County officials face accounting gaps in 1880s review
The Moline Review-Dispatch reports the Finance Committee found unpaid sums in the accounts of Ex-Sheriff Payne and Ex-County Clerk Cook, with minor credits still due. The board approved a policy to allow excess clerk hire beyond fixed amounts, while Sheriff Perkins faces about 2685 dollars unaccounted for, prompting serious questions about accountability and potential legal action.
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Board of Supervisors
Payne
Cook
Larson
Zimmerman
Atkinson
Rock Island
Finance Committee
Sherif Perkins
Perkins
McConnell
Resignation of Sheriff Perkins and coroner takes charge
Constable Mapes reports Sheriff Perkins has resigned to the Board of Supervisors who accepted it. Coroner Morris will oversee the office until a new sheriff is elected or appointed. In other notes, promotion of Our Little Ones magazine and bundled offers with Review-Dispatch for family reading at low annual rates.
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Mapes
Perkins
Board of Supervisors
Morris
Wm T Adams
Optic
Russel Publishing Company
Tremont Street
Boston
Kennedy
Weekly Review-Dispatch
Our Little Ones
Review-Dispatch
Remedy for Hard Times and Wise Living Tips
A compact reflection on enduring hardship urging prudent living and resisting wasteful habits. The prose emphasizes steady effort, frugality, and mindful choices to endure economic or personal strain. It frames remedies as practical steps rather than quick fixes.
Special Election Ordered for Sheriff Succession
The resignation of Sheriff Perkins triggers a special election set for Tuesday January 25 with notices issued by the County Clerk. Coroner Morris serves temporarily as the office holder while Republicans call a convention at the Court House in Rock Island on January 3 to nominate a candidate, with township primaries planned for January 21 in most towns and January 23 in Rock Island Moline and Black Hawk.
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Perkins
Board of Supervisors
Morris
County Republican Committee
Court House
Rock Island
Moline
Black Hawk
Clarence White and Hattie Phares to wed at East Moline home
At eight o'clock this evening Clarence White and Hattie L Phares will join in matrimony at the latter's home in this city. Rev GF Linfield will officiate. The couple will move to their furnished East Moline home near Capt Bennett's residence. Clarence White, foreman of the press room for Mr Kennedy, is praised as competent and trustworthy with a bright future. The note closes with best wishes from the office for a couple starting life together.
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Clarence White
Hattie L Phares
GF Linfield
East Moline
Capt Bennett
Clarence i
Clarence
Local notes on town figures and health concerns
Personal observations mention Sharp a versatile political observer and Gault persuading subscriptions. D A to St Louis and Arkansas Hot Springs. Lewis Gunnel now in Osceola. Dr McKinnie ill with rheumatic heart, improving next morning. Win 8 Raley long serving Poor Farm warden contemplates retirement amid aging poor house and crowded ninety six inmates requiring care.
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Lewis Gunnel
Moline
Osceola
Ned
Frank
McKinnie
Win
Raley
Milan
Bailey
Drunk in Public Fined In Local Court
Wilbur Smith appeared before Justice Grover and was fined five dollars plus costs totaling eighty two dollars. Bernard Blair also paid two hundred eighty dollars for the same offense.
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Wilbur Smith
Grover
Bernard Blair
Rock Island Bridges Toll Policy Up for Renewal
The city of Rock Island faces expiration of the Rock Island Bridges franchise in February 1581 and the old plank road company charter a year later. Afterward tolls on rand road and bridges would be unlawful absent legislative renewal. The council moved to tender the city’s entire interest to the county, contingent on repairs and toll abolition or nominal fees.
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Rock Island
Rock River
Milan
Old Plank Road Company
Milan Road
Rand
Act of Segislature
Councl
Swedish Citizen to Move Its Publication to Moline
Eric Johnson announces The Swedish Citizen will relocate to Moline Illinois and be published there from the next issue, increasing to six columns to meet rising advertising demand. The paper plans a January 1 1881 debut with Christmas and New Year greetings to readers.
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Eric Johnson
Galva
Moline
Capt Johnson
Svenise Citizen
Anxious to Rise at LaFayette Daily Journal
In a light anecdotal note a supervisor from John A Hutchison Kerosene Oil Works Boston recounts a foreman spraining a toe stair incident. After receiving St Jacobs Oil, the foreman improved rapidly with an almost instantaneous cure.
