Farragut Leads Assault at Fort Morgan in Bold Breakthrough
In the siege under Admiral Farragut, the Hartford Metacomet and Brooklyn force a perilous passage past Fort Morgan. The battle rages as crews fight torpedoes, raking fire, and heavy broadsides, with the Tennessee looming behind the fort. The fleet suffers casualties and ships wrecked, but the Union gains the channel passage despite heavy losses.
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Jouett
K’eston
Bartford
Brooklyn
Freeman
Farragut
Mobile Point
Richmond
Fort Morgan
Brooklin
Tennessee
Drayton
Powen
Demessee
Blartford
Richmerer
Bpenusacokr
Buchanan
Oneida
Selma
Gaines
Morgan
Kings and Queens Enjoyed Cards Across Ages
A historical note traces cards as royal amusement surpassing chess from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth I and Charles I. It recounts how Charles I, absorbed in cards, learned Scotland planned to hand him to the English Parliament, a moment shaping his fate.
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William the Conqueror
Elizabeth
Charles I
Scotland
Dispatch Wins a Close Ball Game
The Dispatch defeated the Mail 17 to 16 in a tightly fought newspaper club contest. The game stayed close from the first inning with the Mail leading until the third, when Dispatch took the lead and held on. Next Saturday the Dispatch faces a team from the Warr printing house.
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Dispatch
The
Mail
Daebelslohn
Kennedy
McKeever
Warr Printing House
John Wahlstrand Sells Grocery Firm to Swanson and Westling
John Wahlstrand retires after selling the Fourth Avenue and Fourth Street grocery to Swanson and Westling. Ed Swanson, formerly at John Swanson Grocery, partners with a former Davenport tailor to establish in the Moline trade. Axel Anderson leaves John Swanson's to join C V Swanson feed and commission, and G A Davidson moves from Lundeen & Nelson to Swanson Grocery.
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John A Wahlstrand
Fourth Avenue
Fourth Street
Swanson & Westling
Ed Swanson
John Swanson
Davenport
Wahlstrand
Klondike
Axel Anderson
John Swanson’s
C V Swanson
G A Davidson
Lundeen & Nelson
Swanson Grocery
Botanic Blood Balm advertised as cure for blood and skin diseases
An advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm cures blood poison cancer ulcers eczema carbuncles and related skin ailments. It offers a free blood balm sample from the Blood Balm Co Atlanta and mentions local sale through Battles Pharmacy Moline with address at 1427 Fifteenth Street and 1221 W Fifth Avenue.
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Atlanta
Moline
Battles Pharmacy
Fifteenth Street
Wifth Avenue
Estelle Reveals killings connected to Marcus train robbery
A LaCrosse telegram via Adams Express releases Ed Estelle’s confession to a Kansas City detective. He ties Gordon to the robbery death near the train and claims Brownie shot Gordon after mistaking him for a railroad worker. Brownie later died in a bank robbery near Galveston.
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LaCrosse
Adams Express Company
Ed Estelle
Marcus
Mount Carroll
Thos, Clark
Estelle
Kansas City
Gordon
Brownie
Galveston
Physicians at Moline Howe Hospital Elect Officers Limiting Free Ads
The Moline Howe Hospital staff held its monthly meeting at the Manufacturers Hotel and elected officers: President E L Kerns, Vice President F H Gardner, Secretary A R Beal. They also adopted a resolution to curb free newspaper notices tied to medical cases, signaling a shift in how doctors engage with local media. The Dispatch notes the move aims to please news providers and avoid bias, with nearly all city physicians signing.
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Moline Howe Pital
Manufacturers’ Hotel
E. L. Kerns
F H Gardner
A. R. Beal
Hospital News Policy Requests Anonymity for Doctors
Hospital staff offer cooperation with city editors but request that physician names be omitted in published articles. The note emphasizes privacy while ensuring timely medical information reaches the public.
Doctors back advertising move may reshape professional norms
A signatory list of physicians including H Gardner and M Wyland declares a ruling against advertising in The Dispatch. It argues the move signals consistency and progress while predicting doctors may abandon blanket advertising rules in favor of selective promotion. The article also notes chef H A Wilkie joining the Manufacturers' hotel kitchen, with C L Vandenbeck overseeing the storeroom.
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Manufacturers’ Hotel
H. A Wilkie
Park Hotel
Hot Springs
Ark
C. L. Vandenbeck
A Friend's Advice Endorses Kidney Pills
Mrs. Theodore Severin of 414 Eighteenth Street testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her husband’s lumbago and back pain. She learned of the remedy from a drug store and endorses it as the best backache cure she believes in.
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Moline
Theodore Severin
Eighteenth Street
Dean
J. Clendenin
Blaine Souvenir From Birthplace Cane Gift To Enthusiast
Chas S Kerns, a longtime James Blaine admirer, received a cane carved from a Brownsville Pennsylvania black walnut spindle from William Kaiser. A silver plate reads From James G Blaine's Birthplace Brownsville Pa, recalling Blaine campaign parades with banners and the refrain Blaine Blaine James G Blaine.
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Chas. S. Kerns
James Blaine
William Kaiser
Clara Swan
Brownsville
Moline
Mr. Kerns
James G. Blaine
Mr. Kaiser
Kerns
Blaine
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