City Council Receives Bridge Inspection Report 1882
The city council meets December 11 1882 with all aldermen present except Hill. E P Reynolds reports on the Rock River bridge inspection noting worn floor beams defective ironwork missing bolts and improper joints. The council adopts the report and orders actions to enforce contract specifications and form a bridge committee.
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City Council
Hill
E. P. Reynolds
Rock River
Ald Woodward
Ald Knox
Woodward
Special Gas Committee
Ma Mann
Specs Gas Committee
Ald Kno
Riek River
Sai Rock River
J A Bullen & Cos
E. P Reynolds
Ali Smfemann
Ald Weare
Ald
Probate Court Records Estate Sales and Final Accounts
Inventory approved for Henry McKnight estate with sale of real estate proposed. Notices by publication to multiple nonresident defendants include Mary Lighton and others who defaulted. Amos Sailor estate final accounts and distribution orders filed. Elizabeth Bennett and Thomas Van Tuy estates closed after final accounts and reports.
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Henry McKnight
Thomas Lightee
Aled Defenda 4
Mary A. Lighton
Helen Lighton Miller
Charlotte Lighton
Wm Lighton
Lydia Lighton
Hannah E Wiley
Eddie Ho Wiley
Erastus Fuller
Sidney Stenberg
Wm Fl Robinson
Property transfers and additions in Moline Davenport area records
An OCR extract lists multiple property transfers in Moline Davenport and Rock Island areas including Magg J Willamuth to Chase Lind strom lots in Christy & Grover's addition Moline $900 John G Sullabury to Hattle B Vinton Me lot 7 block 4 Osborn's street addition and others with prices such as $3,500 $500 and $1 plus a note about supply of Goria & Co to the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company and a medical promo for Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
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Recorder's
Willamuth
Chase Lindstrom
Christy & Grover
Moline
John G. Sullabury
Hattle
Vinton
Old Town
Mary A. McKinly
Samuel Atwater
Osborn
Aline
Jamesa Me Inley
John Ro McCalister
Erma Waltman
Chas Buford
Rock Island
Clam Ho Schneesroth
C. J A Curlison
Nourse
Bally Davenport
Henry Lohse
Biktick
Davenport
Hock Island
John A. Vogel
John C Vogel
Rapids City
Goria & Co
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Keator Lumber Company
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Ilroad Company
John K. Johnston
Mary McKnight
J. B. Cornwall
Calvin Goodrich
Hillsdale
Jeremiah Ail
Ail & Walker
M. C. Crandall
Texas man arrested in murder case after thirteen years
James Creswell was arrested in Texas for a murder committed thirteen years ago. He had eluded detection all that time and believed his identity was destroyed due to a mistaken forgetfulness.
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James Creswell
Texas
Tuk
Unclaimed Letters in Moline Post Office List 1883
Post office at Moline in Rock Island county lists remaining unclaimed letters for the week ending December 14 1883. Names include O'Brien Anderson McKee Brannatrom Nilson Cannon Nilson Delaney Wagner Johnson Swenson Erickson Gould Grove Swenson Ewenson When calling for these letters state advertised and give the list date. L. E. Hemenway P. M.
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Moline
Rock Island County
Katie Prenston
Edward Fairbanks
Mfg Co. Pulaski
C. H Engle
Mc Pene Elsberg
Char Flint
Mr Erickson
Alfr Erickson
Olof Gould
C A. Grove
Joseph Swenson
Jons Hass
W. C. Thomas
John P. Holtgren
Os Son
C. H. Johnson
A Wan Wagner
Lands Johaagen
L. E. Hemenway
P. M
Dr Willett’s Moonshine Lecture At Wagner’s Opera House
Dr Willett delivered a late evening lecture on Moonshine at Wagner’s Opera House attracting a large, attentive audience and lively laughter. The program praised Elliott Barnes’ Only A Farmer’s Daughter and Miln Burleigh Combination performanc es with notable actors Geo C Miln and Col John L Burleigh, plus a charity concert at First Baptist Church.
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Dr. Willett
Wagner
Opera
Willett
Elliott Barnes
Wagners Opera House
New York
Miln Burleigh
Geo C Miln
John L. Burleigh
Booth
Barrett
Anat
Geo. C. Miln
West
Unity Church
Chicago
Bia Succesa
Wagner's
Opera House
Will
Walt Doubt
Postoffice Open Sunday in Mourne
A letter from the First Assistant Postmaster General directs Mourne to keep the postoffice open one hour on Sunday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. starting December 10. Postmasters, including L. Be. Hemenway, comply to department requirements.
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Moline
Sam
L. BE. Hemenway,ip. M
Fragmentary note about a woman and man arguing
Fragmentary OCR reads a woman accompanying Mevides, a man frate her mother and a warning not to get angry or repeat a behavior. Details are unclear due to missing words.
Belmont expands to bakery in Laurent the present success
The Belmont in Laurent adds a bakery to the business, continuing in that line from today. Advertisements note Dr Lindsey's Blood Searcher and Dr Price's Favorite Prescription available nationwide, with medical claims and stamp offers.
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Laurent
Ro Price
Golden Medical Discovery advertised as cure all liver ailments
An advertisement promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for torpid liver biliousness and related symptoms. A Turner Society benefit concert at Wagner's Opera House Rock Island features Bleuer's Band with HG Barsel Wm Eberling Fred Dorman Gu Peters Henry Stenger on a Saturday evening ticketed at one dollar, sold by committee only.
