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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1882
Page
4
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A long contemplation extols the grit of a self made man who from winter schooling at twelve rises to frontier blacksmithing in Vermont and the West. Through hard work, temperance, and steadfast character he achieves respect and serves as a model for millions of American youths.
The Milwaukee paper cites editors in Wisconsin being paced toward close succession by wives with twin daughters and reports a vaccination trend among editors to avert a fate. It also notes a telegraph asserting a state capital contract in Austin Texas and a sprawling public land grant of three million acres.
About 150 attendees from Davenport Rock Island and Moline watched two 300 point carom games in Davenport on Wednesday evening. William Snboker beat Loum Maur ten 300 to 122 while H J Symers defeated Robert Golden 281 to 200 in the amateur contest.
The text notes a former Rock Island and Chicago attorney who has taken an active role in the Guiteau trial to demonstrate capability in criminal courts. It mentions a move toward wheat speculation on the Chicago system and hints at various investors and actors in the San Francisco scene.
The library board fails to meet or act on buying new books, with no purchases since last June. members show little interest, the Dispatreu urges a new board, and the Masons seek to use the library’s upstairs hall for rentals and meetings. The book committee of Dunn Lin and Lewis is blamed alongside the rest of the board.
Judge Porter denounces Guiteau as a vile assassin and notes divine pressure in the looming hangman’s noose. The court outlines reasonable doubt standards while Judge Cox issues rulings against the defense. The proceedings emphasize the horror of the crime and the pursuit of justice.
A letter to the editor urges city residents to fund a free gathering place for workers in Moline manufactories. It cites Lowell Maine and similar ventures that provide reading rooms, newspapers, magazines, concerts, and lectures free of charge, open every evening to all nationalities and classes, to reduce idle, risky behavior and improve workmen’s welfare.
The Chicago Historical Society offers 1000 dollars to fund a LaSalle portrait for the 200th anniversary celebration of the Mississippi River mouth discovery. The painting will be created from existing likenesses, shown at New Orleans on April 6, 1882, and later given to the society.
A man has refined 200 gallons of local oil as an experiment and argues it resembles Pennsylvania petroleum. The find suggests coal may lie beneath. Albany party divisions persist with unorganized attire and debates over a Vice President candidate amid Democratic plans.
Miss Belle Clinton of Nevada Iowa relates how she saved from teaching about 160 dollars and, with her brother, rode a prairie schooner into Dakota country. She homesteaded 160 acres and claimed timber 120 acres, planting locust apple and black walnut sprouts. She expects 320 acres total, with walnut and locust trees increasing in value to as much as 25 000 dollars by thirty, while crops offer slower returns.
A 1982 Moring column argues strict sanitary rules and total abstinence are needed to curb smallpox and social ruin. It links alcohol saloons to moral decay and urges Illinois to adopt prohibition, praising public health measures and religious responsibility.
Illinois report notes two deaths from smallpox and eight new Chicago cases on Wednesday. Various local items include Geser Rat Loaan securing a postmaster appointment in Murphysboro and a relative in Chicago's Assistant Treasurer office. A Cambridge to Geneseo mail dated 1872 arrives in 1881. J H Samson hosts talks on a Morris Rockford road right of way. The Quizens League of Chicago reports progress in liquor control and higher loan licenses. A painter, Joseph Magee, visits a Geneseo farm intending work but finds the house empty."
William T. Ellis an outspoken holiness advocate from Moline was arrested at Quincy with an associate. Held in jail after failing bail, he received a legal defense by Charles Scofield of Carthage, but the case ended with a verdict against Ellis. He accused Scofield of bribery, prompting a slander suit. F lig was jailed two months in Carthage and later moved to Warren County on a venue change. A $250 verdict was returned for Ellis’s opponent, leaving Ellis likely to retreat from theology hopes.
Davenport items describe a break in at 319 Harrison Street with clothing stolen and a window entry, plus a note on smallpox vaccination levels among local youths and calls for a compulsory ordinance. Also covered are a concert fundraiser for the city hospital, political caucus outcomes for Iowa senators, and various brief mentions from medicine to national events.
Epward Cutis, driver for Jacob Weaver, collided with Mrs. McGunnison of South Moline's buggy, damaging the left hind wheel and frightening the elderly owner. He fled the scene and faces liable damages.
Credited as the first and only positive cure for skin diseases. Claims healing pimples, rings, tetter, scald head, eczema, and other ailments after a few applications. Cited testimonial of Henry Drake of Cleveland suffering from a severe skin disorder. Also advertises Dr Williams Indian Ointment for piles.
Tuy Tri City Sanitary Association failed to hold a meeting for sundry causes. The next regular meeting will be at a Rock Island city church on Monday evening January with Rev. J G Merrill of Davenport delivering an original address on sanitary precautions for the household. J J Parks of Rock Island will present True Nobility by Dr. Gthor from the United Photog ovy and presented at the Atlanta medical congress. Mt Entrikin will submit a paper on vital statistics for this locality.
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