Railroad Time Table Highlights for Chicago Area Flyers
Chicago area trains depart Eastward toward Kansas City Omaha and Minneapolis with multiple expresses including the Fest Express Minnesota Fast Express and Chicago Express. Westbound services toward Omaha Keokuk Ottumwa and Oskaloosa run via Union Depot with Palace sleepers and reclining chairs. Numerous daily connections at Kansas City Leavenworth Atchison and St Louis supported by Mileposts, with twelve to twenty four hour quicker routes to the West and Southwest.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Dally
Cicago Express
Whieg
Lasalle
Wight Express
Rae
Palace
wiLas Pit
Malver
Omaha A
Kansas City
Daven Sioon
Atch
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Omaha
Atchison
Eldon
Yor Ottumwa
Baie A
Ossinaed
Knoxy
Cloge
Union
Leavenworth
Bay Express
Palace Sinsner
Sea
Atlantic
Rock Island
Minneapolis
ST Paul
Twacnes
Town Notes and Bargains Hit Early Spring
Local items report Aldermanic and deputy marshal activity, sketches of residents on trips, bargains at Reid's and CH Boman's, and plans for a book bintry. Mentions of marriages licensed in Rural and Coal Valley, roller skating debates, and upcoming performances of The Silver King at Harper's Theater.
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Harper's Theater
J. H Haverley
Businessman Mr Holt to Continue Enterprise Amid Unclear Plans
In an interview, Mr Holt states the business will continue, adding it is needless to say the enterprise will persist. Wilson has not finalized his future course, though he is known for handling success in various ventures.
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Mber
Holt
Ss.sanarely
Sri bee_socomnisiial
Wilson
Election of trustees recorded by Moline Lodge No. 1881
Ed P Smith states the certificate of election for Moline Lodge No. 1881 O F F trustees dated January 11 lists CP Rich Wm Gamble RS Hatfield Levi Cralle and M Evers. Also notes on local residents including Charlie Raymond recovering from pneumonia and Captain J G Wella coping with rheumatism. A Davenport linked obituary reports Little Johnnie Jordan died at 23 01. Johnnie was 8 years 3 months 7 days old and 20 inches tall.
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Ed P Smith
Moline
CP Rich
Wm Gamble
RS Hatfield
Levi Cralle
M Evers
Johnnie Jordan
Davenport
James B Jourdan
Fourth Street
Main
Johnnie
Hardware dealer Parmenter visits Moline factories
Mr A M Parmenter a hardware and agricultural implement dealer from Knoxville Tenn is in the city on business and visiting several Moline factories with his friend Mr CH Woolsey. Parmenter speaks highly of Moline and appears pleased with its sights.
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A. M. Parmenter
Knoxville
Moline
CH. Woolsey
Parmenter
Cramer Satisfies City With City Hall Settlement
Fred A Cramer of Rock Island former water works head settles with the city by tendering three thousand five hundred five dollars and five cents by certified check. City officers issue receipt discharging Cramer from all liabilities. A Denver correspondent notes unusually mild weather with no snow and little ice in Denver and compares temperatures to Moline and Se t.
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Fred A Cramer
Rock Island
Cramer
Rich Island National Book
Cuty
Denver
Eee
Deere & Mansur
Moline
Rock
Illinois
Molins
A. Dosere & Mansur Company
W. Atrinbok
Wuly
Wr Atkinson to Exhibit Rail Gallery in Moline
Wr Atkinson will stay in Moline through March 1 promoting his railroad gallery. Card photos cost $1 and $125 per dozen, with cabinets priced at $250 and $3 per dozen. The work speaks for itself.
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Atkinson
Moline
Generous Donation Creates Bowles Perpetual Scholarship
Mr Samuel Bowles of Bowlesburg donated one thousand dollars to Lombard University in Galesburg to endow a perpetual scholarship named for him. The fund guarantees future support for a student at Lombard, protecting against charges and promising lasting good without contention after his death.
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Samuel Bowles
Bowlesburg
Lombard University
Galesburg
Bowles
Dissolution Notice of Holt & Wilson and Transfer of Business
The firm of Holt & Wilson dissolves by mutual consent. J. M Holt will continue the business in the old brand, assumes debts, and collects all accounts due the firm. All unsettled accounts should be settled promptly. Dated January 15 1884. Taxes for Moline 1883 are due and should be paid at the City Clerk’s office Keator House.
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Holt & Wilson
J. M Holt
J. M. Holt
L. L. Wilson
J. M. Hortzan
Moline
Cail
Keator House
Public support grows for Rock Island to Davenport bridge plan
The Rock Island Union prints interviews showing broad support for a horse railway bridge, arguing it benefits workers and merchants alike while criticizing Ferry Company monopoly. Moline backs the project. Davenport competition seen as positive for prices and travel across the river. A three-city public vote is implied as likely favorable.