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LaFayette Daily Journal
Daniel Webster
John A Hutchison
Boston
Mass
Patton
St Jacobs
Ile
Moline Rock Island Post Office Leters and Guardianship Notices
Post office letters for week ending December 23 1550 list recipients and advertisers. Probate Court records show guardianship cases in Cambria county include Thomas Welch Ollie Bechuimor and Charles and Frederick Wilson with guardianship transfers and sales. administrator bonds for Chas Fabian and Mary Reese and school reports from Moline Central School for December 1879 and 1880.
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Moline Rock Island County
Limos
Borgwardt
Ave
Morris
Millie A Brown
Mr Nilson
Anders Burges
Wm Olson
Darrah Chloe Person
Nils
Fitch
Eunice M Peterson
Nils Forsberg
C Peterson
Peter Golen
Ben
Sandberg
EF Nichols
Josie Smith
Fred M Jones
H Clark Stanton
Naomie Johnson
Carl Walton
Frank Carson
A G Wood
Abbie M. McKinley
Jennie Young
Hewinway
Thomas Welch
Orphans’ Court
Cambria County
Ollie Bechuimor
Guardian
Ward
Charles L
Frederick Wilson
Marion Wilson
Jacob Stewart
Chas. Fabians
H. L. Bullen
Bullen
Eof
Mary
Reese
New
Salve and tonic claims from 19th century ads
An old advertisement touts a skin salve for cuts sores ulcers and a ginger tonic for health claims. The copy promises money back satisfaction and lists Richards Lohrbeck and Parker's Ginger Tonic as featured products amid grandiose testimonials of healing many people.
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Richards & Lohrbeck
Watertown News Briefs Include Santa Visit and Holiday Plans
Santa Claus will visit the Baptist church Friday evening with free admission. Mr James of the C M and St P RR is returning home to Thompson for holidays. Mr E C Lewis will spend a few days in Springfield Washington. No school vacation due to disturbances. older boys miss winter sessions. Rev J B Godfrey spoke at the Baptist Church and may hold further meetings. Uncle Ephraim Warren plans Christmas reunion and tree. Oscar A springfield intends to visit Town next week.
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Santa Claus
Baptist Church
James
C. M &St P R.R
Thompson
E C Lewis
Springfield
J B Godfrey
Ephraim Warren
Uncle Ephraim
Oscar Arenschield
Trask's Magnetic Ointment Promises Relief and Refund
An advertisement claims Trask's Magnetic Ointment cures burn bruise sore or inflammation with external or internal use. If it succeds it should be shared with friends. if not, the price will be refunded.
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Trask
Letters on local road safety and community improvements
A South Moline reader complains about the Board of Supervisors and road commissioners over road safety and side tracks. The letter calls for convenient side tracks between William Runge and Frick’n Hull and notes the early ice harvest on Rock River.
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Review-Dispatch
Board of Supervisors
South Moline Board of Road Commissioners
Street and Alley Committee of
Moline
William Runge
Frick
Hull
Jackson Gamble
Adams County
South Moline
Rock River
Kansas Governor Reports Reduced Aid to Immigrant Settlers
Governor St John states that of 40 000 Kansas settlers only 500 receive aid now, over 30 000 received aid initially, and once off aid they do not return. The report counters press claims about black immigration from the South and suggests political dynamics in Kansas remain Republican. The note also mentions a tax recovery suit and barb wire patent decisions affecting manufacturers.
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Kansas
St John
Relief Association
Morality and Plunder Among Orkney Islanders After Wreck
London Telegraph notes with irony that Orkney locals plunder a wreck near Kirkwall, stripping a Liverpool bark Pool from rope to table legs. They deem wreck plunder legitimate, calling it a Providence gift, while claiming “highly moral” behavior in ordinary theft is rare. Nordenskjold plans another Lena River departure to chart access to the New Siberian Islands coast.
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Orkney Isles
Poolscar
Liverpool
Kirkwall
Orkney
Providence
London Telegraph
Nordenskyjold
Lena
Asia
Swede Methodist Episcopal Church Services
The Swede Methodist Episcopal church announces services led by Rev. Wy John Bmandiyx with pastors Orner Lynde and Henry Skits. Sunday morning at 11 30 and evening at 7 30. A reading of hymns and prayers featured.
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Lynde
Henry
Wy John Bmndiyx
Bunday Hokpol
Methodist Episcopal
Xorner Lynde
Park Streets
A. R. Morgan
St. St. Mary’ S
ORNER
Illinois
Pitts
Father H Grive
Orner Ann
Bpencer
O Lindh
Xorner Henry
Orner Bass
Barnard
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