Odd Fraternity Meeting Notes and Lodge Gatherings
Fraternal groups list meeting times and locations including WEDISH OLIVE LODGE and MEETS in Moline National Bank area as well as I. O. O. F. lodge No. 486 meeting Thursdays in their hall over the Public building. Secretaries and officers are named alongside recurring monthly dates and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banke
N.J
N. Smith
J.sanborn
N. G
W. Phillipa
A. Oo. U. Ww
Armony Lodge
Moline ‘National Bank
Loesenfield
M.W
Benton Davis
Recorder
Ajorth Star
Moline National Bank
N. H. Jourg
M. W
Chas G. Carlson
Reo Chiller
H. Seiffert
D.W. Witter
Ranklin Lodge
Postoffice
G. W. Brooks
Kennedy
Clean Legion NO
Knights of the A. O. U. W
A. E. Montgomery
S.C
J B Oakleaf
Mica
Grove NO
SEC Eir
Wicherdt
N. A
G. Oldfest
RON Moulders Union
Pauper label reminders cite October 15 1882 due date
Subscribers are urged to check their pauper label for owed amounts from October 15, 1882. Those with overdue balances should pay immediately. For $2.00 past year payments, $1.50 in advance covers another year. Abridged humorous quotes about love and spending accompany the notice.
Texas Legislature fights fence cutting felony venue shift
A critic denounces a proposed Texas law making fence cutting a felony and allowing indictment venue to shift to a county with stronger public opinion. The speaker calls it tyrannous, unconstitutional, and un-American and warns the move enables political coercion in trials.
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Texas
Colorado lynching of pair who killed orphan girl
The Chicago Journal condemns the public hanging of a woman and her husband in Colorado for the brutal murder and mistreatment of a little orphan girl entrusted to a Denver charity. The editorial calls the crime fiendish and justifies the mob's act.
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Colorado
Denver
Chicago Journal
Twilight glows and tropical sunrises discussed as fixtures
The article notes ongoing twilight glows and tropical sunrises provoking debate on their permanence. It wonders if vapory particles high in the atmosphere could sustain such displays indefinitely and asks what would happen if this venous accumulation were ever precipitated to Earth.
Telegraph Congress debate and Pittsburg Nutt trial update
The piece surveys a pending national postal telegraph proposal with Congress scrutiny and a history of Western Union growth including profits and consolidations. It also reports on the Pittsburg Nutt trial where the imprisoned youth gains public sympathy amid calls for decorum in court and questions over his plea of emotional insanity.
Ely's Cream Balm Endorsed by Editor for Catarrh
W Currevex editor of the Herald Clintony Wis reports satisfaction with Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and scalp conditions. He recommends the preparation to others with similar ailments.
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Ely
W. Currevex
Herald
Clintony Wis
Italian brigand chief Sissi shot dead by carbineers in Sardinia
The Italian brigand chief Sissi was killed in Sardinia by carbineers during his arrest after offering desperate resistance.
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Sissi
Sardinia
Three Weeks of Calamities Thread Through 1884 Start
In three weeks of 1884, fires devastate Notre Dame Academy at Bellville 11, Bradford oil fire sinks a passenger train, and the steamer City of Columbus wrecks off New Bedford killing ninety seven of the 126 aboard as crews search for survivors.
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Academy of Notre Dame
Bellville
Academy
Bradford
City of Columbus
Boston Mass
Savana
New Bedford
Mass
New England
Florida
Corporations and the Public in the North American Review
Carl Shurz surveys the Telegraph and Railroad employers with the public in mind in a February North American Review article. J J Ingalls discusses John Brown in history in response to Rev. Utter. Other pieces cover classics in education, race growth, public schools, and heating systems. Published at 30 Lafayette Place, New York.
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Carl Shurz
North American Review
Telegraph
J. J. Ingalls
Kansas
John Brown
David N. Utter
Andrew F West
Princeton College
J. Randolph Tucker
United States
M. J- Savage
A. N. Bell
W. P. Trobridge
Lafayette Place
New York
President approves million-dollar Mississippi improvement bill
The president signed a bill appropriating $1,000,000 for the improvement of the Mississippi River. The measure aims to fund flood control, navigation aids, and channel work to bolster commerce and safety along the river.
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Mississippi
West Virginia Statehood Argument Sparks Constitutional Debate
Ex Governor Pierrepoint, now a Virginian, argues West Virginia deserves state rights and that reunifying it with Virginia is untenable. He labels constitutional objections as foolish and claims the case for West Virginia is impregnable, likely ending the discussion.
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Congress
West Virginia
Union
Virginia
Maine
Massachusetts
Green Mountains
Newpork
New Hampshire
Pierrepoint
Inter Ocean
Juror Verdict In Nutt Case Acquits By Insanity
After a lengthy deliberation the jury found James Nutt not guilty by reason of insanity for killing Capt. Nutt. Judge Story, who favored conviction, released Nutt after doctors testified he is presently of sound mind. Nutt then left with his mother and sister for Uniontown.
