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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1881
Page
8
Residents of the city are cordially invited to use the library reading room, enjoy a cabinet of curiosities, furnished tables for games, and a writing desk with free stationery. Hours: daily from 1 30 to 6 30 and 7 60 to 9 60 except Sundays with adjusted times.
Train schedule notices warn passengers to be at depots early for Chicago bound runs. Chicago smallpox deaths rise. care at Garfield Memorial Hospital fund receives $100 from a donor. Plus local business ads, a school bond update, and community events across Winnipeg, Chicago, and surrounding areas with incidents from a fatal shooting to shop promotions.
The Tuk Old Folk's Dancing Club becomes established under W G Morris. An invitation card will be printed in the Dipton Job rooms. The charity ball will feature no fancy dress and the first ball is set for Friday night January 13.
The record lists several property transfers with buyers and amounts: Holmes Hakes to S S Guyer parcels in Rock Island and Moline. John F Maxwell to Dimockrould & Co pilot block in Moline for 500. Mary and Martha J Haya to Wm Drury properties valued at 1,600 and 457. A United States patent sale to Gregory Brown for parts of land. Hurt Bros advertises textiles at set prices. A narrative section notes George Walker’s Christmas piano incident and a Milwaukee Wisconsin Evening Wisconsin comment on St Jacobs Oil and a Cincinnati murder conviction of Win McHugh for killing his wife at a market- place picnic.
A vintage ad touts Kidney Wort as a remedy for biliousness, constipation, and liver issues. It claims rapid restoration of health, strength, and vigor in liquid and dry forms, urging readers to buy the product at a stated price.
Flood warnings for the Sueque nna show rising water after ten feet at the low mark on Tuesday. Reports mention the steamboat C l Northam stuck on rocks near Hell Gate in fog with no casualties. A warehouse sale shifts ownership from L B Mapes & Co to Hs E Mapes & Co. The steamer Braunschweig sinks at Bremen after coaling. Fiscal notes reference France’s finance and tax receipts. A burglary attempt near Pottsville ends unsuccessfully with shots fired. Durand Wisconsin suffers a major fire destroying most of the town’s buildings.
Palmer, now in Newark New Jersey, confessed Tuesday to defalcations larger than previously unearthed and said the responsibility rests entirely with him. Harry Ainsworth is home on vacation from Oberlin College where he is a sophomore. Overlin College reports a large 1300 plus student body. Miss Leota Gates resigns as day operator in Mo line. Metta Belding will become day operator, Jennie Orr to work at night.
The Cairo Bulletin notes a swiftly spreading scarlet fever outbreak in New York with 244 cases and 64 deaths for the week ending December 17, and about 300 cases and 52 deaths the prior week. Other items include Twain's Prince and Pauper praise and a puzzle prize.
The Davenport mayor appeals to residents to voluntarily obtain vaccines, emphasizing noncoercive public health measures in the community.
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