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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1881
Page
1
Local rail schedules for the Rock Island and Pacific lines appear alongside scattered notices. The page reports occasional train times, depot details, and service notes, plus a stream of municipal, business, and social items including a library board action, a divorce petition, and a local death.
The city roils over the Postmaster’s future and the office site as factions clash. Vicious rumors and sharp exchanges swirl while public debate grows heated and the city watches for a resolution.
Seu Hattners and Tropes have been cutting ice on the dam near Sylvan Island. Teams haul loads through the channel and sell to private buyers at 50 cents per load. A noon sun ended the lively snow storm but left demand steady and sleighing sparse. Nearby, oats on market, a divorce subpoena targets Ada D. Bishop versus Robert Bishop, and W B Candee with Frank Nourse dissolve their pump making partnership. Lumber Board of Trade reports end of year stock: 36,000 feet at Rocksland, 29,359,000 at Davenport, 10,800,000 at Moline, totaling 1y 70,000 feet to start the year.
Hexey Correen and WoT Stevens dissolve their partnership in the imeur ance business. Stevens will handle all firm settlements and continue the business solo under a new name. A late note mentions local commerce and a wall being built by Mo line Plow Co along the riverfront to deepen the harbor.
The Grand Jury indicts C.T. Warren for burglary at his Moline paint shop. Reports say the case centers on a break in recent weeks and involves the Bureau County Republican noting changes in attire and a party office scene.
James First reports steady progress on a Milan wagon factory project as a snow storm brings shovelers to streetcar tracks. Arthur Stevens buys Cassius Friberg’s stake in Carmi Illinois lumber firm, now Stevens Reed. Local Irish saying links slough births to duck-raising habits among Rock Island children.
The article from the New York Express contrasts the Argus view as partisan demagoguery. Depot moves at the C R I and P line involve transferring the old station and laying two side tracks. Local figures O Mara and Manning discuss politics and prospects. A Swede Quartet concert drew a small audience in Cambridge. Broader notes recount Galileo’s discovery and Jackson’s Civil War era tactics echoed in households.
California Kidney Tea is sold at 50 cents per package and claimed to cure all diseases of the bladder and urinary organs. Advertises relief for lame back and back pain with a three week treatment. Sold by Wm. Clendenin post office drug store and Morris & Co Keator House block.
Frank Plummer, noted Dispatch news collector, purchases Fred Corns stock on Rodman Avenue and will take possession Monday. He continues with the Dispatch for now and invites friends to patronize his Rodman Avenue establishment. Customers will be well served.
The author urges prompt rising when coal wagons pass, arguing early wakefulness defeats excuses and cold weather dread. A plain duty to survey the thermometer and start the day is presented as rational, not debatable, insisting on bold action over hesitation.
A fragment notes that a long-time city subscriber named St Jacobe has suffered and spent a mint of money, with unclear context and limited readable details. The text repeats the phrase We Know About It about this subscriber.
Groker W. Syree of the Keator House saloon has moved his family to Chicago to work as a conductor on the RI and E road. The piece notes a dry clean sidewalk period and mentions the sledding season on Forthet Fough.
Watson Wrester claims he naturalized the head of the Anglo American Alliance that runs the Union while serving as deputy clerk under John W. Cook years ago. The full body may now be citizens, though one leading lay member might struggle to produce his papers if challenged.
Dr. Hall from Chicago visited Miss Lury Cable at 11:30 last night. Daughter of P. L Cable Esq, she lies in danger with gastritis, an inflammation of the stomach, and her illness causes deep concern among Rock Island residents who know her.
The article reports outbreaks of scarlet fever diphtheria and smallpox in the West urging vaccination in Chicago and prompting caution in Michigan Peoria and nearby areas. It notes an extreme cold snap on January 9 with temperatures down to 22 below and a calm sunny day that followed. It criticizes erratic steam whistle signaling in Moline and suggests fixed whistle times aligned with local time for public convenience.
A Victorian era ad explains making soap from Dob bins' Electric Soap by dissolving five bars in three quarts of water, straining, adding three gallons of cold water, and letting the suds age for twenty four hours to yield forty or fifty pounds of white soft soap for under a cent per pound. It claims strong cost advantage versus adulterated soaps and directs readers to I L Cragin & Co Chicago.
Fragmentary advertisement text touts a cough remedy and promised free bottles. It misstates dangers and offers a “new discovery” while urging readers to buy despite questionable claims and fear.
A reflective piece compares perceived ease in billiards, cards, marriage, and running a newspaper with the realities of producing local news. It argues a well edited paper requires broad public input and active reader involvement to cover diverse community interests.
Fidality Lodge No 3A M A held at the Hall on Tuesday January 4 1881 with full attendance. Members resolved to gift ten cents each to Morris for a suitable memento while praising Grand Master Henry F Thomas as he nears seventy six years and noting his longevity as both a personal and public benefit to the order.
A letter from Webster responds to accusations against D O Reid and Bob Reid in state treasurer politics. He denies aiding Reid management and asserts he worked for S R Porter for a year, urging readers to examine the record. The writer attacks the accuser and defends his integrity amid ongoing controversy.
The article details Franklin Curtis Hynes born as Franklin Curti Blynes in Rock Island with unknown parents until a recent inquiry reveals his real name. His father, a former soldier living in Marion County Iowa, seeks reunion after decades apart and plans a visit next week. Frank also learns of sisters in Denver and a brother whose whereabouts are unknown.
Reporters describe a Rock Island fossil gathering that resembled a political caucus echoing the Philadelphia plan of forgiveness. Attendees listed include Sharp Silvi, Jim Ballard, Frank Lucas, H. Clay Cleveland, Marx Hauberg, and George He. Absentees Billy Johnson and Dan Zimmerman left the group short of political wisdom.
An aged neighbor BE Healy recently renewed his subscription and reports success in cattle breeding near Andalusia now on Samuel Goode’s farm. Healy moved last year to Taylor county Iowa near Bedford on a C B Q railroad branch, with grazing land and thriving farming. His family in Moline enjoys their new home as Healy notes steady demand and remunerative prices for his stock.
At a stockholders meeting in Moline the Building and Loan Association chose H H Grover Simon Hirsch and Joshua Norrish for three years and John B Kerns for two to fill resignations. Old officers were re elected. By laws amended to limit loans to Moline and South Moline and to move monthly board meeting to the second Tuesday. Auditors set stock value at eight cents per share premium. Applications are in for about four thousand in loans above current treasury. Meeting well attended with strong confidence in the enterprise.
The city of Moline sues over liquor selling to a minor. The assault charge was dropped and the case narrowed to the legality of a city ordinance. Attorneys Meese and Moore argued as judges fined one attorney for sharp language but later apologized. The decision is pending.
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