Moline Public Library Opens Free to City Residents
The Moline Public Library invites all residents to enjoy its privileges free of charge. Reading rooms and adjoining facilities are available, with stationery at the desk. The library features a cabinet of curiosities, neat tables for chess and checkers, and is open daily with two sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline Public Library
Ammon
Grand Lodge of the
U OA T.’s
Aboy
Lee County
D M. Mabne
H. A Pierce
D. J. Hunter
Grand Lodge
Moline
Train Schedules and Depot Stops For The CM and St PF Lines
Schedule fragment shows morning and evening departures for the CM and St PF trains. Mentions arrival and departure times, depot feet, and embargo notes about Sunday and Monday operations. Raw OCR includes misspelled names and garbled phrases.
Local shopping notes and city notices from Moline
A stream of items reports Gould & Co new fall hats and summer underwear, Dr. Marshall remedies, and Fisk carpets. Board of Education coal contracts with Mannll & Co and Porter & Sil ns. city council meeting, and local deaths, relocations, and business moves in Rock Island and Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Mannll & Co
Porter & Sil
Rock Island
Contractor awards lime contract for Deere building
N Barber awards lime contract to Lowrey and Frazier with Frank Anderson as local agent at 66 cents per barrel and guarantees each barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N . Barber
Deere & Co
Lowrey & Frazier
Frank Anderson
Words from Druggists On Bitters And Sleep Aids
A fragment notes druggists praise various bitters touted to promote sleep and digestion. The garbled text references products and symptoms like chills and appetite loss, with unclear names and origins.
Neighbor Union News Notes and Upcoming Organ Shipments
A letter from Durango, Colorado, dated last Saturday, July 3, reports good health and plans to ride east on the first train, with a stop at Pueblo to collect mail. The Pipg Organ Co prepares a fine instrument for Janesville, Wisconsin, with another for a Neenah church. An organ for a Swedish Lutheran church is underway and soon to be completed.
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McKinnie
Durango
Col
Ile
Pueblo
Pipg Organ Co
Janesville
Wis
Neenah
Corn fields revive. local crops look promising in county
A local observer notes corn fields, once sickly, now show promising growth across the county. Other items report miscel notes on farmers, weather, and public notices including Deere & Co veteran BREIGRATH starting a Milan foundry, and county teachers’ institute slated for Geneseo.
Obnoxious editor shot in Little Rock tale and city fires
J T W M Matthews editor of the Little Rock Arkansas Times was shot while going for water and died next day after eighteen buckshot struck him. The assailant fled. Fires destroyed Pennsylvanias Haven pulp mill 160000 loss and Cleveland Nut and Bolt 25000, plus Harrison Wire Mill in St Louis 15000 and Fort Gratiotha business district fire 30000.
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J.T W.matthews
Little Rock,Arkansas
Pennsyvania Pulp and Paper Company
Haven
Cleveland Nut and Bolt Factory
Cleveland
Arrison
Personal assessment figures filed in San Francisco
Mr James G Fair heads the personal assessment filed in San Francisco with 42 2 million. J C Flood is assessed at 36 5 million for himself and 20 million as trustee for J W Mackey. Charles Cracker is assessed at 20 million. The Piles disease is discussed with Dr Trask's Magnetic Diente claimed to cure it. Four rail belt companies are organized to connect Chicago roads. Albert Keep of Northwestern leads the last project.
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James G. Fair
San Francisco
J. C. Flood
J. W. Mackey
Charles Cracker
Trask
Chicago
Albert Keep
The
Northwestern
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promoted For Female Ailments
An advertisement extols Lypta FE Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for common female weaknesses and invites readers to request pamphlets from Lydia E. Pinkham at 233 Western Ave Lyn Mass. The rest reports crop yields and a county property assessment complaint in Geneseo Republic, noting wide variation in rye yields and calls for tighter assessor oversight.
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Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lyn
Mass
Gome
Geneseo Republic
Sharpshooters Tournament opens as team from three cities competes
A ten‑man squad from Moline Rock Island and Davenport departs for St Paul to contest first prize at the sharpshooters tournament. Coroner Morris blocks livestock from Wells Street trees with tin to protect the plants. A Nebraska bound caravan with eight flaxen haired passengers, including an elderly grandmother, travels via Main Street to Grand View Michigan as Mayor Whitelock funds food for hungry bystanders. A local pastor Dr McGaw departs Skid Island for Toledo to pursue a new field of labor.
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Mars
Peter Suulelter
St.Paul
Mr S
Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
St. Paul
McGaw
Skdch Island
Toledo
Ohio
Heder
Main Street
Nebraska
Whitelock
Rodman Avenue
Grand View
Mich
Labor Demand at Castle Garden and Rail Robbery Arguments
The text notes a high national labor demand with Castle Garden busy hiring men to ship laborers quickly, the Su pren a company offering indefinite employment at $1.50 per day, and comparisons to rail robbery debates. It contrasts American bandits with British concerns about express car security, claiming Colorado road agents target the Express Company's treasure box rather than peaceful passengers.