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Rock Island Union
Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Union
War Department
Father of Waters
Dissolution of Robson and Peterson Firm
The firm of Robson & Peterson is dissolved by mutual consent with Mr Peterson retiring. Mr Robson assumes the indebtedness of the firm. Cons. G. Rowson, C.0. Peterson.
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Robson & Peterson
Peterson
Robson
Cons
G. Rowson
Unclaimed Letters at Moline Post Office Week Ending Jan 17 1884
List of letters remaining unclaimed at the Moline Illinois post office for the week ending Thursday January 17 1884. Names include Miss Maida Alderson Mrs Kd Lises Nora Butler H J Coumberlain Mrs C Bentelsen Miss Mary Bergrt Christine Carlson John N Hokanson Joseph Keukman Miss Carrie WitchforJ August Storm Mary Sparks Joseph Smith Mrs Fancy Snyder Aliss C Storm and others. Advertised and date of list provided by L E Hemenway P M.
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Moline
Rock Island County
Illinois
Victim Nathan Gest Killed Coasting Near Williams College
A telegram to Rock Island bound to Mr William Gest conveyed that his eldest son Nathan Gest age 21, born June 20 1863 in Rock Island, was killed while coasting near Williams College Williamstown Mass. The shock halted a court session as Mr Gest prepared to travel east with D E E society members offering to transport the remains. Gest was a Williams College student and Rock Island native noted for his bright disposition and popularity among peers.
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Rock Island
Judge Pleasants
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Nathan Gest
William “H.~ Gest
P. L. Mitchell
Mitchell
Gest
Wr. Gest
Capt. Parks
Smith
Goat
East
D. E. E. Society
Chicago
Chicano
Comrads
Williams’ College
Real Estate Deeds Filed in Circuit Clerk Office
Deeds filed Jan 10 to Jan 16 record transfers in Rock Island and Cordova areas. Transactions include Ambrose Searle to James Beatle for 50 acres and 52 acres valued around $4 000 and $1 000 transfers, Lot 7 Block 7 Pitts Gilbert & Pitts additions, and multiple parcel swaps in Brackett and Buford additions. Names include Lucius Wells, Jeremiah Le Quile Jr, Marcus Warren heirs, John Wright, and Henry Mapes amid charted dates from 64 to 84.
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Ambrose Searle
James A Beatle
Lucius Wells
Jeremiah le Quile, Jr
Marcus Warren
John A Wright
West
Mitchell
L E West
Baily Davenport
Rock Island
Julia McGovern
Henry E Mapes
Pitts
Gilbert & Pitts
Moline
Bracket
Bernard McGovern
Joshua S Johnson
Wm. & F L Borden
Mercer County
J H Rake
Ellen J Marshal
Brigham
Cordova
Wm L Coyne
Issac Weaver
Dickson & Young
Milan
Wm.h.gaylord
Josish Bonham
Healy
Subddivision
Molin
Lucy A Buford
Christian F Guetter
Buford
James Renfro
Jacob Warner
Emma Butlerg
Julis MicGovern
John Butler
Brackett
Probate docket reports multiple estates and guardianships
Probate entries note death proofs and letters of administration issued for Daniel Donevan and other estates, appraisers appointed for several, guardianship inventories filed and approved, and distributions or widow’s awards approved. Also included are unrelated quips about Brown Iron Bitters and mice versus women.
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Daniel Donevan
Fanny Donevan
James F Robinson
William, Blanchard
Wm ‘Tt Magill
John Shay
Ienac Negus
Chase Dunlap
Mary Dunlap
Jacob Harris
H P
Roddard
David Bopes
Henry Spach
Guardian
Christian Nave
Henry T. Colson
Never defer cure for cough and consumption
Persuasive health advertisement argues against delaying treatment for cough and consumption. It touts a universally effective remedy taken per directions, claims success even after many bottles, and notes it is sold everywhere for pulmonary disorders.
A Top Liniment Promises Quick Pain Relief
A long standing remedy described as a real pain killer for both internal and external aches. It has served as a standard treatment for about thirty to forty years and includes a toothache anodyne that cures instantly.
Debutant Mary Anderson Faces Heightened Scrutiny
A hypercritical journal remarks on Mary Anderson who debuted at 18, now 20, labeling the stance as revealing. It contrasts with Maggie Mitchell who has supposedly remained 24 for thirty years.