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Pierce
Turner Society
Wagner
Opera
Bleuer
Rock Island
HG Barsel
Wm Eberling
Fred Dorman
Gu Peters
Henry Stenger
Dr Dye's Celebrated Electr oltaic Belts for Men
Voltaic Belt Co of Marshal Michigan offers thirty day trial of Dr Dye's Electr oltaic Belts and Electric Appliances for men with nervous debility and loss of vitality. No risk or dues during trial period. Trial guarantees restoration of health and vigor. Address provided.
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Voltaic Belt Co
Marshal, Mich
Dye
State Horticultural Society meets in Kankakee
The twenty second meeting opens with E Halstead chairing. Secretary and Treasurer reports are read. Barnard, president of the Kankakee County Horticultural, plans a paper on fruit conditions and outlook. State reports note a light crop while wood is suitable for winter. An evening session presents papers on Landscape Gardening and Vegetable Physiology by professors Handish and Burrill.
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Kankakee
State Horticultural Society
E Halstead
Aiton
Barnard
Kankakee County
Handish
Galesburg
S. Don
Pout
T. J. Burrill
Champaign
Simon Hirsch Holiday Display Attracts City Shoppers
An ornate ad touts Simon Hirsch as offering the greatest holiday display with silk handkerchiefs mufflers ties and fur caps hats gloves and mittens at low prices. An invitation to President Arthur and Cabinet to attend the Texas State Baengerfest in Dallas next May is noted, highlighting a potential first presidential visit to Texas with only General Taylor having set foot there in 1846.
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Simon Hirsch
Arthur
Cabinet
Texas
Dallas
Taylor
White House
San Francisco Tailor Shoots Self in Daring Suicide
A San Francisco tailor killed himself with a large pistol. The bullet shattered the skull, leaving the crown found fifty feet away and portions unrecovered. The coroner's inquest noted a water charge behind the wad as the missile, and the skull thickness exceeded a quarter inch.
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San Francisco
Riron Laxana Invites 300 Women in Masked Viennese Gala
The Japanese lord Riron Laxana travels Europe like a literary figure and while in Vienna charters a hotel inviting 300 women to attend a masked gala. The invitation suggests an exclusive social event in the Austrian capital during his continental journey.
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Riron Laxana
Europe
Gautier
Vienna
Masket al
Odds and Ends of Figures and Facts Across Cities
A digest of varied notes mentions Philadelphia’s assessed value at 571,488,255, less than New York City, coal to iron rails history, immigration into Manitoba, Americans and Canadians dollars estimates, dominoes combinations at 284,528, and a Utah cattle sale recap. It also cites Baton’s boot and shoe market, Russian census details for St Petersburg, and a Washington Dulles site with a new Judiciary Square building.
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Philadelphia
New York City
Iaramie Plains
Utah
Chicago News
Luston
St Petersburg
Ilica
Juidiciary Square
Washington
MC. Meigs
New York
Reformed Muntch Church
N. Y
Wit and Wisdom Mixes in Laughing Notes and Tales
A collage of quips and anecdotes from humorous sayings to brief vignettes. Jokes about forgetful conductors, clever price tricks at markets, and a country youth playfully answering a merchant reveal a lighthearted snapshot of everyday wit.
Banking in the Gunnison Region during the Denver era
A Denver and Rio Grande Country banking anecdote recounts a bank president in Gunnison visiting Denver and learning upon return that the cashier had not fled, nor burglars charged, while the porter confirms no embezzlement.
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Denver and Rio Grande Country
Gunnison
Denver
James
Railroads Reach Tariff Accord Ending Rate War
New York December 18 rail managers endorse a tariff plan with percent splits for divisions including Minneapolis Rock Island 25 percent and St Paul 3814 percent. They expect formal signing tomorrow and vow not to violate contracts for one year while continued talks cover traffic division and leadership changes across Northwestern Omaha and Rock Island roads.
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New York
Minneapolis
Rock Island
Ond
St. Paul
Northwestern
Omaha
Rock Island Road
Windsor Hotel
Northwestro
the -Emmites
Trath
Cable
Hughitt
Hughite
Porter
Hughitt Wall
Northwestern Road
Riddle
Vanderbilt
Omaha Railroad
Uaink
Tuktin Roofing Nears Completion at Swedlab Luther Church
Roof work at the Swedlab Luther Church by Tuktin Roofing approaches completion. Crews finish final shingles and flashing, restoring the church’s exterior as the project nears its finish line.
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Tuktin
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G. W Swensson
Miss M Ewenson
August
Te Reuse
Rindquist
Olof Robinson
Wes
Miln-Burleigh
First Baptist Church
Alfred Corna
Messrs Bodine and Munson
Harmonie Quartet
Bowlby Bros
Brenner &Co
Mourne
Lindsey
TutLin & Anderson
Cottrell & Babcock
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Butnlo
WIT and Wisdom
Pittsten
Drtron Free Press
Gutavus Schwackheimer
Justavus
Tipperary
Norritown Herut
Chicago Tribune
Warner
H. H. Warner & CO
Bechester
Mesa
United States
Cassel & McKrever
Ilinois
OTICE
Oline Electric Co
Orcet
John M. Porter
WM. Benson
Brass Foundry
J. H. Brumbauch
Wells Street
United States Mutual Accident Association
Broadway
Beoreta
Audi
N.H. Cederberg
White Street
Henry
Illinois
Marston Ki
Marston
Magees
Cosas
The
Medy CO
Fulton St
Gurma
Stevens Institute of Technology
Loowis N
Thin Tao
Malia
Indianapolis
Rasolta
McKemson & Rovrinanoy
Sezoret
Percapire Yelevitis
America
Euro
Miami
Parla
Washburnie
J.D. Larkin &Co
Buffalo
Edward E. Leary
Prark Market Square
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