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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1881
Page
5
A long, flawed compilation blends New Year reflections with scattered notes on smallpox vaccination, a Kansas City health debate, and a sermon on civic duty. It shifts from cosmology to municipal politics, then jumps to turkey fattening advice and farm economics, with sporadic medical commentary and local notices.
Postmaster Sigmenway received a Chicago report that five letters addressed to Moline parties were found behind a paper case in Davenport shop repairs. Dated December 31, 1873 the letters to Manufacturers' Bank Gould Langley Dan W Gould Mrs Dougherty and James A Mitchell likely remained concealed eight years. One may be deliverable. others show common mail losses in transit.
A Germantown Telegram reader laments poor tree planting practices as crews set out shrubs with roots bare, in hot sun, in stony soil. He urges simple protective guards along highways and warns against careless gardening by inexperienced workers. The note also reports clover-seed midge infestations along the Canada Southern Railway and suggests timing cuts to curb damage.
A letter bearing promissory notes for $2,000 to the Moline Plow Co. from Peoria resurface after being lost for over nine years, illustrating how many letters can travel far yet fail to reach intended recipients.
The text argues adding a clause to a vaccination ordinance to admit certificates from physicians in other states as proof of vaccination. It notes enforcement by the Board of Health and discusses public attitudes toward vaccination, telephone operators, and signage in a stream of local observations.
A weekly list for Buck Island county Iino shows letters left unclaimed at the Moline office for the week ending Thursday December 29 1881. Names include Hannah Akerson Ida Ingleson Andrew Beckman Diara Bostrom Ed Bruggeman Hattie Carlson Gertie Comer Sofia Haalck Gustave Harrington A Noverberg Jacobson Franklin Stevens Carl Lanstrom Morrison Nyman John Peters Christina Swan Fritz Seidel and others. Individuals are asked to announce adver tised status and provide the date of set.
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