Riv Rivers Disverse Premiums Offer Cash for Subscriptions
Advertises year round liberal premiums for Riv rivers readers with 50 cent cash bonus and one year subscription for 1.50 in advance. Calls for canvassers in Rock Island County school districts, promising easy money. Mentions local news items about weather, festival profits, bridges, and community notes including Hillsdale literary society officers and plans for a local enterprise.
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Rock Island
Coun
Ground Hog Day Notes on Local Pottery and Trade
County correspondence reports winter work on stoneware and pottery led by local firms. Joseph Bele and others finish handsome ware, with clay supplies, river transport issues, and potteries expanding despite weather. Social events at Bruger residence and revival meetings at Pinebluff church accompany economic notes.
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Joseph Bele
Smith
George
Blutts
Essrsck & Co
Muscatine
W H Womacks
Alec Stanley
Milwaukee
Bruger
Chas
Pinebluff Church
Irea Ee Tegret
Local horse doctor aids sick. rumor on Elder Warren’s farm sale
In Watertown a horse doctor named Conner tends horses day and night at the stable, while his family falls ill with three children and a wife sick at home. Rumor claims Elder Warren sold a large farm to a Swede in Moline and will move west with his nephew Chester Warren, though some doubt the tale. The town sees rising fever and calls for help as residents seek relief and community singing efforts gain traction in Hampton, with a planned quarterly meeting at the MOE church inviting broad participation.
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Mio
Conner
Woodness
Warren
Moline
Song West
Chester Warren
Hampton
MOE
Turaday Scandia Lodge installs new officers and plans work
Scandia Lodge No. 000 installs Joe Roding Amenda Chinugna Munson and others as officers for the coming term. The report praises active membership, youth work, and church cooperation, while noting a post office move and a long list of letter recipients and an artesian well water analysis sharing technical findings.
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Turaday Eveniog
Scandia Lodge
Joe Roding
WOCT
Amenda Chinugna
Woot N Munson
Albert Benson
WOROR
Ella Spoholin
Wo Treas
Oncor F Swanson
WOM
Misa Laoulaa Milton
Wog
Misa Dita Anderson
Hes
Crista Bablaho
John Allark
Ciizens
Hillsdale Notes On Local Events And Visits
Alike O Gonifell's team ran Friday. A church festival tonight in the vacant store once Regis Howars occupied. A school exhibition scheduled for February 1 proceeds to buy a clock for the schoolroom. Harley Osborn visits home and plans spring return. John Moaday hosts a surprise party. Sheppard and James Dillon Jr return from Missouri trip. Work on the grade resumes Monday as shipments move.
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O'Gonifell
Miller
Hathburn
Regis
Missouri
Port Byron News Roundup Mentions Trips and Local Commerce
Bennett returned from Chicago Monday while G A Metzgar and others traveled to Hannibal Missouri in support of the Lima Association. Pearsoly Bros. moved several carloads of hogs here Monday. J Q Adams of Cordova visited soliciting telephone orders. Ice cleared from the river Tuesday exposing a free channel. Gates and Wightman’s saw mill resumed operations after recent gaps.
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Pearsoly Bros
J Q, Adams
Cordova
Gates & Wightman’s Saw Mill
Cordova News Roundup Notes Local Happenings
Uncle Dan t did not attend setup. W D Webster at AO U W Grand Lodge in Quincy. Jas V Bailey begins traveling for Fairbanks Morse Co. Anna Zimmerman and Mrs Walter Karr suspend schools briefly due to illness. Walter Karr recovering from illness. A 12 pound boy born to Levi Field. another fine boy at Will Black’s. Daniel Prince starts work on a hom kiln. J J Johnson plans another kiln. The Star Troupe, a vagabond group, performed in Princeton Iowa last week earning about ten dollars and may visit Albany or Port Byron. Hemphill and Bentlyhorus Co gave a music show after singing essays Monday night.
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Dan’t
W.D. Webster
UW Grand Lodge
Quincy
Jas V Bailey
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
Anna Zimmerman
Walter Karr
Levi Field
Will Black
Daniel Prince
J.J. Johnson
Princeton
Iowa
Albany
Port Byron
Hemphill & Bentlyhorus Company
TARON
Swede Baptist Pastor Joins Local Church Services
Rev John Stadling has joined the Swede Baptist society as pastor, with services held at the church three times weekly. He was selected by the Swedish Baptist church to raise funds in his homeland and chose to stay in the United States after his work impressed.
