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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1898
Page
5
The article explains incandescent lamps convert electricity into light and heat, with carbon filament causing high resistance. It warns lamps can ignite nearby inflammable materials, noting experiments show water boiling around a submerged 16 candlepower lamp and less so with 32 candlepower.
A German inventor describes a method of producing plate material that transmits light with low heat loss. A plate of the material fourteenths of an inch thick with ferrous chloride allows only 4 percent of radiant heat to pass, while a similar plate with iron chloride permits 12 percent. A thinner sheet reportedly lets under 1 percent of gas heat through, while still transmitting a portion of light.
A historical note estimates the skeleton of a Hayvann male weighs around nineteen pounds for an average man and suggests a woman’s skeleton would be about six pounds lighter, reflecting early anatomical measurements.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway distributes the pamphlet The Sunshine State and other publications at no charge to H F Hunter immigration agent for South Dakota in Chicago. The aim is to entertain and inform farmers seeking new homes in the fertile western region during winter evenings. Address 565 Old Colony Building Chicago 111.
An advertisement extols Morrow's Kid-ne-cids as a cure for nervousness and kidney disorders by preventing uric acid buildup. It cites a testimonial from Frank C. Canedy of Rock Island Illinois and promotes the product as cheap, non disruptive to work, and available at local druggists and Springfield Ohio chemists.
A农业 Epito mist urges farmers to visit city markets to learn trade methods and market conditions. The St Paul Globe notes central state markets offer education beyond distant cities, highlighting benefits of observing operations, expanding horizons, and refining economic judgment to time sales and improve thrift and labor efficiency.
The note lists numerous individuals and their hometowns across Iowa including Med Wing Neb and Tara Catharine Cool of Rock Isl and Charles Hatcher Mars Feuchter Zuma Edward G Nelson Thida J Youngren Moline John C Nurse Fannie Beh rens Port BAron Fred A Klebe Alma Letsch Barstow Benjamin Gerlach Davenport Clara L Barsel Hampton James F Whitmer Sugar Creek Tp Mayng Welch Wilton Andalusia Eva Fox Thaler Ridge Philip Wf Zuho Susie Whites Milan Henry J Monshan Oakelta Palmer Peoria James Pentland Charlotte La grelius Port Byron.
List of letters remaining unclaimed in the post office at Moline Rock Island county Illinois for the week ending Dec 22. Names include Miss Mary Benet Mrs J Brown Chas Doyle Chas Ginder Wm H Ginder Frank Herrmann Miss Madora L Johnegan G Johnson Miss Anna Lynch John Nelson A A Swanson Miss Ellen Warner. For letters please say advertised and give date of list. GEO H McKINLEY P M.
Washington reports Secretary Alger denies a navy department leadership change. Fleet headlines state there is no truth to circulating plans for a new head of the department.
Rosél Cole, a veteran Mississippi river steamboat captain, was robbed on a train bound for Chicago. The thief took Cole’s wallet with $750 in cash and the passenger faced loss of transportation to Dubuque.
In Chicago near Kinzie street and the Northwestern station two former friends clashed with revolvers. Mayer, a milk dealer from Pleasant Dairn Wisconsin, shot Dennis El Rey, a railway detective, fatally above the heart after Mayer’s weapon misfired once. Mayer was wounded in the left eye.
Paul L. Fosher, the elevator operator, saved residents from a midtown blaze. He made ten trips carrying passengers to safety through heavy smoke and extreme heat before collapsing from exhaustion and being cared for by those he rescued.
About fifty members of the Silver Democratic party of Iowa met in Des Moines to endorse a platform opposing imperialism and trusts, favoring no national currency control by private banks, and urging local option and county control to limit liquor traffic. unity and nonfusion stance noted.
The court of claims rejected the $36,600 claim of Isaac R. Hitt Mary S. Logan widow of General John A. Logan and Catherine Wiltshire for services in securing a refund of direct tax to Illinois. They failed to file with the state auditor within two years after maturity and the law barred payment on unexpressed or implied contracts.
