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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1898
Page
6
An article outlines a labor saving house design featuring a large ten room layout with vestibule reception hall dining room and kitchen connected by arches. It emphasizes a practical bathroom and plumbing plan to save labor and costs totaling about 2900 dollars including furnace.
Judge J M Gould authored the state hospital law for the Moline institution. He says the law intended benevolent care with charges supported by patients or community, not free admission for all city residents. He notes rules are left to the city council and hospital board, countering broad access claims.
The text discusses household labor saved by a furnace and stairwise coal and ash carrying. It notes the house measures 1505 feet, ceilings of 10 feet on the first floor and 81 feet on the second, with a full cellar and first class construction. It outlines costs for a stone foundation building and adds about 100 for furnace and plumbing. It quotes Mr Gould on hospital law and city council duties, audits, and official authority. It mentions patient admission from outside towns and physician responsibility.
A healthful lifestyle with good food and outdoor exercise makes her glow. When cleansing is needed she uses Syrup of Figs a gentle laxative made by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Butterworth has returned from a cross state trip to Galesburg where he visited local sites and met with residents. The journey focused on community outreach and gathering feedback for upcoming initiatives.
Shake Into your shoes with Allen's Foot-Ease a cooling powder that relieves smarting hot swollen and aching feet. Over 100000 wheel people use it with praise. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Free sample by mail from Allen S. Olmstead Le Roy New York.
An advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a natural, fast regulator of stomach and bowel function, claiming immediate relief from constipation and related discomfort for all users.
Dr Morgan chairman of the Hospital Board defends spending and calls for a full council investigation. He says the board consulted physicians and business leaders before purchases and maintains records showing all contracts and payments. He criticizes the mayor for publicizing the issue and urges restraint, arguing expenditures were sanctioned and transparent.
The Maccabees emerge as a powerful fraternal benefit society with average member wealth around 15000 and payouts near 3.9 million in benefits. It offers sickness, accident, old age, and disability cover with a rich ritual and history linked to the ancient Maccabees. Founded at Port Hurony June 1st, now in seventeenth year, its members include President McKinley and William J. Bryan, plus notable figures like D P Markey and Major W S Boynton.
Dixon hosts the Rock River assembly from July 24 to August 11 with events and speakers of note. Highlights include Good Citizenship Day on July 29, Annie Gray piano performance on July 30, Gen O O Howard on August 2, Chautauqua Day August 4, Congressional Day August 9, Gal R Day August 10, and Sam Jones Day August 11 plus special excursions on August 4 and 11. Also mentions local notices and a promo for Donnas Ointment and biographical notes on White and Corynth Curtis family connections.
The Augustana Lutheran synod debated suspending Rev. J. Selleen who resides with a Stockholm baroness amid allegations of swindling in Michigan and Pennsylvania land deals. The motion failed 64 to 40 as two thirds was required. A resolution against ministers engaging in land deals passed. The body scheduled a June 9 meeting next year in St. Paul and tabled Utah mission full charge for one year.
The city hospital board and physicians have unanimously agreed that a resident physician will not be necessary. Admission rules require applicants to go through the board or matron except in emergencies. Physicians will form a staff at a Friday meeting. officers will include a president, vice president and secretary.
The notice touts Morrow's Kidneoids as a universal kidney tonic. It claims kidneys trigger health, promises purification of blood, and urges early use to avoid serious illness. It notes tablets are yellow and stomach friendly, with sales via Herb Medicine in Springfield Ohio and post paid options.
A Plymouth Illinois man named Wesley Walton recounts eight years of illness ending after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The June 1897 affidavit from Dr T J McDaniel confirms his health, noting no heart or lung trouble.
The deputy assessor at Davenport finished a survey listing able bodied men aged 18 to 45. He tallies a total of 4 852 men fit for service and draft exposure under current regulations.
An old advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a cure for coughs sores throats and chest pains. The quirky phrasing emphasizes broad healing from the Monarch remedy.
Rail timetable notes for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line listing outbound and inbound trains with destinations including Des Moines Minneapolis St Louis and Chicago. It shows trains by number and destination, daily operation status, and note about exceptions and routing via Galesburg Yates City and Canton.
Train times list departures and arrivals for the Rock Island and Peoria Railway main line and Sherrard branch. Notes indicate daily trains and Sunday exceptions with services to Oxford Monticello Marion Cedar Rapids Peoria and Joliet connections. Trains originate and terminate at Moline Avenue depot Rock Island and Davenport routes to DeWitt Maquoketa Oxford and Monticello.
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