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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1881
Page
8
Local fruit supplier N Crester & Co announces fresh home berries of superior quality. Berries are packed in large honest boxes and ready to fill both large and small orders with prompt service.
Monday night the City Council set the Library appropriation at 1500 for the coming year. Officials argued for a margin to fund new books, while others trimmed funds citing equal general expenses. The Library, long patronized by readers with few resources, seeks better tax support to maintain its services and collections.
Mrs T J Davis of Pleasant Valley dies suddenly while at the wash table at age thirty nine. Cause given as apoplexy with coagulated blood on the brain after post mortem and coroner’s verdict. Funeral held at Pleasant Valley School House with Rev A R Morgan officiating.
A Temperance Alliance convention for the upper county will be held at Port Byron on Thursday June 16. The program includes devotional, object and methods of the alliance, discussion on reaching prohibition by local option, business and talks by Rev N G Collins of Rock Island and Rev A R Morgan of Moline.
Miss Hattie McKeever died about ten minutes to one Thursday morning after long illness. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon from the East End High Street residence led by Rev. E G Barnard who is en route. A High School Class of 1877 graduate and county native, she was highly esteemed for her mind and social grace. The town expresses deep sympathy for her family as sugar cured hams and beef prices are advertised by Wx McKuryr.
The Swede Lutheran church hosted the 1881 graduating exercises with eight seniors seven girls and one boy. Prof Mack announced the program. Rev Lindeblad opened with prayer and Rev Morgan closed with benediction. The De Bernot Club provided music and diplomas were presented by W H Edwards, Board chairman.
The annual closing events of the city public schools culminated with a prominent Alumni reception at Odd Fellows Hall. Mises Alice L Brett presided. program included violin and piano pieces, vocal numbers, and toasts from class representatives, followed by social hour and Wallace’s ice cream. The Alumni Association now totals 56 members. N Cuester & Co offers a job lot of black bunting at reduced price.
An 19th century Boston Globe advocacy notes Hop Bitters as a seasonable tonic. The piece suggests it serves as an appetizer for the stomach and a purifier for the blood, urging prevention to avoid prolonged illness and costly cures.
Fourteen years after a loaded gun discharged in a wagon injuring Robert Gregg in his left ankle Spencer Gregg of Rock Island caused the accident when the trigger snagged on the wagon bed. Gregg has endured pain, walked with a cane or crutches, and a recent operation by Dr. R R Sale of Colona offered hope for partial relief.
The piece urges early and frequent use of Sozoponi to prevent tooth disfigurement from youth neglect. It claims the article is reliable for making teeth ornamental and serviceable, with endorsement by press and medical profession. Advertises Drs. shall's Big Bromoline and large bottles priced at Affy’cents, urging readers to ask their druggist.
A Montgomery Vermont carpenter long troubled by kidney disease finds relief after eight years of illness. He reports one box of Kidney-Wort revived him and believes it will restore health to others with similar afflictions. The medicine is sold in liquid and dry forms.
Attorneys review county books in Porter case while a Ballard led expert is deemed a costly failure. Ballard and his boss may seek amendments to the bill amid a money driven probe into county expenditures. An advertisement touts Parker's Ginger Tonic as a cure for general ailments.
Three years ago on June six S S Wallace arrived in Moline as a stranger and took over J M Christy’s Main and Lynde corner store. He now runs a thriving business with strong public approval. Ice cream sales peaked at two hundred gallons for the weekend ending Saturday the fourth, including fifty gallons in one day and forty in another.
The dispatch asserts its large Moline circulation and extensive reading matter, defending its condensed format and advertising value. It highlights support among laborers and mechanics, the weekly edition’s county foothold, and Gould & Co. as the preferred place for boys’ clothing.
Rock River bridge engineers M A Goud and A Shaberg conducted a full survey on Wednesday. Goud prepared an accurate drawing of the needed rock and anticipated orders from Joliet Stone Co dressed ready for placement. Repairs aim to start promptly with no expected bridge travel disruption. Mayor Wiccan notes certs may prevent delay in bridge work.
The Augustana College annual catalogue lists 159 students including 12 from Rock Island and 4 from Moline. The term ends Thursday the 1 éth with exams on the two preceding days. Society events include Phrenokosmian litery program and Alumni Association, plus commencement on College Hill and Handel's Messiah performance. Library holds 10 200 books and the museum grows, signaling prosperity.
Coroner Morris notes May inquests for sixteen cases including drownings and heart conditions. No January inquests, one in March, two in April, seven in May and four so far in June. Names include Olof Olsen E Tomlinson A Lindberg C Manning Geo Punt John A Henderson August Shallene Mary McKinnie John C Smith Emma L Davis among others.
Wednesday marked the final day for receiv ing entries for the Regatta on the 24th at Peoria. Secretary Leight of the Sylvan club submitted official entries including Charles Barnard, George Cooper, Will Cooper, Ben Peregoy, and George Turner for various senior and free-for-all events.
The council met with Mayor and most aldermen. Actions include sidewalk work from East Ward School to Cemetery gate, street lamps in Fifth Ward, watering place for horses on Main near Rodman, and a night officer paid by business men. Water supply talks, park land sales rejected or filed, and committee reports on Lynde street and Harrold street improvements. Numerous officer appointments and budget appropriations approved for 1882.
In the rear of the First National Bank formerly used by Water Power Company, space offered as an office for the City Marshal and City Clerk at twelve fifty per month. Meeting adjourned. M.C. Forrest, Clerk.
H. W. Hype Poormaster reports May relief with provisions 126.30 fuel 0 clothing 9.27 funeral 0 total 160.97. He praises efficiency, notes the May funeral of J. Colson aged 24, buried early May. Hyde claims nine families cut off and three added. now 1837 receiving aid.
Rev F M Abbott of Cable delivered a Sunday sermon on The Gospel Invitation with no notes and addressed the young men in the evening. His work has grown a church with about forty members and a $3000 building. He departs for Chicago to attend the American Home Missionary Society meeting, the first outside New York.
A gang assaulted Michael Joyle, a Wagon Co blacksmith, at Runge’s Garden. Police arrested Geo West and Horace Rathburn and fined West 2.75 dollars and Rathburn 11.75 dollars. Officers plan to pursue additional suspects in the case.
A reader letter from Rock Island dated June 8 1851 recounts a street discussion between Ballard and Wilson about responsibility in a conflict. Ballard urges persistence while Wilson urges exit, noting Ballard has borne the burden. The note ends with a proverb about divine justice.
The steamer Victory under Capt. Moses Hall tows two grain barges for the St. Louis and New Orleans Transportation Co. destined to St. Paul to load a wheat shipment for Glasgow Scotland via New Orleans. The larger barge at 200 by 40 feet 1,500 tons can hold over 30,000 bushels when full but only about 20,000 will be carried due to shallow channels. remainder goes on the smaller barge.
Marshal Fish presents the May return of work for the police department noting few arrests in a large city setting. Categories include Drunks Assault and battery Improper language Larceny and overall commendation of public order and police performance.
City Treasurer Gilmore reports for May detailing receipts and payments. Partial text notes funds received since the previous report and outro lines reference D. Vaxix attending college in New York for summer vacation.
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