An attempt to blow up the Terre coal mine at Lentzburg Illinois failed as the derrick was damaged to about 500 dollars. Sheriff Bameckal uses bloodhounds to track the would be perpetrators. The mine is owned by Perry and Long and is operated with non union labor.
A campaign petition in circulation announces former Governor John P. Altgeld as a mayoral candidate in Chicago. The document outlines his platform and campaign aims under Municipal Ownership and Chicago Platform.
Springfield reports Governor Tanner and Mrs. Tanner returned from Washington and New York. The governor is seriously ill and went to bed upon arriving at the executive mansion. He has not received visitors except his attending physician and has ordered no one else admitted.
Washington reports detail Ensign H H Ward from thePergaton coast guard who secretly entered Cadiz outside Spain and later the West Indies to relay naval strength and Cervera’s actions. The piece notes Ward’s covert work misread by officials as coast signal duties and compares his exploits with prior naval spies.
In Havana and nearby suburbs crowds jeer as Weyler effigies hang and celebrations mark evacuation. Cuban patriots force shopkeepers to proclaim Viva Cuba Libre while clandestine anti Spanish prints spread. Major Harrison raises the U S flag at Fort Azores contrary to orders. flags and tensions rise as Cuban and American symbols appear.
General Nelson A Miles and General Wesley Merritt testified before the war investigative commission. Miles criticized army beef in the field and described inadequate Santiago landing facilities and rations. He opposed sending large forces to Havana or Matanzas due to yellow fever. Merritt praised his troops and called the Philippine expedition a continuation of the same effort.
Kansas City December 22 delegates to the eighteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor vote nearly unanimously to reaffirm all prior AFL declarations on bimetallism. The action, introduced by Max Morris of Denver, states the principle remains but emphasizes it is entrenched and need not be debated further at this time.
President appoints Ethan Allen Hitchcock to succeed Bliss as secretary of the interior. Hitchcock, a Macal descendant and former minister to Russia, is Alabama born and Missouri resident. Spooner was asked to join the cabinet but declined after deliberation.
At noon yesterday Major Russell B Harrison with a detachment of the First North Carolina regiment raised the stars and stripes over Fort Azores in the Azores near Havana. He serves as provost of the Seventh corps to preserve order in Cerro and Jesus del Monte suburbs, with guard duties by two companies each from the Second Illinois and First North Carolina regiments.
Captain General Castellanos informed Brigadier General Claus that Havana’s evacuation will be finished on or before January 1. Fourteen transports are due within ten days from Spain. About 16,000 Spanish troops remain in Havana and surrounding areas, with the final departures timed to occur together.
William Simmes a former private in Company E First Alabama Regiment killed Bud Norton at a country dance on December 19 is jailed in Moulton Alabama and escaped lynching after a sheriff defeated the mob.
Deadwood South Dakota reports Mike Hennessy a Lead mine owner and John O Connell an Hennessy employee burned to death in their Crown Hill cabin early yesterday. Hints of foul play noted.
The Illinois supreme court reverses the ruling in Adams versus Brennan, holding a school contract requiring union labor constitutes unwarranted discrimination among citizens, restricts competition, and raises costs to taxpayers. A contractor offered two bids with and without a union labor clause. the higher bid was accepted.
A quorum saved Proctor's resolution to form a senate committee to probe the condition of affairs. The Bailey measure on veteran seating passed amid a slow session with no significant business. War department undecided on which volunteer regiments will be mustered out, with distributions likely among states. Farmers in Kansas seek county authority to fund irrigation against Colorado companies. Chicago markets report hogs, cattle, and sheep prices with varied receipts and ranges. Wheat and oats prices noted in Milwaukee.
We the undersigned agree to refund money on a fifty cent bottle and guarantee a twenty five cent bottle if the cough or cold is not cured. The Battles Pharmacy H. Sandstrom signs this guarantee to prove satisfactory or no pay.
Minneapolis resident Amost H. Watkins credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his fifteen year battle with chronic rheumatism. He reports intense pain before use and asserts relief since taking the pills. The ad promotes the medicine at fifty cents per box, six for $2.50, via Dodds Medicine Co. Buffalo NY.
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