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A promotional notice from the Review-Dispatch offers one year subscriptions to The Review-Dispatch and Century Magazine for 4 20, St Nicholas for 3 40, Dearest 3 2 50, and Agriculturist 1 200, with credit and arrears handling. The offer closes December 3 and expires January 1, with delivery by return mail and reminders to subscribers.
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Hampton Townsfolk Hopeful Amid Coal Worries
County correspondence notes town life steady amid coal fears. Hampton gains a new shoemaker, Mr Gelton from Prima rents the shop. Mr Palmer leaves a profitable market. new school bell sought. car purchases and farm work mentioned. Readers report Sunday school attendees and upcoming services.
Hillsdale News Roundup and Local Notices
Hillsdale reports Deacon Fl is back in town and Mr Davesartin ill with pleurisy. Wash Rasor shipped a wagonload of poultry to Geneseo last week. Preaching at the Hillsdale schoolhouse next Sunday. M I Feaster began third term teaching Walker school and is well liked. Shooting match at Joslyn yielded three firsts and four seconds for local boys. Mill lost fourteen sheep in one night to dogs. second time this season. Mrs Geo Beal visited Erie and returned home. E P Feaster’s new barn adds value to his farm. Real Bros franchisees failed at this place and Eric, transferring property to territors. liabilities moderate. End notes from December 6.
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Rasor
Geneseo
Hillsdale
M. I. Feaster
Walker
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Erie
E.P Feaster
Fran Hants
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Conflict to boost Dispatch subscriptions in 1881 note
A fragment notes that the county conflict instead of injuring the Dispatch will fill its subscription list, dated December 7th, 1881.
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Sogscriser
Christmas Preparations and Local Wedding News
Christmas preparations fill the Presbyterian church as a tree is prepared for Friday evening before Christmas on December 23. Last Wednesday evening November 30, Charles Lafiin and Jessie Bopes were married despite bad weather, with gifts valued around 200 dollars and wishes for a happy life. J W Elston arrived December 1 to teach Kimble school on Buffalo Prairie, praised by the school board. A local wit rode 15 miles with a buggy wheel on one side, pondering life and crops, while noting festive treats of oysters.
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Presbyterian
Charles Lafiin
Taylor Ridge
Jessie Bopes
Edgington
J W . Elston
Pecatonia
Ill
Kimble
Buffalo Prairie
Isle of St. Helena
Tim
Worthy
Port Ayhox Revives Town News and Social Notes
Mrs B iehtipas and her children left for Oskaioensowa last week to visit family. Misa Minste Perkins from Rock Island visited friends in town. Revival meetings started at the M E church last Thursday evening. Fox Academy winter term planned for eight weeks with classes and meals. D S thie coe li reports E Re D.A. fire stock jewelry explored.
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D.A. Ee Eler
Social Notes From Wesley Hanna's And Local Happenings
Miss Jennie Odell visits Wesley Hanna's while Marion Walker, en route from Chicago to Keswick, stops at Joslyn. farmers plow early in December despite harsh conditions. H B Joslin buys a hay press from Irvin & Son of Cleveland to press and ship hay by railroad. Osborn Euelp’s hold a meeting debating fiction's benefits. Joslin literary society elects new officers: President Leslie Hanna, Vice-President Ollie Dunbar, Rec Secretary Mary Allen, Car Secretary Rose Williams, Treasurer Geo Crompton. December 8, 1881.
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Marion Walker
Joslyn
Chicago
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Kansas
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Mr. Irvin & Son
Cleveland
Ollie Dunbar
Rec
Mary Allen
Car
Rose Williams
Geo Crompton
Illinois City News Reflects Winter Delays and Local Events
The Illinois City column notes severe travel slowdown due to bad roads and winter conditions. It reports Captain Stanley's return, trouble of Rock Island bound ice, and a deadly injury to N V Reed J P from a nasal wound. It also mourns Captain Haverstick’s death and praises Molini’s entertainments. The piece explains Dispatch newspaper operations and requests local business input for a city overview.
Wheelock's Block Near Library Street Progress Update
Last Spring Mayor Wheelock began extension work along eastward Library Street. The project, completed at about twenty thousand dollars, doubles post office space and adds three thousand boxes. The plan reshapes the library stairs into a wide lobby while expanding first floor openings for Clendenin's wallpaper, Fisk’s store, and Tilton’s jewelry factory as the street area becomes a fashionable shop quarter.
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Wheelock
Clendenin
Fisk
Where Oh Where Are the Hebrew Childen
An old newspaper item notes a misprint or ad line about a cough syrup advertised as St Mar hall’s Lung Syrup offered for twenty five and fifty cents with a prompt to ask the druggist for it.
Opera House debate stirs town efforts and gifts
In Moline, residents discuss funding an opera house as a public gift to the city. Proposals include a $10 donation to seed a $10,000 fundraiser, with possible city ownership and leasing to Captain Timm, aiming to boost culture and uses for a proposed west-side lot. The piece also notes a fatal mine accident involving Samud¢l Lundahl and quotes a coroner's verdict on operator negligence.
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Dispatch Office
Samud¢l Lundahl
Gilchrist & Cos
Benson
Lundahl
Fragmented 1900s School District Notice Summary
A damaged passage notes a procurement of supplies and references for a new building. It mentions examinations for positions, an election of a janitor, and balance of school funds or insurance pricing related to the building project. The text is unclear and partial.
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John Lusk
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Iy Ne Iw
Trade stretch for Christmas stock at Goup & Co
The text notes a large Christmas stock including escape, fine silk mufflers, velvet wide end scarves. It highlights richer and neater styles in the market as Group & Co. deals with a big inventory.
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Goup & Co
Death rate report for leading world cities in November
The National Board of Health bulletin presents the death rate data for the world's leading cities for November. It lists comparative mortality figures, highlighting urban health patterns and changes from prior months.
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National Board of Health Bulletin
Evening Dispatch cures neuralgia with St Jacobs Oil
Mr E G Gartzman business manager of the Evening Dispatch New York Pa was cured of neuralgia by three applications of St Jacobs Oil Boston Mass Saturday Evening The Secretary of State licenses the incorporation of a Moline Electric Light and Power Co incorporators Chas E Piper Stillman W Wheelock Chas H Degre Morris Roeenfield capital stock $25000 shares $25 each Moonlight prediction notes brighter nights as moonlight increases.
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Moline Electric Light and Power Co
Chas. E. Piper
Stillman W. Wheelock
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Morris Roeenfield
Wonderful Power Kidney-Wort Promises Health Gain
A Vermont carpenter long hindered by chronic kidney disease credits Kidney-Wort with a full recovery after one box. He says it made him a new man and believes it will restore health to others similarly afflicted as sold in dry and liquid forms.
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Montgomery
Danbury News
Telegraph Line Fault Cited In Rock Island Communication
Report notes difficulty in telephone communication with Rock Island not reflecting on the local operator. The statement says even the best operator cannot do better under current conditions. It suggests wires should be farther apart to improve service.
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Rock Island
Unquestionable Gratitude in 1884 Kidney Cure Note
A customer testimonial from Warren dated July 30 1884 praises H H Warwitz and Co for Sirt Your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. The writer claims relief from a severe kidney difficulty causing significant trouble and suffering. Signed by P W Suriirs.
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H. H. Warwitz & Co
P. W. Suriirs
Post Office Evening Rush Tidings
Busy police guard the post office as residents collect mail each evening. People staggered through the doors and depart after receiving their letters, while staff clear space for others queuing behind.
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