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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1889
Page
1
Reports from Davenport and surrounding towns detail court actions, marriages, social events, and business concerns. Notes include county tax matters, steamboat ownership, a post Byron meeting, licensing updates, a charity ball, and a lumber rate protest amid regional trade tensions.
The New England Mutual Accident Association contests a $5,000 policy payout for George Gould who drowned mid September 1686 near Ivan Inland. Boston attorney Horace G Atwood presses for a new trial after rulings that require doubt of accidental death and potential own-action causation.
A large crowd attended a temperance meeting at Association Hall last Sunday. Rev A O Linde Wad opened with scripture, Swedish Baptist choir sang, and Rev L Morgan prayed. Rev O P Peterson urged temperance with gospel power, sharing a tale of a saloon keeper reformed by a praying Christian lady. The piece notes revival strength and legislative help, then shifts to a warning about fireproof buildings and interior fire risks, stressing interior combustibles and common dangerous substances like coal oil and varnish.
Dura Kiel aged about 25 dies at home from puerperal fever at 1B10 Fiflerdtn street Swoday wife of Kiel and daughter of H Mohr principal of a German acting school. Jessie Rumler two years old dies from acetone poisoning at residence corner Laid and Third avenues. Ruth Edna Johnson aged 24 dies of diphtheria at 1308 Thirteenth Street and is buried at Riverside Cemetery.
A. O. Idle, manager of Disbro & Co at the Omaha warehouse, travels to Omaha on mission of importance as he marries Gertie Waters, daughter of C. O. Waters. The ceremony occurred at 2:30 p.m. at the bride’s parents’ home. the couple will relocate to Omaha where a house is prepared. The notice also references a local medical ad and a court docket for January term detailing counts of criminal and civil cases, civil actions, and continuances.
A misspelled fragment appears to invite a person to a location or event. The readable text mentions a dry free area and a concerning mix of names and signs, but specific details remain unclear. No concrete place, date, or organized action is identifiable.
The Sylveser Daly versus David Waddell breach of contract case on a farm lease is expected to end in Port Byron this evening. Attorneys Meese of Moline represents Waddell, Daly is defended by Wmn Jackson and Jeko Mulholland. The suit, ongoing since Christmas, has seen over thirty witnesses. Separate actions include Browning and Bathkin suing Mutual Union Insurance Co. for 2500 related to a Kellyvilla mill policy, and Wm. Ri Moore filing against Gould, Walker and Hoamenway on about 1200 tied to insurance business years ago.
Parente family members and others report cures from headaches nervous fits and dizziness after using Miles Nervine a nerve food and medicine free samples offered by Wm. Clendenin's drug store. No morphine opium or dangerous drugs.
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A forecast details a total solar eclipse arriving tomorrow afternoon with totality sweeping an eighty mile wide path from the Aleutian region to Lake Winnipeg. Cities listed include Salt Lake City St Paul Denver Chicago New York City and Ogdensburg with local timing notes and viewer guidance.
Mr Jaco Rowe of Port Byron aged nearly 80 died after a fortnight illness. He settled in Scott county Iowa in the 1830s then moved to Port Byron where he became a prominent farmer and long known resident. He leaves a widow and four daughters Mrs W H H Daw Mrs A B E Adams Mrs Savage and Mrs Tubbs of Muscatine Iowa. His niece Mrs W Metzgar attended the funeral.
David W. Condon, a nud tller at Gould & Co's, learned by information from Maven pict that his elderly mother at Locust corner and Bucatorb Alrecta had been found dead near Be'clork. He left Amm¢dustely to port. The tale notes his son in 4bie city and a Christmup time, with unclear details and dates.
Abe Liocolm Camp names officers Consul Fred Cook Advisor E L Cook Clerk HJ A Gettemy and W E SSG H Wessel. They plan to attend the State Encampment following the election.
A garbled regional passage extols an herbal purgative, praising Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pellets as remedy to waste buildup and to restore natural health amid the mood of decay and gloom in a Virginia setting.
The readable text is highly garbled with no coherent events, names, or places to summarize into a factual card. No identifiable persons, organizations, dates, or actions are discernible for a proper summary.
A boy around ten years old sits on a wet Stone Street curb at noon and tries to dry torn news papers by a puddle. He claims older boys knock him and blame the weak for his misfortune, then begs sympathy as a crowd gathers to hear his tale before he vanishes.
Vague nautical prose recalls Mount Desert and distant isles with fog and reefs. The speaker questions origin and substance, invoking colors like dorado and a vanished artist, while maritime imagery drifts through a dreamlike landscape.
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