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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1889
Page
8
A collage of short items from Rock Island area including fires, injuries, and deaths. council, church, and civic news. dance and social notes. Womans Relief Corps honors. property sales. and local weather. Notable mentions include the Johnson family carol, Mrs. Hartzell’s colored mission work, and various town announcements.
A fashion page notes vivid bonnet styles and dresses shown in two locations, highlights red and white bonnets with feathers and velvet trims, mentions Mrs Potter and Mrs Harrison eyeing gowns, and previews Midway cloth and gingham suits for girls. A new steam powered lamp design promises strong outdoor illumination with oil and water jets, rivaling 2500 candlepower.
An interview recalls the desks used by Webster Calhoun Benton and Douglas. The present senator says the desks are in use by current members while his own labeled relics are stored. He notes efforts to preserve and avoid damaging the historic pieces.
Wm Calentsky a veteran Third Avenue merchant in Moline for thirty five years pursues the city collectorship. The post is described as a German year target for the office and Calentsky has secured broad support among local Republicans ahead of the nominating convention.
February entries list Henry Weidemann and Tina Carlson of Zuma on February 13 and George Butler with others in Rock Island on February 20. Additional names appear for February 20 including Daebellihn Fikins Bigelow and others in Cordova and Princeton, plus August Olson and Emily McCartney in Rock Island.
Chicago and New York markets list futures quotations for wheat corn oats and rye along with Union Stock Yards prices for horses cattle sheep lambs and poultry. The report records opening and closing prices, as well as notable declines and stabilizations across commodities and live stock.
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