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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1882
Page
2
Fragmented OCR hints at a Philadelphia mayoral stance on price controls and public concerns. Mentions Payton Obio and a Tuesday event with resistance to changes. Details are unclear due to garbled source text.
The readable portion notes Biciy Fromsop the comedian plans a stage refire at Racine and mentions a mission The Firat Method at a church valued at 4000 with an organ cost of 8.00. Also references health reports on Archbishop Purcell and a Sunday incident.
The House defines qualifications for terror delegates and bans polygamists from eligibility. The report mentions Thomas Bertons and March Id, with references to St Louis and New York as places in connected discussions and celebrations.
The report states Heo Meirbic, father of Los Senator Warner Maller of New York, was run over by multiple cars near his residence in Herka mer NOY bod and died instantly. Crovntees MO Pry, President of the Bank of New York, has been appointed treasurer and will be involved in the George led monument rating in New York City for Cleveland.
Tut wile of Joseph C Yeteor a wealthy creditor from Atlantic Iowa sues for divorce on grounds of neglect and continued failure to meet marital duties. Dr Mans Watkin of Washington secures appointment. The text notes a clerk of a Senate committee on Woman suffrage and a fundraiser tied to a New England Congregational church in New York for a debt of $28 000.
In Warshingten, Cuannes H bedbound at a hotel as Charles's arduous labors in the Guitevu Case test his health. Porter's lashings are noted as the factor that pushed his strength to the limit.
The navy lieutenant and commander of the Government's steamer Michagan, TOS Plankett, drowned Tuesday evening after a skating accident in Erie Bay. Fiends of Timmans mourn his loss.
A 6 000 strong Boston audience at Mastic Hall witnessed a quirky event with about fifty Haurkard students in knickerbockers provoking the esthetic critic’s ire. Bishop Clark of Rhode Island criticized the display of worn features as out of place in front of a curious crowd. Memoirs for posthumous release are rumored to be in progress with two assistants aiding, while the author reserves chapters on the Prussian constitutional struggle and other foreign missions for his own notes.
Delegates from counties are summoned to meet in Springfield March 13 to consider railroad rate issues and alleged legal violations by railroads operating in the state. The number of delegates to be elected remains to be determined.
A garbled note in the Wahitixuton letters pokes at matrimony and social calls tied to President Arthur. It jokes about lulls in courtship, state dinners, and after his six months term, modest gaiety fading to routine social events.
A Philadelphia inventor offers to exhibit Guiteau's body after death in the United States and Europe to benefit the family, pledging $25,000 for preparing the remains. Scoville regards the plan with favorable interest.
A deed signed by Theodore Tilton and Elizabeth M Tilton in Brooklyn transfers the 174 Livingston Street property to Franklin Woodruff for 4000 dollars, with a 7500 dollar mortgage held by Woodruff for years under a guardian. The signatures were notarized and Tilton did not meet his wife.
Lucke Tftrap leads Minocket brigades at Nashville as General Thomas orders Hubbard to advance on a rebel battery. The assault on the hilltop is described as one of the war’s daring charges, Tfulsbard seizes the battery but suffers heavy casualties and wounds.
A lively free trade gathering in Burlington created a Free Trade club with many Republican participants joining. Non-partisan in basis, Wm Gills a leading manufacturer was chosen president as auxiliary societies are planned across the congressional district.
T G B Harcent and Master WH Schentze of the navy are assigned to travel to Irkutsk and the Lena to assist in locating missing Jeannette party members. They depart Saturday from New York for Liverpool then St Petersburg to procure outfits and gather facts about funds tied to Land League reports. Harber hails from Ohio and Scheutze from Missouri, each with about ten years of service.
Mrs Elvira Burt of Buffalo sues John Barberger for 6000 claiming liquor sold to her husband caused drunkenness and financial loss. She alleges repeated requests to stop sales were ignored and that her husband wasted time sold household goods while intoxicated.
In Chicago Sunday the Rev Gen C Milne of the Unitarian church announced from the pulpit that he had abandoned belief in a Deity and in the immortality of man. Consternation followed among the congregation as the rector sought to provoke a sensation, raising questions about the value of immortality.
Cholera moves silently through Asia, spread by pilgrims to sacred sites. An International Sanitary Council in Constantinople proposes Europe embargo regulations. Cholera outbreak hit Aden in August and worsened, with many pilgrim deaths between Mecca and Medina. The disease tracks via routes from Mecca to Medina through India and Porala.
Monday in Congress Mr Robinson of New York introduced a resolution directing the Attorney General to write an opinion on whether a US citizen such as Joseph Warren Keifer Speaker of the House or Alonzo B Coryell Governor of New York or Charles Carroll a laborer in New York City could be detained abroad by the British government under indefinitesuspicion without trial if arrested while visiting the empire and whether the 1968 law as applied to sub president dig under it affects the case
The will of Clarkson Potter was admitted to probate in New York on Thursday. It leaves his wife $150,000 and the city house with contents, and his horses and carriages plus a Nutwood table near New Rochelle. His two sons Howard Nott and Clarkson Alonzo receive $190,000 each, while daughters Maria, Loulg, Virginia, and Eleanor get $125,000 each.
The New York Tuk Union Theological Seminary announced a large charitable drive with Governor Morgan contributing 200000 dollars, Willis James adding 100000 for a dormitory, Morrison Jesup funding a library, an anonymous donor giving 80000 for a chair in theological studies, plus several 8000 and 10000 gifts.
Four new smallpox cases and six deaths were reported in Chicago yesterday. New cases appeared at various points in the state, with vaccination believed widespread in affected districts, offering hope the spread will be limited. Officials warn that remaining unvaccinated individuals may be at risk.
The State Board of Health says a cross roads quarantine to block smallpox entry is impossible without wide collaboration. It warns of high costs and disruption to buses and daily life, favoring vaccination as cheaper, easier protection for exposed communities.
Discrepancies in census data led to the revision of manufacturing and agricultural outputs. Footings show $69,000,000 pounds of nonmanufactured goods exceeding wheat, with losses and grinding ignored. Investigations found contradictions and questioned the reliability of Census Bureau returns.
A brief obituary recalling Caroline Richings Bernard who died of smallpox in Richmond on a Saturday near mid April. The piece links her to Indianapolis history during the Civil War era, recounting her singing at the theatre opposite Masonic Hall, the Zouave Guards offering service to Governor Morton, and the soldiers swearing to remember Buena Vista beside her as she sang the Star Spangled Banner.
An eloquent defense of Garfield era South American policy urges President Arthur to back a Congress of American nations in Washington to craft arbitration rules and avoid war. The letter argues such a union would boost trade, curb European influence, and foster peace, prosperity, and mutual shipments among the United States and neighboring republics. James G. Blaine signs the appeal, calling for a public release of the correspondence.
In Middletown Ohio a mixed group of amateur actors attacked by the editor of the Signal after threats and a staged confrontation. The editor and two actresses plus two actors clashed in the newsroom and pandemonium followed as patrons pelted the stage with eggs and cats. High bar rates noted as the town empties.
A whispered report connects John 8 Runnels with a potential appointment to a United States district post. No official confirmation has been issued by the relevant authorities.
The Rock Island County Agricultural Board lists 1882 officers led by President J A Liphardt and Vice President D M Martin. The association began 1862 with strong finances, ample funds, and a membership of 87 farmers, aiming to support fair exhibits, entertainment, and financial success.
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