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Mary Anderson
Maggie Mitchell
Consumption cured by new vegetable remedy
An elderly physician retired from practice asserts a simple vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catorrh asthma and all throat and lung diseases along with general debility and nervous complaints. He offers to send the receipt free with directions to any in need upon request to Dr C Rays Mono 164 Washington street Brooklyn NY.
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East India
Dr C. Rays
Washington Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Counterfeit Dollar Tactic Quoted Discussed
A brief exchange explains distinguishing real from fake currency by sound. The speaker demonstrates tapping dollars to hear the true tenor versus a counterfeit base.
Ely's Cream Balm Gains Wide Use in Pittston
Pittston residents report high satisfaction with Ely's Cream Balm a catarrh remedy. A local woman regains smell after fifteen years once deemed incurable. Mr Barber's family also endorses the treatment. A Tunkhannock lawyer known to readers says it cured his partial deafness.
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Pittston
Ely
Barber
Poem Fragments and Advertisements in Bartley Campbell Piece
Odd poem fragments mix with health cures and local ads. References include Hop Bitters for women’s health, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tur for coughs, and Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic for dyspepsia. Local products from Papillon brands and a revivalist widow provoke brief scattered notes.
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Hale
Pike
Colden
Epilepsy Cure Claim by Prof Irvine B Smith
Prof Irvine B Smith of Pike New York states that Sarmari tan Service has entirely cured his epileptic fits. The claim appears in a testimonial format praising the product. Further verification or medical endorsement is not provided.
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Irvine B. Smith
Pike, N. Y
Mikes
Outdated quips and oddities dash across the page
A rambling column compiles humorous lines and slang from various sources. It mentions Frank James in a derisive note, touts Brown's Iron Bitters, jokes about railroad workers and call girls, and pokes fun at Indians and weather telegrams. The tone is a light clipped collage of 19th century quips.
Sozodont Promises Healthier Teeth and Fresher Breath
An 18th century promotional claim extols Sozodont as a superior substitute for abrasive and corrosive tooth preparations. The tonic is described as botanic and healthy, cleansing and beautifying saffron colored teeth while removing offensive breath and restoring it to health.
Iron Bitters Touts Cure All Ailments In Ad Copy
An Iowa obit notes the death of a noted anti feminist aged hater who left an estate of $50000. An ad claims Brown’s Iron Bitters is a non intoxicating tonic curing dyspepsia indigestion biliousness weakness debility and various ailments. It asserts the medicine will kill desire for whisky and intoxication. It also references a Tuckahoe girl comparing kissing on the phone to soup with a fork. Fifty thousand dollars would buy many seal sacques.
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Iowa
Pure Cod Liver Oil and Juniper Tar Soap Ad
Casswell Hazard & Co. of New York markets Pure Cod Liver Oil from select livers praised as absolutely pure and sweet. The ad claims patients who try it prefer it to all others and doctors rate it superior to competing oils. Also promotes Juniper Tar Soap for chapped hands face pimples and rough skin from Caswell Hazard & Co New ark.
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Casswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Newark
Market Review from Market Square Prices Hold Steady
Market activity is brisk this week with ruling prices steady. The report lists Kansas corn at sixty cents and sale prices for soft coal wood hay flour and provisions including butter creamery cheese honey potatoes and more with several figures showing typical ranges and per unit values.
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Market Square
Kansas
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C.M
Knox
J. Manl
Barg
C. A. Bomyn
Pitts Woos
Orion, N. 4
Try
Al'z Bros. Pompadore Hairert
Joshua Haeselquist
Sampa
John Zeisterger
Marshall Wells
Reid's
Thos EO Milchrist
Henry County
J Poland
Mock & Hand of
Cambridge
Circuit’ Court
Yesterny
CH Bianan‘s
Barrett
Royal Arch Masons
Rock Taland
Henry Burgower
Blake‘s
West Second Street
Rogers Bros
Boman's
Donaldson
Joan McCreery
Rural
Elizaeth M. Gardner
Coal Valley
William Lewis
Bell McCreery
John Henderson
Portland
Oregon
Dave Holmer
Homer
Messrs. Holt & Wilson
Charlie Raymond
Mr. H Raymond
Augusta
J. G. Wella
Geo. W. McMurphy
Galdews
Inland Union
Circuit Clerk’s Office
S. 8. Doherty
Ulay City
Ill
Bartley Campbell
She
Allen
Rochester
Papillon Manufacturing Co
Richard & Sohrbeck
Win, Clendennen
van Cott
Frank James
Emory
George W.bones
Clay City
California
Yonkers Statesman
Tuckahoe
Market Review
E Tv
F. E. Hood
H. Hawker & Co
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