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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1880
Page
1
Toke Mourne arrived in Moline Illinois on Thursday December 9 1880 prompting renewed local attention to his activities. Authorities investigate his prior engagements and affiliations as residents watch for further developments.
The Moline Public Library invites strangers to use its reading room and free stationery. A reception room with a cabinet of curiosities and tables for chess and checkers is furnished. The library is open daily with split hours including Sundays, offering access to books and activities.
Train schedules show OMICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC and CHICAGO MILWAUKEE & ST PAUL lines with morning, day, and night expresses. Items note mail handling, depot locations, Sunday operations, and crew payroll delays alongside local notices on coal prices, weather, temperance halls, and a Geneseo doctor found dead.
The alligator left his blankets and rode a train to Iowa City to resume show business. The Moline Paper Co. ships stock in its own cars, with a load to Chicago observed. Notices invite readers to Buckeye Mfg Co ads and a Wichita lawyer notes depositions in Deere & Co. suit.
DAN WINSTROM, suspected African, was arrested by Constable Mapes the other day but no crew was obtained regarding a mattress stolen from Sol. Hill. The inference is that Daniel isn’t proud and therefore won’t quanker after a mattress as sleeping addition. Mrs. A. J. Nordstrom on Henry Street near Rodman Avenue has been an invalid for two years and this afternoon Swede Methodist ladies presented her a Knell reclining chair.
Police magistrate Grover notes November totals: fines 3.00 dollars, costs 1.20, grand 4.20, back collections 7.55. Mentions Sun rise, local charity gifts to J J Kirby's friends, weather swings, and Odd Fellows officers. Also reports a raffle at Henry Anderson's saloon producing a horse and buggy and a dentist near Ashton who attempted suicide by poison.
George Sedgely eight son of Mrs Ida Sedgely of this city died this morning from brain fever. Funeral set for Friday at two o clock from the Bass street residence.
Harwwoop lists an elegant fire grass landau built by Killam Co New Haven with nickel plated harness bought through Mason Evans Davenport. It is described as one of the handsomest turnouts in three cities priced around 1500 dollars. The item accompanies a string of local notes on recipes politics and commerce.
J. O. Thompson of Gould & Co warns the public after encounters with coal haulers whose deceptive methods and tricks led him to refuse future purchases unless cargo is weighed and properly delivered. His caution aims to alert others to beware.
The article notes little snow for sleighing and suggests using a livery rig or a wheeled cutter. It also describes 15 year old boys in the Market carrying coal, poorly clothed and inadequately fed, and warns that parents or employers sending such boys to market should be held for a misdemeanor under the law.
Amos Gordon aged 89 living with his son Daniel on the bluff fell to the floor last Saturday while walking across the room but suffered no serious injury. He forwarded his war of 1812 survivor pension papers on quarterly pension day, noting the dwindling number of survivors.
Cart. Dahlberg travels toward Coal Valley to verify a coroner case linked to injuries of his wife’s sister. State's Attorney Parmenter in Rock Island reports similar information plus a detention hearing and $500 bond for the accused husband.
Post office regulation designates the first seven days of November as annual count week with a one month postponement this year due to the presidential election bustle. Postmaster Hemenway notes a large rise in first class mail, growing foreign mail, and Augustana College publication mailing activity, with about 106 foreign letters daily.
Des Moines readers hear Hon S H Yoder of Globe Mills Pa share his strong endorsement of St Jacobs Oil. He claims it serves as a splendid medicine and great specific for rheumatic affections and various pains. He notes farmers praise its utility for both man and beast and says he will keep it on hand.
The report details seven years of Meline Schools finances including teacher salaries average yearly pay tuition cost per pupil and related daily attendance metrics. It records aggregate expenditures incomes and notes shifts in compensation and enrollment.
