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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1881
Page
1
Local rail notices describe East West Express schedules with departures and arrivals at Milwaukee Paul and Chicago routes, plus notes on freight, mail, and depot procedures. Community notices mention a night school closing, a historic reunion, and local civic items including a telephone availability, factory work, and a bridge toll update.
Supervisor Hirach has four applications for the County Farm Stewardship. A note warns of swift mill lines on Moline Avenue where the narrow street risks racing and possible injuries. Apam Aldayy plans four two story and a half houses in West Moline, contractor Andrew Lundquist. Dr Pitts was called to Rock Island to visit Mrs Searles wife of Rev Irving Leames, formerly patrons of Dr Philips at Platterville Wisconsin.
An advertisement notes Rossiter of Summit Street in Toledo Ohio would not part with his Excelsior Kidney Pad for less than a thousand dollars if he could not obtain another. He claims a gain of thirty pounds in three months.
The Rock Island City Council approved $100 for a Hennepin Canal Convention in Davenport next May and decided to divide the city into seven wards. A sign dispute between LB Mapes & Co. and Norling & Lundahl was noted, with a suggestion that ladders be used to view the sign.
Amos James, Esq proprietor of the Huron house Port Huron Michigan suffered severe rheumatism and could not raise his arm for five months. Five bottles of St Jacobs Oil cured him completely.
The celebrated remedy, available in tiny vegetable form or liquid form, can be obtained now. It is concentrated and effective in both forms, with a new advertisement for details in the South and West.
The Rock Island Argus notes the real buyer at the late sale is Mr. Ben T Cable of Rock Island with E A Richardson of Quincy as prospective editor. Mr Richardson delays, while Mr Able and Mr Jones keep their former office positions.
J C McConnext of the Rock Island firm McConnell & Son died suddenly after returning from his store. He was healthy at 9 pm and collapsed at home hours later from heart disease. The report follows a notice about telegraph summaries and congressional news in the issue.
At a committee meeting including Hirsch Wierich Taylor Cunkle Cumpson Mabie Meidke and Meese the I O O F Lodge 133 decided to hold a fair on April 28 29 and 30 location to be announced Dr Pirer and Morey report obtaining genuine vaccine virus from a Fond du Lac Wisconsin heifer and note a nearby company farms pure bred cattle to propagate vaccine. With three new smallpox cases in Davenport and spread in Chicago parents are urged to vaccinate children.
A editorial note warns against overloading thin horses and urges police to police drivers. The local court reports two rulings, Browne v Buford overruled and a new trial granted for Eva Calkins. Also, a record January mail and a city wedding plus safety alert at Illinois Street tracks.
Ciantes Walker, station agent at Reynolds, died after illness identified as scarlet fever and spinal meningitis. He was highly regarded, and his funeral was held at 11 AM Saturday from the Baptist Church conducted by Rev Mr Johnson of Edgington. The village mourns his loss. Ben Harper plans a major renovation of his Rock Island hotel next spring, relocating the barber shop and saloon to Nineteenth street, moving the office to the Kimball music store room, installing an elevator, and refitting the entire building for improved cleanliness and convenience.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a brief note about druggists and a call to action or discussion related to malt beverages, with unclear names and context. Details are unreadable. no concrete outcome or specifics present.
Mrs. Flora De Merritt Bennett died after a brief illness from peritonitis at age 38 in La Salle Illinois. She married Captain W. C. Bennett in 1862 and left five children four sons and a daughter. Funeral services were held at the family home with a choir and remarks by Rev. E C Barnard. The bereaved family includes relatives in La Salle Nebraska and Livingston County Illinois.
The article chronicles the rise of electric lighting from primitive tallow dips to Brush system efficiency. It notes Faraday and early experiments, then highlights Deere & Co introducing electric lights powered by a large generator. The Friday demonstration lit their shops and a tall lamp on Main Street, drawing hundreds as it shed a noonday glow over river and streets.
The passage expresses confidence that the delectric light will prove practicable for heating furnaces and stoves in the future, anticipating broader application beyond illumination.
An evening at the Congregational church showcased Prof Stein on the organ and Maud Powell performing familiar tunes. The audience enjoyed Way Down Upon the Swanee River and a translated nursery song Hang up the Baby's Stockings, praising simple airs and skilled interpretation as the path to popular appeal.
The Deere company reports that installing a new engine increased available power across the shop, enabling about twenty percent more output in the same hours and reducing the need for night shifts and double labor. The investment proves advantageous and signals to other manufacturers that limited power is unprofitable. The piece also notes a high level of efficiency and broader economic impact from stronger power.
Gov Grover of Moline declares an auctioneer license does not grant the right to bully saloon keepers or patrons. If an auctioneer uses such privilege before the magistrate he risks inevitable doom, whether by a depleted purse or a makeshift weapon.
Apopit Mryver, a single man living with his mother in the city’s lower part, suffers from attacks of insanity. He has escaped Poorhouse detention after prior commitments and was home last Saturday causing a general disturbance. A formal investigation is urged to confine him if insanity is proven. His mother reportedly withholds his earnings.
The company denies a rumored injunction restraining use of a device claimed under a Brown patent of Galesburg. Officials say such an injunction would not affect current business.
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