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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1881
Page
1
The Moline public library invites residents to a reading and writing session with free stationery and curious exhibits. Local trains and schedules for RI P and IW lines are listed with notes on mail deposits and Sunday arrivals. Weather outlook hints at possible snow or rain as residents react to tax and political topics while businesses advertise and a sleighing boom boosts streets.
A servant girl in Jacob Gegenheimer’s household in Rock Island contracted smallpox and was sent to Mercy Hospital in Davenport. The item also notes local business activity, a masquerade ball, and various short notices from the period, including weathered ads and opinions.
A Rock Island community, led by Rev. J.S McCord at the First ME Church, experiences a revival of religion with strong appeals for grace and piety in a city seen as needing spiritual renewal.
scattered Hauberg tickets float across Rock Island and Moline as voters debate ballot impact. rumors swirl about an Independent Hauberg, local duties, and upcoming civic events while shops report price cues on goods and a new drugstore on Firat Street.
The column recalls N P Benson as an elderly local memory holder and mentions notable figures such as Wildox and a former Moline shoe factory partner, Lewis Herman who won a $216.15 judgment over Adam Alday. It covers land deals by Gustav Swensson, a Red Knot Northern Line insolvency, political candidates, and a snow-related awning collapse on Main Street with a near injury.
A vintage advertisement promotes California Kidney Tea as a cure for bladder and urinary ailments. The copy urges trials for lame and weak backs and promises three weeks of treatment for 50 cents. Available from Wm Clendenin post office drug store and Morris & Co., Kator House block.
A young woman on Rodman Avenue near Chester's on Saturday evening was robbed of a dress, a bonnet, and a handkerchief after a man brushed past her. She had withdrawn money from a bank earlier that day, and the thief is believed to have known this and attempted theft.
Gould & Co advertises reduced prices on fine shirts claiming the Butlock shirt leads in fit and finish. Patent shirts are touted as tear resistant at back openings and ready made, offered at half the cost of made to measure.
A somber scene shows Mr Hauberg with a neck yoke as he walked the street yesterday signaling distress over a political team split. The piece notes discord among the group, a difficult task for the near horse and the heavy workload ahead.
A Springfield based state society, mostly women, plans an autograph album of distinguished men and women from all professions for Mrs President Hayes. The note adds that the Ottawa ladies will learn Springfield hosts the society, not Ottawa.
The article notes the new depot of the C R I P lies under 80 rods from the post office, triggering a legal requirement for the railroad company to hire a messenger to carry mails between office and depot. It contrasts with the old depot over 80 rods away, where the government funded the service and Harwood formerly performed it. the government seeks to reduce expenses by enforcing railroad messenger duties.
A mix of social items from Moline and Rock Island include young people dancing in Milan, local physician Dr. T Philips praised, Alfred Shaw wedding in Madison to Elizabeth Dresser, Victor Beck saved from the ice, Albert Dick to wed Alice Matthews in Galesburg, and George Tuffley condolence visit with a corrected report about Mrs Tuffley’s location and inheritance rumor.
Massrs E Jupp and W H McLaughlin form a partnership to open a law office over Rankes shoe store on Main Street. The two men, trained and with Ottawa and Chicago experience, see Moline as a strong field for their practice after surveying much of the state. Post ers declare M D Hauberg an Independent sheriff candidate.
The Burlington Hawkeye notes tense smallpox in the city. the Mt. Pleasant Reporter reports 25 cases in Creston and widespread cases along the Chicago Burlington & Quincy line. The piece urges precautionary measures to prevent the disease’s introduction in Moline.
Mr E Lewis of Keokuk County Iowa visited Moline briefly before the holidays and wrote a cheerful account noting the city plow works and other facilities. He published the letter in the Western Herald South English. The piece also discusses police efficiency and preventive policing in the city.
The piece highlights the push for a cadet company in Moline inspired by Rodman Rifles at Rick Island and the value of military drills for youth. It also notes 3 North Lodge 48 AWO officers elected, and a Swedish Citizen item recounting artist Gustaf Norling’s birthday surprise with gifts and speeches.
The sale of tickets for a Harper's Theatre benefit raised 632.50 dollars for the plow works employees. Ben T Cabli purchased 100 dollars worth of tickets, Union Malleable Iron Company and Barnard & Beas Manufacturing Company also bought large portions. Deere & Company and Corn Planter Works bought tool tickets as well, with Moline contributing a large share.
Neighbors gathered on Bass Street to honor Henry Harwood turning 70, leaving plates and gifts as living monuments to his grace. Guests shared fellowship, offered memories, and displayed a gold horse shoe and watch chain as tokens of esteem.
An upcoming gathering will be held at the spoiling places in the ser victs and townships to complete the voter list. One name is missing from the list and will be checked.
Tax totals for Henry County to 1880 reach 218251 with 64500 in state tax. Milan churches report revival while Geneseo hosts revival meetings led by Albert Bushnell and C C Knowlton. Dilly murder case costs rise. court meets February 1 to try Clement Gallion for murder of Thomas and Mrs Dilly. A fire near Kewanee destroys Jos Barrans’s dwelling. rail tickets offer half price between Colona and Briar Bluff.
Chicago is hailed as the great western metropolis and Electric Bitters are praised for real value and superior cures. The ad claims they lead all remedies and will positively cure where others fail, with bottles at fifty cents in all druggists.
A large company of friends gathered at George Wagner's Rock Island mansion on the avenue to celebrate his 40th birthday with a grand supper and lively dancing. Wagner is praised for his contributions to Rock Island and Moline business interests.
The editor explains the object of issuing capital stock for a Building and Loan Association. New series are opened to admit members and bring in funds, keeping existing funds productive and preventing idle capital until new members join.
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