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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1881
Page
1
The issue reports on library offerings at the Moline Public Library, community events, repairs and improvements around town, economic activity at Deere & Mansur Cup Works, and local notices. It notes library rooms, painting contracts, rail line surveys, church meetings, and updates on residents and businesses with a dated 1881 context.
A fragmentary note suggests the presidency received wise recommendations from contemporaries. The text hints at endorsement and prudent guidance amid a formal process.
A rustling tip echoes Deacon Snyder saying health and happiness come from economy and Electric Bitters. He claims avoiding costly doctors bills and spending fifty cents a bottle keeps his household strong. Sold by all druggists with the adage How to get Rich.
Sam Davis notes a dramatic scene on the sidewalk as a woman sits suddenly, while the piece highlights the humor in misfortune. The article reports Rev A R Morgan’s lecture raising $45 for the ME Sunday school and suggests repeating the lecture at local churches and schoolhouses.
An advertisement touts California Kidney Tea at a low price with claims it cures bladder and urinary ailments. It lists local sellers Win Clendenin, Morris & Co, and a post office drugstore.
A broad mix of patent medicine claims and a court ruling dominates the page. The Cook Philips trial ends with a Cook verdict for fifty dollars plus costs. Repeated ads promote Dr Kings New Discoveries and Dr Harter's Iron Tonic for coughs asthma and debility. Local family illness and travel notes follow, including a diphtheric croup death in Kansas and a Lawrence funeral plan.
A promotional notice claims Parker's Ginger Tonic smooths the complexion by regulating the liver and kidneys and purifying the blood, promising quick removal of pimples and a rosy cheek. A brakesman named Shuster of Rock Island was crushed under a freight train at Marengo Iowa last Thursday, his left leg amputated.
Acting Sheriff Morris reports several inmates sent from this county to Joliet on Saturday for assignments in the shoe making and cooper shops. Some with one year terms may qualify for early release by Christmas for good conduct. News covers deaths of inmates, names linked to prior crimes, and Governor Cullum’s recommendation to limit life sentences to a 33 year maximum, with English practice of 21 year tied to good behavior.
A social gathering honored Mr and Mrs Evans on their twentieth wedding anniversary. Mr Evans, a skilled mechanic and foreman in the Iron department at the Moline Plow Company, has built a respected career after moving from Cheaster England 26 years ago. Anna Anderson Evans, married January 1861, is mother to five children.
A group of SC club ladies teamed with Levi to outwit a pair of local young men. They borrowed belts and four horses with a driver, mounted a Mo line Plow Co. bed, and recruited the boys for a free sleigh ride. After a supper at George Stephens’ home they returned the lads to their mothers.
The list shows issued licenses including Chas Handell and Miss Mary Johnson, Chas R Little and Miss Ella K Newcomb, Peter Madsen and Miss Pepey Nissen, Rob Johnson and Miss Danny Burton, Wm Aham and Miss Janks Brandt, John L Bloechlinger and Miss Mary T Brenckice, with partial names following and unclear entries for several pairs.
A detailed discussion outlines plans to clear sediment from the Meline Water Power pond by extending the wing dam and installing sectional gates. Funding of 40,900 was appropriated to build a dam across the Herrow channel and extend the wall to direct larger flows into the pond, improving efficiency and property values along Rodman Avenue.
At their late annual meeting the Missisibil Valley Manufacturers Insurance Company reports an unadjusted loss of 1500 dollars. The loss has now been adjusted and paid in full per a letter from the St. Cloud law firm Gottins Breener to manager Sarg dated January 1851. The draft for 1983 dollars was sent with the policy and premium receipt. Hayward is pleased with early progress and expects to insure again.
In Circa Court this morning the case Hoosehigs versus B and Q R R was given to the jury at ten. A juror was drawn as the case Jolgt McKeever on the city of a trial began at the opening of Court tig after oo. The plaintiff seeks $10,000 for injuries alleged from working on a twenty third street sewer during E P Rignold’s mayoralty.
An eastbound C R I and P express derailed near Pond Creek after a broken rail. Conductor Wheeler helped evacuate passengers and was injured protecting an elderly woman who later died. Wounded include Miss Finma Orr Matt Phelps John Huggett and others treated at Tishilwa by Dr. Peck. Officials praised emergency response and preventive measures.
A Rochester woman credits Hop Butters Bitters with improving her husband’s health after a prolonged illness deemed incurable. The Utica Herald notes the couple’s satisfaction as sales rise.
Manufacturing in Moline shows peak activity with Corn Planter Works Deere & Co Moline Plow Works and other plants operating at full capacity to fill spring orders. Night shifts abound as demand grows and capital seeks investments in the established industrial center renowned for malleable castings engines boilers plows and mill machinery.
W N Evans of South Moline aged 83 plans to vote on election day despite infirmity. He insisted on a Republican ballot and was helped to the polls to cast it. His family, including his eldest son Edward, also recalls political campaigns from Tippecanoe days.
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