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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1880
Page
1
Train notices from the Rock Island and Pacific line detail schedules to Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul with arrival and departure times and mail service. Local items include deaths from scarlet fever, new shops in Stewartsville, a deer sighting, a frozen river ice plan, and society notices such as marriages and invitations in Davenport and Moline.
Rock Island forms a committee to attend the Hennepin Canal Convention at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago today. Moline is urged to send a representative, while readers are invited to note the Buckeye Mfg Co advertisement offering opportunities to earn an honest livelihood. Local court news includes Marshal Fisu testifying in a Davenport case over alleged theft of forty dollars, with Anderson bound over in five hundred dollars. Postal service expansion reports four new sixty foot railway postal cars ordered for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line westward.
The Davenport figure 68 year old Jupge GrantT sails to Boston to study chemistry and mineral manipulation. He is described as old schoolboyish, while a note urges youngsters to watch their laurels amid local civic chatter.
FrRepD Asterlund warns of many dangerous flues in the city and urges the city council to fund intelligent inspections and effective remedies. Spectacles lost by Mrs Franklin of Barstow were found and will be returned Monday evening. Community events include Lodge installation and a Trinity Church organ project. A coal oil lamp exploded at the 9 cent store but caused no damage.
Clarence Whites and Hattie L. Phares were married last evening with many friends presenting gifts. The newlyweds begin their married life together in their East Moline home.
Mrs Dotty Carr Crossy, mother of Mrs C S Ells of Moline and Mrs L M Fletcher of Davenport, died last Sunday at 410 Perry Street Davenport at age 81. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon. Mrs Crosby was well known to Moline ladies after spending several weeks there last summer.
On Monday John W. Boyles hauled two loads of hay. one to Deere & Co. and one to S. H. Velie. The farm detail earned a net $51. The narrator notes future land development near Moline.
The report notes cattle in five car loads on a west bound train of the C R I & PRR and swine boxed for shipment by express companies heading toward pastures in the distant west.
Dr Klingberg reports a fine tract of land in Lyon County Kansas under rapid cultivation. He has abundant stock and good health with pleasing weather. He expects Kansas to be his permanent home during his life.
Sam Kennedy donated ten subscriptions to the Review-Dispatch for the Turners Fair. Prizes sold quickly and the event ran lively. Those who did not win a prize may be accommodated by calling at the Dispatch office.
Local report notes a busy hay market in Moline with about thirteen loads counted around 10:30 awaiting buyers. The Rock Island market appeared overfed yesterday as prices and conditions sparked cautious chatter.
Supervisor Reid quits the Chair manship of the Finance Committee following the smelling committee report. He says the board would not want a culprit in that position and that he acted hastily. The community still backs him, praising his service to Moline and the County amid attacks by rivals with Union backing.
Merchants report unusually busy holiday sales with shoppers paying cash for subsists and gifts. The pattern suggests healthy money flow, employers able to pay and employees with discretionary income. Readers are reminded to submit local meeting reports by noon daily or by weekly Wednesday.
Marshall Fish seized George Anderson Sunday morning on a warrant issued by T. S. Hough for assault. Anderson fled the town of Davenport after the incident, returned yesterday as S P. Nelson reported to Fish that Anderson had stolen $40 the previous night. He remains in jail pending transfer to Davenport for trial on the pending charge.
The piece notes The Head of Medusa by George Eliot offered at $1.50 per copy as a pleasant holiday gift. It praises R Crampton as a leading books and goods dealer and urges readers to buy family supplies before the festival. It also reports a Union table on debits of Ex-Treasurer Reid and freight figures for the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company, noting an 8,000 ton increase over last season.
Andrew Neelson, of the Wagon Company wood shop, was entangled by a belt and whirled around a shaft. Dr. Dunn examined him and found no broken bones though internal injury is feared. Arlington Minstrels coming to Timm's Hall Monday evening 27th praised in many cities.
The Turner Fair shows strong community support raising about $800 to clear debt and seed a proposed hall. Prizes drew wide interest with votes for the A O T hose company trumpet and Knell reclining chair awarded to Prof Mack. Winners and prize drawings listed, with tickets redeemable by F. Vierich.
Thompson O. Thompson, mayor's secretary, wrote that after slipping on a banana peel he sprained his knee and used St Jacobs Oil which he says acted like a charm at easing the pain.
Examinations in the public schools for the past term closed at noon Friday. Exercises were interesting, with regret that attendance by parents and friends was limited. Afternoon featured rhetorical drills across grades. Two weeks of recreation follow, hoped to be enjoyed by teachers and pupils. Snow arrives timely for sledding and coasting vacation fun.
The Moline members propose two grand musical and dramatic entertainments in their Hall on Christmas evening December 25 followed by a banquet. Amateurs perform vocal and instrumental music while local dramatists present plays aimed at maximum enjoyment within the evening.
Observers note that the shops with the largest crowds and greatest sales are the ones that invest in advertising. The question remains how much advertising truly boosts foot traffic and purchases.
A reflective Christmas piece celebrates bells symbolizing peace and goodwill. It links Christendom’s joy to the universal message of the nativity, urging charity, absence of malice, and sharing happiness with others. The Dispatch extends season’s greetings to readers and supporters.
Frank Gunnell, tax collector for the ensuing year, files an ironclad bond of 140000, with S. W. Wheelock, J. C. Starr, C. W. Lobdell, A. Friberg, A. S. Wright, J. M. Christy, John M. Gould signing. He will conduct business in the Moline National Bank room and open from tomorrow until books close. An unrelated advertisement promotes Dollas Electric Soap with claims of ease and safety for washing.
Gus Treman and Hugh Gilmore of Moline start a Omaha butchering venture and report good business. Hebron Nebraska sees a burial sent home for Mrs. Case’s brother from Rock Island. Rev J L Palmer at Tin dall’s School House cites the Dilly murder in Sunday remarks. Winter shooting contests begin on Mill Creek and farms of Tindall, Brasher, and Tuttleton show notable crops.
An old advertisement promises free trial bottles of Kings New Discovery for coughs colds and throat issues. It targets those unable to afford medicine, claiming the remedy can cure a large share of cases and urging the afflicted to request a trial bottle from Sicharde and Sohrbeck.
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