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Swede Baptist Society
John Stadling
Baptist Church of Sweden
Stadling
Moline
One Sided View Of Mapes Matrimonial Termination
The Democrat reports Charley Mapes' marriage breakdown with emphasis on his alleged culpability. Friends say he worked steadily, earned little, and accrued debt secured by furniture mortgage. Facing insolvency and strained marriage, he surrendered possessions and left his wife, a course seen as hasty though possibly forced.
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Democrat
Charley Mapes
Often Medical Discovery and Cousage for Consumption
An 19th century ad-like note touts Dr Pierce’s Often Medical Discovery as a tonic and alterative able to cure bronchitis colds and incipient consumption. urges sending two stamps for a pamphlet from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo. The piece also mentions Follet’s Tuesday collapse and a missing council proceedings report.
Marriage Announcement Notice in Booth Moline
Go at Once and leave your order for a spring salt at Simon Hirsch's Mannrixp at the residence of Mr Morrison in Booth Moline Monday February 6th by Rev Philip Heck Mr Curtis M Plummer of Atkinson Henry county and Miss Mary Moriarty of Moline
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Simon Hirsch
Fragmentary note hints at unclear entry
The readable text is highly garbled with stray phrases and missing context. It mentions unclear items such as “bed bags” and disjointed fragments, offering no identifiable people places or events to summarize.
Boring sting opened at Simon Hirsch's site
Unclear readable text notes an event opening at a location tied to Simon Hirsch with fragmentary phrases about invited attendees and a monetary element.
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Simon Hirsch
Surprise brawl at Wunsler House ends with arrests
Three men named Jit McCann Pat O Connor and Tom Burnay forced into the dining room after a quarrel at the Wunsler House near Rock Tnland. They attacked host Mr King and guests resulting in serious injuries. O Connor and Burnay jailed on deadly assault warrants while McCann discharged. Governor’s family departure noted and local officials report ongoing investigations.
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Wunsler House
Joe King
Rock Tnland
Mr King
Dh A
Louis Koglebart
Andrew Larck
O'Conner
Barnum
McCann
Esquire Graver
Half Way House
O'Connell
Tom Burnavy
Criminal Court
Burney
King
Hellwagon’s Gloom Deepens as Scaffold Death Nears
The condemned murderer, Hellwagon, grows melancholy day by day awaiting execution. He takes little exercise since the verdict, rests in his cell, and shows dwindling interest in cards, while a guard remains with him around the clock. A note adds that Mr J H Molineux, a new resident from England, has journalism and music experience and strong organist credentials behind him.
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Hellwagon
Argus
J H. Molineux
England
St. Thomas’ Church
Preston
W .T. Best
Liverpool
All England
Risley Grammar School
Derby
Ormskirk Grammar School
Lancashire
Victoria Institute
London
Gossip and speculation on Conkling Platt resignations
A man on Chestnut street jokes about Conkling and Platt resigning due to skin disease. The companion asks why, and the speaker suggests their rash behavior hints at illness and links it to rumor. He claims Swayne's Ointment could have prevented national difficulty.
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Chestnut Street
Conkling
Platt
Swayne
Coffey Sells Forty Acre River Farm to Swansson
H R Coffey sells his forty acre river farm near town to Geo Swansson. Coffey plans to move with his family this week or next and settle in Santa Clara Valley California.
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H. R. Coffey
Geo. Swansson
Veteran Army Dysentery Cure Praise From Ex Assistant Peetmaster
Former assistant Peetmaster writes from Crxenmatt on September 2 1881 praising H H Warner and Co Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for chronic dysentery contracted in the army, claiming the medicine gave the most happy results.
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Peetmaster
Crxenmatt
H. H. Warner & Co
Jounn
H. Tuomxtor
Bold act thwarts derailment on Davenport line
Freight train No 28 westbound left Davenport after 8 pm Friday when near Dutchman’s gap three miles from the station, an obstruction was found on the track. Five railroad ties had been placed across the rails. the crew halted the train, removed the obstruction, and warned passenger train No 4 at Durant to stay alert.
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Davenport
Durant
Acorn Stoves Ad Promises Heat Efficient Range Features
Meesara Rampong Sakp & Co advertise the Acorn Stoves and Ranges noting world wide demand and heat retaining asbestos doors. They claim stronger stock, warrant protection, and new Acorn line additions for 1883 with a sample copy of The Corn Times by Rathbone Sard & Co. Chicago. The notice ends with scattered fragments about skating crowds and local attendance.
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Meesara, Rampong, Sakp & Co
Acorn
Acorna
Corn Times
Rathbone, Sard & Co
Chicago
Ill
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