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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1881
Page
8
Railroad timetable notes show Omigago to Milwaukee and St Paul Express and Night Express with departure and arrival times. It lists accommodations, train arrivals Sunday mornings, and differences between lines OM & StP and others on weekend and weekday service.
Local notices report commerce at E E Hood and others with groceries and flour. bank deposits exceed $1,000,000 in Decatur. a new school bell added to a tower. county prisoners and casualties in mines. Wabash railway losses from a bridge collapse. various auctions and shipments including flour, butter, eggs, and potatoes. state officials and civic concerns feature alongside editorials on Navy leadership and hospital fundraising.
Frep Nelson reports booming business in Galesburg while Patsy Devine awaits a second murder trial in Clinton. Brown's Iron Bitters advertised for nerves and vitality. N Chester & Co menus feature evaporated peaches and various raisins. Missing names and scattered notices reflect a bustling 19th century town page.
The Bloomington Bulletin reports that on Wednesday afternoon a storm struck near Holder and farm hand Christopher Michaels, employed by Mr. Samms, was instantly killed by lightning. An item notes dangers of storms and a local fatality among workers.
Turrogan county jail sits empty as proponents of temperance argue that prohibition has closed the facility. The period piece notes a vacant jail cited by temperance advocates as evidence of reform, with local officials offering no reopening plans.
The Secretary of State licenses the Inter State Railway Telephone Company of Chicago with a capital of $3,000,000. Notices mention various local merchants and retailers, upcoming rail projects, new products, and community events across Illinois cities including Sparta, Rock Island, and Moline.
A resident of Coal town named Thos. Greenwood is alleged to have beaten a horse to death last Monday. He was seen drunk driving an overworked animal. The morning after the crime the horse lay by the roadside with fatal injuries and a bloody club nearby. News reached Moline Friday.
Fragmentary passage discusses teeth conditions and their impact on cleanliness and health. It mentions infections from inadequately cleansed teeth affecting the processing of food and references an opinion on health and attractiveness.
Medical tone claims nervousness stems from stomach weakness and promotes a tonic for digestion and nerves. Ad calls for regular use of product to improve health and vitality.
Last Thursday evening Rev. Waller united John McBurney and Hannah Peterson at the bride’s parents’ residence on Main Street. McBurney is noted as a skilled artist in house and sign painting.
Kidney-Wort is touted as a natural remedy for kidney and liver diseases, piles, and constipation. It warns that sediment or mucus signals disease, and claims to revive torpid organs, cleanse the system, and cure headache, bilious attacks, dizziness, and loss of appetite. See adv.
Jostan Henson, the original model for the hero in Uncle Tom's Cabin, died recently in Canada. He leaves a mourning family of eleven children, forty four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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