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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1882
Page
11
The Moline column notes postoffice matters, local promotions, and illness among leaders like W. Jerstrass of Rock Island. It mentions Brown's Iron Bitters sales, an amateur drama company idea, baseball club formation in Peoria, and a Davenport divorce case.
The German organ of the Republican party in Scott County Iowa withdraws citing the state constitution prohibition amendment and Republican votes. Mies Amanda E. Frazisa of Aledo resigns as Mercer County Superintendent after eight years and marries J N Hunt of Pittsburg. The note ends with a remark about suffragists marrying.
Scandia Lodge No 800 I O G T plans a Saturday festival and dime entertainment at Odd Fellows Hall on the 20th inst. Admission is ten cents. A fine musical program has been arranged.
Tax interest in the national game of base ball has received a boom this season. Last year the interest seemingly died out and no base ball clubs were organized. This season in nearly every town and village throughout the country a base ball club is formed. In Peoria and Chicago they stage clubs that play as good a game as the professionals do.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a grasshopper on a desk with actions and dialogue but details are garbled. Protagonist appears to be interacting with a person or office setting, yet readability is too low to extract concrete entities or events.
A weary editor faces a test of resolve as orders to leave the office spark a sharp exchange. The muted dispute hints at newsroom tensions and a voyage toward fresh perspective outside the desk.
An Arkansas bridegroom clutched his bride at the ceremony, injuring her with two dislocated ribs from a violent embrace. Dan McEnany suffered a badly sprained left ankle after two large ice blocks fell on it the other day, though he can walk and trade. Poré of the Cambridge Reporter phoned from his office, thirty five miles away, his voice clear as a tilt horn in a fog.
A creditably written poem appears in the Chicago Inter-Ocean on Monday, credited to Dr. A. W. Jamieson of Richwood Farm South Moline. The piece titled To-morrow reflects a thoughtful verse from a local writer.
An elderly female wandered the city today asking alms. She carried a pricked column detailing her afflictions, appearing to be a professional beggar.
Con J H Haverty arrived in New York from London on Sunday and will transport a number of attractions from America to the old country during the coming season.
Lem Stockwell, former Davenport first baseman, now captains the Cordovas. Davenport’s team fate was tied to National League membership had they not sold out. A new pipe organ by Moline Pipe Organ Co. is in Edwards Congregational Church and a grand concert was held Friday with another soon. The Dubuque Ida prize drill and band contest planned for August 28 was abandoned after only eleven of one hundred invited companies accepted. A note laments a “dry cow” in a pound and clarifies it refers to liberty and companionship rather than a drink.
When the organs of secretion become inactive by reason of a cold or other cause, the inflammatory material should be removed and healthy action restored. Ayer's Pills accomplish this quickly, safely, and surely. Much serious sickness and suffering might be prevented by promptly correct such derangements who often develop into settled disease.
The four page sixteen column monthly edited by Presiding Elder Morgan serves the M E church in the district and will appear on the fifteenth of each month in Orion.
Tuk Union notes Fargo in Dakota territory has 7000 inhabitants and electric light, but claims there are not enough houses to seat all residents in a row. They contrast Tipton in Iowa with a smaller population that they say already has electric lighting.
The New Orleans Water Department asks Mayor Harrison for details on water rates and systems. They offer rewards for methods to deodorize or filter Mississippi River water to make it drinkable. Abernathy location unclear.
The Chicago Herald notes that Jerry Mahoney admitted taking opiates for a physical weakness and suggests the death by poison may have been an unintentional overdose. The Chicago unit Club passed resolutions.
Dr Dunn presents a report to the National Board of Health in Washington detailing death notices from the local Board of Health. The document outlines mortality data and public safety implications for the community.
Tax O R I P folks install a new scale to weigh cars in yards while Woonworra's coal office is raised with a new foundation. Tax shops reopen after a three week shutdown, and workers debate whether Saturday's score should be published.
B F Henperixs of Rock Falls arrived in the city to arrange a boat race between the Sylvans and the Dixon club for a medal on August 4 at a large picnic hosted by the A O U W Lodge.
