Local notices and weather amid Rock Island county campaign chatter
In Rock Island, sheriff candidates announce for the Republican convention with J F Ankrum and John H Gilmore named. Weather highlights include 15 to 20 below zero with limited warming. Notices cover trains of the Illinois routes and local business greetings, while social items note births, arrivals, and community happenings in Moline and Davenport.
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Otera
Rock Island County
J F Ankrum
Rock Island
John H Gilmore
Rt County Republican Committee
Moline
Swede Lutheran orders large organ for church building
George Waters debates if borrowing a gun and paying repairs pays off. Swede Lutheran community plans a large organ for their church, likely the biggest in the two cities.
Mrs Scott leaves Port Byron for Moline after long residence
Mrs. Scott widow of Rev. N B Scott has sold her Port Byron residence and will live with her daughter Mrs. Wm McKeever in Moline. Though aged she remains in good health and has many warm friends in Port Byron.
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Port Byron
Six Years of Bedridden Sickness Reversed by Hop Bitters
A recounting of prolonged illness costing 200 dollars yearly for six years, totaling 1200 dollars, abruptly ended after the subject’s wife took Hop Bitters. The account notes her personal remedy and its claimed success.
Local Moline Notes of Dining Gifts and Personal Moves
A long column of local notices records a benevolent party by N Curster for his workers, new business openings on Rodman avenue, a family visit from I D Raspatr, and social arrivals. It notes Kitty M Sykes’s Davenport wedding, water power office changes, a grocery stock move by E M Cralle, and community concerns about coasting on High School hill with loud language complaints and a pending jury verdict.
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O S Bryast
Nekotma
Dr Stewart
Rodman Avenue
Avenue Street
E M Cralle
Moline
Best salve for cuts and skin sores advertised
A historical advertisement claims a salve treats cuts briar sores ulcers tetter hands and various skin eruptions. It emphasizes its healing strength and suitability for skin ailments.
Marriage of Hosford and Chapman in Clinton Iowa
On Wednesday evening Mr Hosford of Clinton Iowa and Miss Chapman of Moline were married at the bride’s mother's home in Rock Island. Rev A B Allen officiated with a large bridal party and many friends present. The couple plan an extended eastern visit before settling in Clinton Iowa.
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Hosford
Chapman
Schiller Hapsford
Clinton
Iowa
Ploy M Chapman
A B Allen
Trinity Episcopal Church
Rock Island
C C Carter
Rock [Sland
OP Stone
Emma Chapman
Moline
Alice Webber
Missen Grace Welie
Mabel Cady
Wlosford
Clinton Lutober Company
Kloy Chapman
Moline Society
East
Clinton, Lowa
A Lesson to Boys in a Local Hearing
A boy was fined 3 dollars plus 9 dollars costs totaling 12 dollars for using obscene language to a lady at a city hearing. The editorial urges all citizens to curb profane speech and notes the case as a deterrent to restore decency in streets and public places.
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Henry Wheelock
James
Laqtare Grover
Marriages Licenses Issued Since December Seventeenth
A list of marriage licenses issued since December 17 includes Victor A Walstrand and Emma E Gnsom Cicero, W A Hlamer and Margaret A Armpriest, EK W Osborn and Eva L O Calking, Joseph Ko Sible and Belle Walker, Archibald Hodge and Eliza Dorman, J W Terple and Katy Schmoll, Amasa Spice and Sarah A Waldman, Isaac Miller and Rachel Shinn Schiller, Hosford and Flory Hapman, Oscar T Bowman and Tackie Anderson, Alexander Clark and Janette Wyper, Evert Gladhill and Lora Brooks, John W Marsh and Mary Vanke, Charles Pearson and Mary Breecher, John N Dean and Elster Ryder, Charles B Short and Mrs Katie Kelly, Hi M Reynolds and 5 Howard, Daniel J Durbin and Wiley A Bigelow, Gaunt and Sarah A Johnston, Williamson and Sarah Gray. At a mass meeting a La Grange report notes St Jacobs Oil’s claimed efficacy for rheumatic ills and other diseases.
