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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1880
Page
4
The item mourns 1880 as a departed year while praising its faults forgiven and noting national progress. It highlights election outcomes, economic growth, improved health, education, and charity, and urges readers to enter the New Year with courage and unity. It closes with a family newspaper ethos and best wishes for patrons.
The Review Dispatch announces an elegantly illustrated Almanac for 1881 sent by mail to subscribers. It highlights reading matter tables figures illustrations paper quality and overall beauty as one of the most valuable publications of its kind in this region.
Secretary Schurz met with Ponca and Lower Brule Indians in Washington on Wednesday. The Poncas demand seven million dollars for right of way through their Dakota lands from the C. & St. P. and C. M. & St. P. railroads. The party was assured the claim was a valid demand.
The piece argues the Electoral College is outdated and prone to fraud and error. It cites 1876 and recent blunders, urging direct popular votes for President and Vice President, with focus on independent elector votes and reform proposals from Morton and Edmunds.
The county Republican convention faces a choice between Ankrum of Rock Island and Gilmore of Black Hawk for sheriff. Ankrum brings long service as constable, collector, and deputy sheriff with a reputation for prompt, efficient duty. Gilmore, Black Hawk supervisor, is also praised for integrity and influence and expected to draw strong support from the lower end.
County Clerk Donaldson presents a tax and town extension summary for the total property assessment excluding railroads. The document enumerates the assessment figures by towns and the combined total, outlining how taxes are allocated across jurisdictions.
A historic cold wave and snow swept the country this week with record lows in St Louis and Chicago. Snow fell in New Orleans and Vicksburg while Georgia towns like Columbus and Macon reported heavy accumulations. Atlantic coast states saw snow and cold with disrupted transit and livestock losses reported from Ohio and Indiana.
The movement favors Colonel 4 Ro Mock of Cambridge for Speaker of the House of Assembly. He has served as a leading figure in the district and in the State House, known for balanced deliberation. His elevation would be seen as a just act toward supporters of theponent ticket.
The Rock Island docket notes a contract with C. Moore and St Prainroad Co for twelve one and a half story dwellings at Braceville Grundy County for seven thousand dollars. Buford & Co supplied a wagon load of dressed turkeys for workers weighing 2365 pounds. The city weigh master reported forty five loads of card wood sold from 40 to 5450 per cord.
Eureka Manufacturing Co of Sterling expands with a forty feet square by three story addition to its chair factory. John Martin, longtime Warren county resident, dies at his Little York home. The Monmouth Review recalls Mr Martin’s half century in the county and his brother William Martin killed by Indians near Little York in 1832. Peona public schools close fall term with Pilgrim Fathers anniversary exercises.
Pennsylvania politician Hion A K McClure, editor of the Philadelphia Times, toured the South as a Democratic ally of the cause. He faced hospitality from the ruling class yet reported corrupt politics and hollow society, calling The Fool’s Errand an honest portrayal. Brigadiers labeled him a traitor for seeking truth beyond roses and orange blossoms.
Jay Gou pn by his latest purchase made himself master of the railroad system of the southwest, and will hold his grip on the stocks of those railroads only as long as needed to clear.
An aty body, unclear due to damaged OCR, but reads as a local item involving a spy and an ail inl event. Unable to confirm names or exact actions from the legible text.
General Henderson, representative from the Sixth Illinois District, returns to Princeton for holidays amid strong backing from Republican colleagues who may push him for Speaker in the next House. The Washington Republican notes his high esteem and long service.
The article describes General Passenger Agent E St John presenting a holiday greeting in nursery rhyme form with playful pictures. It praises his charity toward children and proposes a Santa Claus on wheels train service to ensure safe, speedy delivery, underscoring the Rock Island Route’s enterprise and goodwill.
The January 17 event marks the entennial Cowpens battle anniversary in South Carolina with a statue of Daniel Moran atop the monument. Old Thirteen invitees join ceremonies as inscriptions pledge unity and destiny. Oscar de Laynette urges Lafayette kin presence, citing parliamentary duties prevent attendance in 1831.
The Oklahoma colonists envoy failed to win formal recognition from the President who warned that any entry into Indian Territory would be treated as a violation. Colonists plan to bypass obstacles by small groups and massing at a target area. Many freedmen in Kansas intend to join the colony claiming government lands as their right to occupy.
Ireland remains unsettled as Eiland increases troop presence amid riots and popular outrages. Courts struggle to operate due to difficulty securing jurors and witnesses for Crown proceedings.
A fearful array of shootings, infanticide, murders, assaults and other outrages fills recent news reports. The column contrasts these violent events with the Christmas spirit of peace and forebearing conduct.
Jurors hear inconsistent statements from experts as defense challenges methods and data. The proceedings focus on how experience informs judgment and whether conclusions meet standards of evidence.
In Bethlehem Pennsylvania on December 27 a couple named Gogel was found slain with a bloodied axe nearby. A suspected boarder named Jos Snyder confessed to the crime after being questioned by the Rev M Preadle and was hanged by a mob before authorities intervened.
The piece argues the primary test for the new administration is the Southern question. It urges ending political proscriptions and fostering tolerance, honest elections, and balanced parties in the former Confederacy. It predicts Garfield’s administration will pursue persuasive, not oppressive, reform while enhancing election laws nationwide.
A Davenport Democrat report recounts a Le Claire township family of eight where a man and woman married as foster siblings and seven children were born before they learned they were related. The uncovering led to a decline in the household as disabled children and a deceased spouse followed. The article notes the broader rise in agricultural tool manufacturing across the United States with Ohio employing over 10,300 workers, followed by Illinois and New York.
Secretary of War Ramsey is urged for the US Senate from Minnesota. The Greenbackers in the House back Judge Kelly for speaker. Springer introduces minority representation in Congress. The President signs Judge Woods' commission making him a Supreme Bench member. Gen Ord arrives in Washington lamenting retirement from the army and seeking continued service. Ponca chiefs in Washington discuss staying in Indian Territory but protest Dakota land prices. The McCook bill to retire General Grant is expected to be blocked by the House Military Committee.
Esquire Warne reports that evidence before the Coroner Jury points to Clem ent Gallion the corn husker in custody as the party who murdered Mr and Mrs Dilly. The description of Garbar remains and he is at large with an arrest warrant. The Colona gathering drew a large orderly crowd seeking justice. Gallion is jailed in Cambridge. A Cook County Circuit Court case involving the Hinsdale Doyvle Granite Company led to a juror’s 60 day contempt sentence for attempting to sell out to Armstrong.
Mrs Elven Foster, an Iowa lawyer, defends a murderess before an Indiana court. A sense of fellow feeling enhances her compassionate stance in a perplexing case.
Hazen, newly appointed Chief of the Signal Bureau, is a cousin of the President-elect’s wife, their mothers sisters.
A Lincoln Christmas note to Moline pupils recounts the writer buying a single Zig Zag Journeys volume for a poor western boy. She cherishes former students, recalls classroom scenes, and hopes teachers read “The Little Old Man in the Forest” aloud. She wishes a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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