Mr W H Burpert plans a vacation with Mr P McGlynn vacating the Mo line field to take his post. Mr W P Quayle will direct the Moline locals for the Union while McGlynn is away at Rock Island. The new opera house progresses with sheeting in place and interior work advancing on the upper levels, promising a top tier venue.
A young writer from Wovndhull, this state, contributes sweet sad poetry to a Chicago religious paper. The editors urge altering the first letter of her last name from B to D to improve patron reception.
Citizens question the fate of a month old plan for a new fire alarm system in Moline. The piece argues the city needs a more perfect system now and urges that interest not fade, insisting action should be taken promptly.
Bruty BrsHor once of Davenport and Emma Chatterton longtime Davenport telephone operator married at Clyde on Wednesday with Rev. Swift officiating. They will reside in Chicago. Minnie Risley will succeed Mrs. Bishop in Davenport.
Minnehaha Hose Co captain handed back the city championship medal after three wins. He says the prize is too one sided and will not allow his company to compete further. The A. O. T.s will race the time set by Monday’s winning team to claim the title.
Tax Chicagos lead the league with 1 win and 980 losses while Providence shows 20 losses and 20 wins. Detroit 28 wins 21 losses, Boston 26 wins 28 losses, Cleveland 24 wins 25 losses, Buffalo 24 wins 24 losses, Troy 22 wins 26 losses, Worcesters 11 wins 87 losses. Also note Our Litre Ongs magazine for August with artful illustrations and a $1.50 annual subscription from Russell Publishing Co., Boston.
A comical rural tale shows an old lady warning neighbor Sam not to eat her jam while she is away. Sam protests, but she marks his lips with chalk to reveal any tasting, and returns to find his lips chalked thick with jam.
Fragmentary OCR note details a raid in Imad County with unclear names and dates. It mentions July and individuals such as Andersdh and Olof ae in a historical context. The readable text is sparse and lacks concrete outcomes or locations.
On July 4 James M. Odell married widow Barbara Criplever in the Haley Caverly works building. Odell then vanished with $145 of her money, leaving a note and a trunk with his photos, after urging plans for a new house and deed payment. Mrs Criplever, mother of three, is left humiliated and poorer.
J. M. Hiatt editor of the Chicago Drover's Journal eludes a wife in Peoria after six years of desertion. The wife and daughter, now Indianapolis teachers, confront Hiatt in a boarding house and secure a monthly allowance. Hiatt offered reconciliation, but she refused. a younger would-be wife escapes an arranged marriage amid the stock trade intrigue.
Weather, harvest prospects, rail and road conditions, and local events across Coles, Moline, Galva, Rock Island and Davenport. Notes on opera, bridges, gas, electric lighting, streetcars, and rail work accompany reports of local weather, public events, and industry updates. Several names and places appear, including Miss Anna Louise Kellogg at Wagner Opera House and Rock Island District M E Conference dates.
scattered notes describe Emancipation Day festivities as a genuine holiday and hint at a bustle in M on Augustist. Rivalry, a proposed duel, a Peru trip for W H Butler, plow works talks, a wasp rescue turning comic, Rosenstein eyeing electric lights, hose races aiding fire companies, and Amelia Goldberg’s operatic debut in Naples with Davenport parents funding her education.
Mr. Geo W Brooks is described as a very happy man after his wife bore three baby girls in July. A daughter arrived July 28 1878, another on July 24 1890, and a third on Saturday July 28 an eight pound girl, making July a lucky month for the Brooks family.
The third hose race for the city championship medal Monday evening ended with Minnehaha taking victory as the A. T. team led early. Their hydrant man fell and was dragged, costing them the race. Minnehaha shown better running but weaker in coupling compared to rivals.
A noon Friday collision occurred on the O B and Q line at Rock Island when a passenger train approached as a switch engine moved to clear the track. The engines met at a switch with force. the passenger engine shed its smokestack and cab, a coach end crushed, the switch engine damaged, and the water tank ruptured. Noon was blamed.
Report of a boat trip on the Josephine to Muscatine where a Davenport youth named Jimi McMahon became drunken and caused a scene after landing. He allegedly attacked a crew member and caused a disturbance before authorities intervened.
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