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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1884
Page
7
Fragmented dispatch lists a public library notice to residents about a reading event and a chess session. It mentions open daily hours and a band with address components, inviting attendance and signaling a community gathering.
I O O F and Odd Fellows lodges announce regular meetings at various halls in Moline. Swedish Olive Lodge 583 meets third Thursday in the hall above the Moline National Bank. Oldie Lodge 153 meets every Friday in their hall, with officers listed. Manufacturers Lodge 485 meets Tuesday evenings above the Public Library with named officers.
Local fraternal groups announce meeting times for Armony Lodge No 2 Orth Star Lodge No 48 Chillier Lodge No 11 and No 16 plus Clean Legion No 26 Select Knights of the AOUW in halls over Maine National Bank Moline and Postoffice areas. Officers named include Pierce Benton Davis Carlsson Belfrect Witter Gamble Kennedy Robson and Ziegler.
Grove No. 26 meets the sec- tion at half past over the Moline National Bank with R Wicherdt N A and G Oldfest serving as secretary. Maidan.
Fragmentary note shows Masonic context with John G. Bealty named as Worshipful Master. It indicates monthly activities or visits tied to a Post Office setting, though details are unclear due to damaged OCR. The text preserves a Masonic lodge tone and recurring monthly schedule.
E. 8 O. Eets in the Hall of King Solomon at Main and Bass Streets. Event occurs on the second and fourth Saturday evenings. Pres. James O Neill, Sec. Warren.
Candia Lodge No 300 holds weekly meetings every Tuesday evening in the Metropolitan block Odd Fellows hall. Visitors are cordially invited. officers listed include John Mark as W M and G O Nelson as W R.
The Concordia German Turnverein holds its monthly meeting on the first Wednesday. Gymnastic practice is scheduled every Monday and Thursday evening at Hall Commer Rodman Avenue and Ann Street. F C Velretch is president and Chris Mueller is recording secretary.
K of ABOR Assembly No. 1958 holds weekly meetings each Wednesday at 7:00 PM in the Masonic Postoffice blocks.
I ML U Ron Moulders Union No 237 meets every Tuesday evening in their rooms over the Moline National Bank continuing a regular gathering with members advised to attend.
A notice states Post No 313 meets in the evening on the first and third Fridays of each month. Comrades are cordially invited to attend.
The House debates two bills responding to foreign limits on American swine and cattle. Townshend seeks information while Browne proposes withholding wines and luxuries from France and Germany until bans end. Proposals aim to shield American farmers from foreign competition and perceived unfair actions.
The writer argues for removing restrictions on American productions and suggests a mutual retaliation approach. He notes that when an individual is struck he hits back and urges government adoption of a cane policy in response to France and Germany. The Browne will is expected to pass without delay.
The president sent a special message to Congress on the Hennepin canal and accompanying act and election certificates. He praises the project and notes that a Northwestern crop surge would boost waterway freight to rival eastern routes, promising lower costs. Congressman Murphy of Davenport introduced a Michigan and Mississippi canal bill, with strong local backing for swift passage.
Washington report notes the House committee on public lands favors nullifying land grants to seven railroads including Gulf and Ship Island and Iron Mountain. While railways spurred expansion and opening of Kansas Nebraska Dakota, subsidies cost the public dearly and call for stricter scrutiny of land donations to corporations.
Ex Senator Thurman of Ohio Card opposes H B Payne Cleveland lawyer for the United States Senatorship. He cites shock at crushing men like Pendleton and Ward by a coalition of personal hatred and wealth. Payne is backed by Standard Oil influence and telegrams show Payne nominated in Columbus caucus on first ballot with forty eight votes to forty two needed.
The letter argues Henry B Payné, a longtime Ohio Democrat, would face broad opposition if nominated and elected to the U S Senate due to his ties to the Standard Oil Company and the influence of money in politics. The writer suggests his candidacy would disgust many Americans.
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A Tuesday evening gathering on glass roofing attracted few attendees. Mr W A Nourse presented roofing samples from Mr Kemp and letters requesting a local examination and a committee visit to Youngstown. He offered to sell a broad territory including Iowa and much of Illinois for 20000 dollars, five thousand less than before. Citizens urged a thorough investigation to gauge profitability for the city.
A northern city faces potential clashes between new salary plans and Section 244 of the Revised Statutes. The law bars raises or extra pay for city officers after annual appropriation bills pass, except for legislative members. The editor warns the attorney may be limited to existing pay for a term, as a public caution to William.
A resident from Menmorris Kansas dated December 1 1883 writes to the Dispatch editor about corn shipping volumes. He notes eighty to ninety loads per day and elevator capacity to shell 10 000 bushels daily, comparing favorably with Moline Illinois and recalling early local dry goods firms Wm Nourse and A T Shaw. He lives near a station forty rods into Kansas, one hundred miles south of Kansas City, and claims Rocky Island county’s farmland quality. R N Trent.
A Union letter defends Marshal Kittilson and current police against accusations of pocketing sidewalk bill funds claiming no portion of 500 or 80 dollars collected was turned into city treasury and noting many discrepancies predate the present regime. The writer argues the blame should not fall on the current force and hints former officers may seek to identify themselves.
Valuable diamonds discovered in Montane attract numerous god hunters seeking the precious pebbles amid the growing stake and interest in the mineral finds.
A French court ruled that a woman responsible for a fire in her apartments must compensate a neighboring resident for the damages incurred. The case centers on negligence leading to property losses and the court's decision sets a precedent for liability in similar domestic incidents.
A vivid Atlantic Monthly passage portrays early mining camps as desolate yet alluring. It contrasts harsh conditions with fevered hopes, notes improvised streets, whisky saloons, shifting claims, and restless women while babies remain content. The piece underscores the lure and ruin of frontier mining life.
The article reviews evolving menswear styles with shorter walking coats, fuller fronts, and near point-skirted forms. It notes coat lengths around eighteen to nineteen inches waist and thirty eight to thirty nine inches full, new sleeve proportions, double stitching, and preference for close fits, with overcoats extending around forty two inches and velvet piping.
Major Griffith argues in the Fortnightly Review that the hangman’s brutal tradesmen, Calcraft Marwood and their successors, corrupt the office and mirror a deteriorating penal system. He notes their violence, partial reform sins, and reputational decay as executions become crueller and more commodified.
In a damp New Hampshire town a drum merchant named Nickerson startled Corbin at his desk. Believing a ghost stood before him Corbin hurled an inkstand and later hid in a wood box. Nickerson vanished, townsfolk debated the ghost tale, and Corbin kept silent to avoid ridicule.
On a recent voyage to New York the Germanic carried a needy young mother en route to Nebraska. A. S. Hewitt collected sixty dollars for her. Captain Kennedy performed a baptism for her baby named Mary Kennedy Hewitt Germanic Lundbers. Hewitt helped upgrade her tickets to Osceola Nebraska where her husband awaited.
A collage of items notes Union College appointing a female registrar, Cardinal Manning urging aid for the poor, a Vermont church demolished, Williams College catalog figures, English artisan earnings and caste questions, a preacher’s dream sermon, and advocacy for compulsory education and truancy laws with improved attendance and reduced illiteracy and crime.
A collage of quips and short items from newspapers. Notable lines include jests about wealth distribution and a New York writer’s blunt remark on vaccination and Native Americans. Other snippets poke fun at poets, fashion, and social behavior with quick wits and regional dialects.
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