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Victor A Walstrand
Emma E
Cicero Dauph
Juha A
Howard
Hlamer
Margaret A
Armpriest EK W Osborn
Eva LO Calking
Joseph Ko Sible
Hbelle Walker
Wm LaPointe
Helen Freed
Archibald Hodge
Eliza Dorman J W Terple
Katy Schmoll
Amasa Spice
Sarah A Waldman
Isaac Miller
Rachel Shinn
Schiller
Hosford
Flory
Hapman Oscar
Bowman
Tackie Anderson
Alexander Clark
Janette Wyper Evert Gladhill
Lora Brooks
John W. Marsh
Maryv van Winkle
Charles Pearson
Mary Breecher
John N
Dean—Elster Ryder
Charles B Short
Mra
Katie Kelly
Hi M
Reynolds—Carne
Howard Daniel J. Durbin
Wiley A Bigelow Dance
Gaunt
Sarah A Johnston m Williamson
Sarah Gray
Frozen to Death On Campbell's Island Fisherman Nordgren
Coroner Morris held an inquest on Carl Nordgren found dead at his shanty on Campbell's Island. The jury, sworn witness Swan Johnson, determined Nordgren froze to death while sick and unable to care for himself between 7:30 p.m. December 25 and Monday December 27.
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Morris
Carl Nordgren
Zack Einfeldt
Swan Johnson
Nordgren
Campbell's Island
Nordgren’s
Bergstrom
Divorces in Rock Island and Scott Counties Highlight 1880s Trends
Rock Island County Illinois recorded 48 divorces in 1880 while neighboring Scott County Iowa had 94. The data reflect differing social patterns and court activity between two midwestern counties in the period.
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Rock Island
Scott County
Iowa
Illinois
Thief Caught With Robe After Barn Burglary
A stranger named Martin Kinney entered B C Warren s barn Saturday morning and carried off a sledge robe. Win Young and a companion tracked the thief, recovered the robe, and brought him before Judge Grover. Kinney held on bond 500 for court appearance. Andrew Larson fined 20 dollars plus costs for shoving Andrew Bergstrom with a shovel. Several coal miners visited the city Friday and Saturday. no disturbance reported. Maeter Beck fined 10 dollars for keeping a disorderly house. John Heuser fined 3.60 for selling liquor to a minor.
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Martin Kinney
C Warren
Young
Require Grover
County Jtil
Andrew Larson
Costa
Esquire
Grover
Andrew Bergstrom
Maeter Beck
Uhia
John Heuser
Telegraph system to link Main Street offices in city
The Armenican Telegraph Company under Mr Hinde will install a wire from the Central office on Main Street to leading business offices in the East and West ends. Each office will have a wall instrument to notify the Central office when a message is waiting. A messenger will deliver messages to the operator, enabling bankers merchants and manufacturers to telegraph from their own desks.
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Armenican
Mon )Telegraph Company
Hinde
Main Street
Ex Sheriff Perkins News Stirs Local Interest
Coroner Morris, acting sheriff, likely candidate for unexpired term. Deputy J F may seek the post, with discussion centering on a Moline man succeeding Perkins, who was originally nominated and elected from Moline.
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Sherif Perkins
Morris
Sherif
J. F
Perkins
Moline
Christmas Odd Fellows entertainment draws crowded house
The Odd Fellows event on Christmas night drew a full crowd with members and families in attendance. The show, staged by George Waters, was well received and planned for a repeat at Timm's Hall. January 26 remained in Moline Rock Island county post office lists several names with notices to call for letters marked as advertised.
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Tit Rock Island Board of Health
Chicago
Moline Board
Odd Fellows
George Waters
Timm
Moline Rock Island County
Illinois
Belas
Katie Lawson
Ella Berg
J A
Meier
Peter Bruckner
Lana McChillon
Stacia Currinny
Louis McClain
Carry Erickson
John Nelson
Mery M. Graham
F. D. Person
Bengt Hasselquist
Jonas Smith
Hannah
Chanson
Frans H Thornton
W. LP. Jonson
E Wistrand
Carl
Sophia White
L E.hemenway
P. M
The Difference Between Jones and a Mopstick
A Rock Island store scene ends with Jones silencing a boastful clerk by lifting him off the floor and ejecting him outside. Jones then quips at the door about mops and sticks as he leaves whistling a song.
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Jones
Rock Island
Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Promises Free Trial
An old advertisement extols Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption claiming it can cure asthma bronchitis and related ailments. It notes prominent supporters offer free trial bottles to prove the remedy’s value despite skepticism about unworthy devices.
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Iowa Medical University
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