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Castle Garden
New York
Rock Island Road
Eva Colorado Road
Expres Company
Scarcity of Email Fruit Drives Canned Goods Prices
Local market notes warn that limited fruit supply will push up prices for canned goods this season. In the area there is far less fruit than usual, forcing cans to be filled with inferior substitutes like corn and greens rather than fruit.
Judge Clifford’s Electoral Commission Memoir Sparks Debate
Goy Crittenden of Missouri questions the value of releasing further records from the 1877 Hayes vs. Tilden election, arguing official proceedings were already published and a new edition would merely sensationalize history. He notes the judge left a detained history that may ruin its legacy.
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Goy Crittenden
Maissouri
Clifford
Electoral Commission
Hayes
Tilden
Commis Mission
Tur Disparen and McMann Building Sale Confusion
Tur Disparen, via Tom Wirsing, claimed Robt McMann bought the Christy buildings and planned to move them to the rear for tenements, but McMann later backed out. Mr P King bought the two front buildings, with uncertainty over other sales. A Davenport man will move and refit the structures with new sills. removal should be expedited.
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Tom Wirsing
Rob't. McMann
Christy
Robert
P King
Mc Wisins
Kang Wolarove
Ole Dass
Amos
Davenport
Electric Bitters touted as universal remedy in ads
An old advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a family medicine and tonic, claiming they cure stomach, liver and kidney complaints, diabetes and gravel. Drugstores report high demand and occasional shortage, noting a fifty cent price per bottle.
New rail switch planned to aid Wells and Water street mills
J S Keator announces the C1 B and Q R R Co will build a new switch from the main line near the city easterly limit. It will cross Main Street to Wells then to the west line of Dimock Gould Co then to Water Street and into the present switch at Moline Plow Co shop. The improvement will greatly benefit two saw mills by reducing wagon delays and speeding orders.
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J. S. Keator
B&q R R.co
Wells
Water Street
Odfore
Main Street
Dimock
Gould & Co
Keatar
Dunn's
Moline Plow Co
Rock River Bridge Abutment Work Begins With Expert Aid
Street Commissioner Shallberg plans rapid placement of a four ton rock for the east abutment on Rock River Bridge. Master Mason McFarland will supply a swinging device and two skilled masons to assist. Travel over the bridge may halt for a few days during rebuilding, but foundations will be more durable afterward.
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Shallberg
Jner
Sunda
McFarland
Mase
Th Bridge
McFarlan
Electric devices claimed as unique appliances advertised
A fragment notes Waeger & Co advertising electric bands and appliances on Chie avenue and Jackson street, claiming their devices are the only electric devices for a yet unseen medical use. The notice urges readers to see their advertisement in the paper.
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Waeger & Co
Chie Avenue
Jackson Street
Chile
Ber Mareth
Shi
Burial of James E Abbott at Cordova
The body of James E Abbott arrived at Rock Island on Friday and was buried in Cordova on Saturday. He died likely from sunstroke after surviving an initial attack twelve days earlier while surveying for the Continental railway extension. Abbott, born in New Jersey, was 54.
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James E. Abbott
Rock Island
Cordova
Continental Railway
Abbbott
New Jersey
Wind Sonimy Law
Death of James E Abbott Ends Noted County Leader
James E Abbott, a prominent and energetic county citizen known for his railroad engineering work and role in sponsoring the Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad, died at Akron Ohio. He left a widow and a married daughter in New York City, and his death is deeply lamented by local associates who recall his bold plans and public spirit.
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James E. Abbott
Akron
Ohio
Cordova
Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis
Sterling
Abbott
Fisher
Ieorge
William Green
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Truesdale
Rock Island
C. Coblentz
McCormick
Mae Sourvets
St. Louis
St. Louis Road
New York City
Missouri
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Ind
Mr. Abbott
Decline of Man Cured by Wells Health Renewer
Patent remedy notice states Wells Health Renewer cures impotence nervous weakness debility and similar ailments. Sold for $1.00 at druggists with depot Richards & Sohrbeck in Moline.
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Wells
Richards & Sohrbeck Moline
Accident injures young worker at Plow Co building site
About 11 oclock this forenoon George Anderson 19 son of Isaac K Anderson was cutting timber on the Plow Co extension when a heavy hand axe glanced off and swung into his right knee the blade passing half through the bone Dr Sloan dressed the wound and hopes to save the joint George faces about a month's lay off.
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George
Isaac K. Anderson
Plow Co
The Paper Mill Artesian Well Struck Rotten Lime Stone
The artesian well at the paper mill has reached 100 feet and hit a twelve foot layer of rotten lime stone at sixty seven feet from the surface. The layer caves like sand and is contained by tubing from the surface to below the strata. To install the tubing the well must be enlarged from five to seven inches in diameter using a rimmer tool. a screw thirty four inches in diameter has broken three times and remained at the bottom, the latest break occurring this morning around three o'clock.
Sterling visitors plan pine kindling sale in Moline
Mr. and Mrs. S. Conklin of Sterling visited Moline this week as relatives of Mrs. Capt. Currier. Conklin, a schoolmate of Mayor Wheelock, proposed securing Moline pine kindling wood for Sterling customers and hauling it by car to sell there.
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Moline
S. Conklin
Sterling
Capt. Currier
Mr. Conklin
Mayor Wheelock
H. W. Hyde
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