The report notes average attendance rising from 530 in 1874 to 933.6 in 1880, a 76 percent gain, while teachers increased by 6 or 40 percent. Despite higher counts, average teacher salary fell in 1880, total salaries rose only $157.48 since 1875, and cost per pupil dropped from $15.12 to $10.60, about 30 percent.
John Clegg and Mr McMeekin arrived at Bailey's Rancho with two teams to recover saw dust for ice packing sourced from Rock River near the Moline bridge. They are cutting a crust 12 inches thick. Hog slaughter begins tomorrow at about 25 head per day for the annual pork supply. If Bailey the Poor Warden were Dutch a Metzel soup would be fitting.
A fragment reports a flood of self sacrifice by many individuals in a chaotic scene. The text names no specific people or organizations and provides few concrete details beyond the mass action.
Alderman Hemenway cites two council resolutions in effort to compel widening of Main Street along the Rockford Road right of way. The C B & Q Co acknowledges widening obligation but balks at terms with Water Power Co for needed ground. The city may condemn or purchase the land and claim costs from the railroad, citing past track abandonment under Cable management.
A local druggist advertises Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption offering free trial bottles and a dollar regular bottles. The copy claims the remedy cures asthma bronchitis cough cold phthisic quincy hoarseness croup and other throat and lung ailments and urges readers to contact Richards and Lohrbeck in Moline.
Thrifty farmer Mr. Wenke sends two wagon loads of Chester White hogs to market. Average weight about 350 pounds, clean and calm. Purchaser Peter Schlueter pays $4.50 per hundred. The piece ends with a somber, humorous note on the butcher’s task and the pigs’ wary mood.
Saturday evening the workers at Williams, White and Co. presented foreman J. J. Kirby with a gold watch chain after the whistle. The gesture reflected deep appreciation and a tone of mutual respect. Kirby departed this morning for a new position in Clinton, Iowa, noted for his skill as a mechanic and his ability to keep good relations with colleagues.
In Boston based City Iron Foundry testimony from R Esterbrook and Sons notes two to three workers badly burned while on the job but quickly treated and cured. The discussion highlights workplace safety concerns and calls for improved precautions.
The article explains Section 7 of ordinance No 22 requiring all straw grain coal and other items sold in Moline to be weighed on licensed scales. Purchasers may demand a weight certificate, while vendors may provide the weigher’s ticket. It warns against not insisting on official tickets to avoid overcharges and notes a ten cent per load cost for the official weight. It also mentions Keep’s Gilt Edge Tonic as an advertisement inserted at the end.
Bridge traffic shows northbound 490 engines 609 passenger cars 9 572 freight cars and 15 55 foot passengers. Southbound totals 472 engines 611 passenger cars 9 556 freight cars and 16 892 foot passengers. Average daily figures exceed 30 engines 40 passenger cars 625 freight cars and 1 000 foot passengers. Upstream 56 steamboats and 8 barges, downstream 53 steamboats 11 barges and 34 rafts. Draw operation likely unnecessary in coming months due to boat movement.
Joseph Baker hires two Moline jewelers per day as assistants. Eric O Keeberg leaves Rock Island to join Baker, while Akerman of Moline is identified as a rising figure in the business. Moline reports a frigid morning as the town sees a demand for prompt alarm systems for the fire brigade at Williams White & Co. shops.
Mr Oakley reports bridge statistics for November including 396 double teams and 104 single teams crossing, 16 horses ridden with 31 red horses, 53 cattle, 486 railroad cars, and 2 tickets sold. Total receipts from these sources amount to 165.32 dollars.
A Treasury Department note from Washington D C dated November 10 1876 praises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as highly effective for colds in both children and adults. The letter asserts near immediate cure and permanent relief and is signed by T.Y. Tuos or Ty Tuos B Paice.
A religious notice states the United Brethren church will host its quarterly meeting next week. The schedule includes an evening service on the upcoming Saturday and Sunday events with Rev Ashams and Elder Wm Hie as chairpersons.
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