers saw the transit of Venus across the sun using smoked glass in the early forenoon. Concerns arise that cloudy weather may hinder observations after millions of dollars spent, and it may be 128 years before this occurs again.
Thanksgiving passed quietly in Moline with meaningful benevolence at the Congregational church led by Rev. C I Morgan. Dances and turkey lunches drew crowds though some faced unemployment due to local flooding, prompting reflection on generosity and hardship.
Richard Orton and Wm Wild faced a hearing after a late night attempt to rob P L Cable's residence on Moline avenue. They entered via a cellar window reached the kitchen and opened the connecting door to the dining room in a bid to escape. Miss Cable fired a warning shot, police arrived, marauders were captured with burglary tools and remanded to county jail until January terms.
Thieves tried to enter Mr P L Cable’s home on Friday morning after a Thursday break in. Miss Lucy Cable fired through a window. Officer Metsch arrested two men on Seventh Avenue. Richard Orton and William Wild allegedly lied about their identities. they face examination before Magistrate Cropper. Officer Meenan later connected the suspects to the parking lot sightings near Cable’s residence.
About twenty eight members of Company F, 6th Regiment, National Guard, under Second Lieutenant Richard Payton, took part in a rifle competition at Hawk Hollow on Thanksgiving Day. The event was conducted under state rules at a 150 yard range and the following scores were recorded.
Yesterday the river froze as the ferry ran its final trip with sixty passengers and teams aboard amid strong winds and growing ice. Pilot John Reimer and Captain Cameron earned praise for staying at their posts during the two hour ordeal and the crossing landed at Davenport near 8 pm after brute effort through the ice.
Charles Boyer, from Ohio, was caught in the act of molding counterfeit coins on a Davenport street car by Chief Kessler and Officer Gartland. He confessed, twelve to fifteen coin molds were found at his home, and he was held for examination before U. S. Commissioner White after the arrest. U S Marshal Root was notified.
Mrs Kennedy of Moline, a transient who visits with a carpet rag cart, was seized by Marshal Woodruff on Tuesday. The haul included fourteen pairs of shoes, a dozen men’s mittens, silk and other goods from Van Valkenburg’s Chamberlin Canfield’s and Watkins. A cash roll was found in the storage bucket.
The Sterling Gazette objects to our claim that the Jinole and Michigan Canal vote endorsed the Hennepin Canal work. The editor argues the vote showed desire to end the canal, not support construction. The writer contends tolls fund repairs and government ownership would free the canal for public use.
Through the ice at Sylvan Island the Colonel broke through into eight feet of water during a skater’s expedition. J H Patterson, a colored man, and several onlookers aided with a rope, pulling the two to safety as they battled freezing conditions and exhaustion. Both survived with minor danger.
Captain Alfred Hopkins former commandant of the Pensacola Navy Yard was tried by court martial for leaving his post without relief on approach of yellow fever. He was dismissed from service, a sentence approved by the President. The Army and Navy Journal notes total fiscal year estimates for Army and naval funding, including funds for new warships.
John M Reticker the Democratic sheriff assumed office and named James F Ankrum as Democratic First Deputy and John Bruner as Democratic Turnkey with Second Deputy. E A Mapes of Moline was named Court Bailiff. The text questions further Republican appointees and party representation on Rock Island and Moline.
Mr George Hoffman well known in this city lies at the point of death at his father's Rock Island home after two years at B 8 Wallace bakery where he served as foreman most of that time He sought a cure in St Paul last September but his health did not improve The disease is consumption and death is expected hourly He was engaged to marry a respected young lady of the city.
Fragmented item notes subscriber count for the Daily Dierpatom and hints at changes to paper size and telegraphic news, with mention of growth and possible enlargement of the publication.
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