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Nutt
Pittsburg
James Nutt
Gale
Young Nutt
Uniontown
Pittsburg Court
N. L. Duke
Dukes
James
Story
Langtry’s Luxurious Private Car Sparks Snobbery Debate
The Langtry travels in state with a palace car outfitted for royal luxury and a private fifteen foot canoe. Only her manager can enter for business, while the rest of the troupe rides in ordinary cars. A sick colleague was denied entry, drawing criticism of snobbery and separation from the troupe.
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Langtry
Gebhardt
der Palace
Grain glut in Chicago elevators prompts rail rate blame
The Chicago Evening Journal argues that over 21 million bushels of grain fill city elevators as storage capacity nears exhaustion. It blames eastward trunk railroads for the buildup, saying low freight rates at navigation’s end would have shipped grain to the sea board, preventing idle cars and awaiting spring navigation.
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Chicago
Seaboard
Chicago Evening Journal
Doctor opens free remedy offer for lung diseases
An elderly physician retired from practice claims to possess a vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and general debility. He states the formula was given by an East India Missionary and will be mailed free with directions to any reader who requests it, addressed to Dr C Raymond 164 Washington Street Brooklyn NY.
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East’India
Dr. C. Raymond
Washington Street
Brooklyy
Fashion Notes from Brooklyn Eagle on Winter Dress Trends
The Brooklyn Eagle surveys season styles with silver bangles, Worth gowns, and cream jerseys. It highlights jackets for young ladies, bejeweled hair accessories, and dark Egyptian red trims alongside new hats, veils, and luxurious furs.
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Mother Hubbard
Uck
Newmarket
Adies
Astrakhan
Brooklyn Eagle
Whistle Rehearsal Story From Rouen Theatre
A Varieties foyer tale recalls Bouffe recalling a Rouen theatre night during Herold's Zampa. A disliked new recruit pleads his case about a wife and three children and, as his whistling earns the audience’s acclaim, earns a spot on the Paris cast through a single whistle performance.
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Bouffe
Rouen
Herold
Zampa
Express
Longmar's
Witty Snippets and Jests Across Papers
A collage of humorous clippings from several papers. The entries reference medical poultices for scratches, a dramatic lover and an old man with winter boots, a patient doctor joke about coffee and blindness, a teasing Austin tea story about canned peaches, and a Cape Cod reporter who outsmarts a baggage con artist.
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Burlington Free Press
Louisville Courier- Journal
Jupiter
Yonkers Gazette
Oil City
Austin
Jimmy
Texas Siftings
Cape Cod
Globe
Old Colony
Ezra
Boston Globe
The Female Managing Editor and the Mad Intruder
A furious man bursts into the St. Louis Chronicle office aiming to kill, addressing Miss Fanny Bagby the aging editor. He collapses in fear as she blushes and trembles, while she proves agile and fearless, slapping and scratching to deter him without weapons. The scene ends with the intruder retreating in disgrace.
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St. Louis Chronicle
Fanny Bagby
Heegins
Gus
Chicago
Bonds Found In Wall After Bank Heist Trial
Stolen seven thousand four hundred dollars in bonds from Woodbury Bank last June were recovered from an old stone wall near Bridgeport. Hadley and Howard, two burglars, were jailed in Litchfield after hiring a lawyer who sought payment. The lawyer failed, and a jailhouse drawing led a relative to locate a lass jar containing the bonds. Later notes discuss whistle cultures in London youth and a Mississippi river pilot woman denied a license, per New Orleans and Chicago Times references.
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Woodbury
Conn
Bridgeport
Hadley
Howard
Litchfield
Hart Ford
London
St. James Gazette
New Orleans
Treasury Department
Mary Miller
Mississippi
Wabin
Ouachita
Chicago Times
Cranberry Meadow Project Costs Four Hundred Per Acre
The Chicago Tribune notes estimated costs of four hundred dollars per acre to convert swamp into a cranberry meadow. Despite the heavy expense, profits from the venture are expected to justify the investment as land is brought into bearing.
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St Costa
Chicago Tribune
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A. FA. M
Oric Lodge
Thellover
John G Beatty
W. M
John Good
King Solomon Lodge
Cor. Main and
Bass Sts
L. S. O’neil
James Warren
Go Lodge
Odd Fellows Ball
John Tmark
W. CG. T
O Nelson
W.R.S
C. G. Turnverein
Concordia Germania Turnverein
Reg Lumonty
Hull
Rodman Avenue
Annstreet
F.C. Velreich
Chris Mulctler
K. of
Labor Assembly NO 1968
Musonte
G. A. BR. Sraham
Hill
England
Tro
Western Union Company
Jto
United States Company
Western Union
Illinois
California
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