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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1884
Page
3
A humorous verse captures a Leap Year dilemma as suitors plan a night out at the rink and lament lack of funds. The piece jokes about prior invitations and work piling up, with declarations to endure the leap year’s oddities rather than stay home.
Charley Boman and two companions hunted rabbits all day arming with guns and brushes. They miss a train at Western station after a long trek fourteen miles from home, wander to Coal Valley, and end with Arnica and a humorous homecoming tale.
The Moline post office reports last quarter stamps and mail services revenue of 5000.12 dollars and 4549.55 dollars, a 169.57 drop due to a postage rate cut. Postmaster Hemenway cites supply delays and a shift to Chicago for 6000 two cent envelopes as factors and notes increases in registered letters and money orders.
The Musical Club met at Mrs. Ben Cable’s home and presented a program featuring Haydn Gluck and Moszkowski works. Soloists included Miss Dart Miss Bulen Miss Lasselquist and Mrs Atwill with praise for Miss Dart’s encore and Mrs Atwill’s performance. The next meeting is January 29 at Miss Buford’s Rock Island home.
About ten couples gathered at Dr E W Hadden's residence to celebrate Fred Hadden's birthday. Dancing and other pastimes filled the evening as guests expressed delight at the surprise and toasted Fred with wishes for many years of happy surprises.
The Davenport Democrat warns a new western railway, the New York Rock Island & Omaha, filed in Springfield, may force the CRI & P to buy out the incorporators. It likens the plan to past schemes like the Nickel Plate deal, where subsidies secured operation before a sale to Vanderbilt.
The Sash Factory Hose Company surprised the Cable Hose Company during their Monday evening meeting. About thirty couples joined in, with music from Swindle's band and plenty of feasting. Both clubs enjoyed a jovial night and mutual good will was praised.
Cairo postmaster proposes a change in handling circulars after noting that unfolded envelopes allow loose letters to be pushed into open pockets. He observes two thirds of circulars go unread and discarded, suggesting all circulars be examined to improve delivery efficiency.
Stockholders met and reelected the old board of directors. At the following meeting the officers elected were D. C. Dimock president, J. M. Gould vice president, Chas Hill secretary, and C. R. Ainsworth treasurer.
The article urges farmers to accurately measure field sizes to gauge seed needs, sowing density, manure application, and plowing capacity. It links precise acreage to better tax assessments, crop planning, and future field valuations, stressing honesty and thorough records as civic duty.
An 1880s discussion notes Atkinson’s idea of boosting cotton seed oil use to enrich the South, with rising production yet low demand causing low prices. It predicts slow growth in cattle feeding on oil cake and cautions that full seed utilization awaits sustained market demand and profitable oil cake sales. A separate Newark item mocks “Crazy Jane Entertainment” and stresses kitchen duties for women, while a New Orleans lake fowls poisoning damages hunters’ property.
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