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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1889
Page
2
The text responds with archaic spellings on cleaning dairy utensils. It discusses best opinions for washing dairy equipment, mentions using bovine water and Ivory Soap, and notes aims to cleanse, deodorize, and leave wood clean and sweet for fathers.
A notice warns customers that many white soaps imitate Ivory but lack its peculiar qualities. It instructs to ask for Ivory Soap and to report counterfeits. Copyright notice attributed to Procter & Gamble.
Community updates from Davenport Iowa and nearby towns report a temperance lecture by Rev. S L Guthrie, building progress at the wagon works, property sales, legal suits, a near miss with a train accident, and weather notes including a heavy rain and wind. Local names include Henry Meier, J G Princell, T M Jones, Theo Effland, J B Oakleaf, Emma Jaeger, Charles Worley, and Alderman Meegan.
The Fourth of July oration by Hon. E W Hurst at Cable is announced. McCabe couple relocates to Edgewood Park. Davenport Tribune criticizes Rock Island Arsenal Island naming. Ex-city attorney McEniry invoices a $680 extras bill. Lippincott promoted to agent at Orion. Conover to night train dispatcher in Rock Island. Remains of engineer P H Egan arrive. funeral held with large turnout and pallbearers listed. Ottawa brick maker Griffin visits with paving brick sample. Gordon property yields blue clay specimen for testing.
Miners of Montana endure great hardships and throat troubles are common. They carry Van Wert's Balsam as a reliable cure. Thompson & Brainard of Maiden Montana endorse it as a consistent satisfaction. Tyial size free of Wm Clendenin drugatad.
A set of letters from Iowa and Illinois fruit growers dated June 1889 extol the Bedder Wood Seedling strawberry. Testimonies claim superior size flavor and canning quality, noting higher box value and strong market appeal in Moline and central and northern Iowa.
An ardent plea warns that a patient believed dead from consumption might have lived with early use of Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. The piece urges timely treatment for consumption, described as acrofula of the lung, to save lives and brighten the home.
The funeral of the late O. M. Lindvall was held Saturday afternoon at the Lutheran church. Pastor Lindeblad addressed the large assemblage in an able and impressive manner. Pallbearers included Peter Hanson William Joséphson Mr Pearson A Lindblad C Sjobled and Jobo Linn.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists Toledo Ohio suppliers F J Cuxrazy Co as proprietors and includes endorsements from drug wholesalers We, the undersigned, attest the owner as trustworthy and financially capable to meet obligations.
The Board of Education met with full attendance to study extensive repairs and improvements to grounds and buildings. H G Griffith retires from teaching and Annie Holbrook offered a high school post. They discuss a new southwest city school site near Hitchock Memorial area, with a public vote required to buy land. A committee, Sloan and Harris, was appointed to explore a suitable location.
The Republican County Committee met at Harper House with Chairman Howard Wella presiding to plan an election for the late State's Attorney O'Mara's vacancy. A convention to nominate a candidate is set for Tuesday July 2, with primary meetings on Saturday June 20. Delegates total 118 with representation shared by Moline 380 and Rock Island 29, marking better city representation than Rock Island for four years. Col H Kohler was delegated to prepare the call.
The Cemetery Board offers 25 to information leading to conviction of those who damaged Riverside Cemetery last Friday night. Destruction included a 60 pound rock dropped on stone steps and water drained from a tank. Board vows full effort to ferret out the guilty parties.
An old advertisement touts Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy for nasal catarrh with a long list of symptoms including nasal obstruction cough and offensive discharge. It promises a $500 reward if a case cannot be cured and notes the remedy is sold by druggists for 50 cents.
A letter from local gentlemen corrects the record on Justus Malmberg’s death. It clarifies that initial knee pain and bed confinement were misattributed to rheumatism, details Dr Lincoln and Dr Dunn’s attendance, and notes delays and subsequent openings did not alter the outcome.
An exhibit of etchings engravings and cameos at the Unitarian church in Moline runs this week. The collection includes shell and stone cameos such as Dangerous Playmate Queen Elizabeth and Leonardo da Vinci portraits. The show opens Wednesday with Prof McNeill speaking on etching. Julia M Dunn and Dr Lindley lead talks Thursday. light refreshments available. admission 25 cents.
The Coal Town school held a closing event yesterday June 14 with readings and recitations. Patrons gathered for a dinner and lemonade while Miss Carrie Libby bid farewell before the fall term restarts. the reporter arrived late but enjoyed the day.
Parents often overlook cures for headaches fits and nervous disorders. Mrs. P cured after eighteen years of illness, Mrs. K relieved after thirty six years of sick headache, and Mrs. P improved from twenty to fifty fits nightly. Free samples available at Wm Clendenin's drug store.
An advertisement warns of breathlessness fluttering pains and faint spells indicating heart disease and urges purchases of Dr Miles New Cure at Wm Olendenin's drugstore.
Miles Nerve and Liver Pills claim to regulate liver stomach and bowels through nerve action. Described as smallest mildest and a revolution in medicine. Sample offered free at Wm Clendenin's drug store.
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad offers two half fare or round trip rates for G A R Encampment visitors from August 21 to 98 1880. Excursion tickets to Milwaukee are valid for return August 27 to September 5, with special extension to September 30 by arrangement.
F W Strohmer of East Rock Island assaulted his wife following a public dispute over trust and her reply. He was arrested and detained in Rock Island in 200 dollars bond to keep the peace. He awaited custody by a constable as security sought.
Willismoon foreman of the CSB and Q bridge crew had a near fatal fall while repairing the 7 o’clock mail route south of Barstos. He attempted to jump from the rear end of the tool at the second Rock River bridge, struck ground and injured his skull, regaining consciousness only after being carried to his home at 417 Twenty second street where Dr. Anp attended him.
P H Eagan an engineer on the Rock Island road was killed at the Forty seventh Street crossing in Chicago at 12 30 this afternoon. He was well known in Monroe for running the Daisy switch engine and had planned to move to a new home in Romans addition Rock Island. He belonged to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Island City Camp No 309 MW of A and held policies in both. He leaves a wife and child an aged mother and two brothers a brother was killed in a similar accident years ago.
Friday evening wedding at the bride’s home in Moline joined John L Richmond of Prophetstown NL with Jennie L Kerns of Moline. The ceremony at 7 o'clock was witnessed by close friends. they departed for Prophetstown to begin home life, where Richmond helps run a family stock farm.
C M Lindvall, 61, died at his home after a two to three year decline with stomach cancer. A Swedish immigrant who arrived June 5, 1868, he lived in Orion and later near Moline. He leaves wife and children John F Gus Alfred Lindvall and Sophie Hudmogren. Funeral held at the Swedish Lutheran church officiated by Rev H O Lindeblat.
Mrs Hannah Pearce Wheeler of Turtle River visits Davenport with father Richard Pearce. She recalls a 1841 night when two girls Lucy and Hangsb wandered after leaving home, causing a village search that ended with their recovery near Mr Bloper’s home. The reunion with old friend Mrs Lacy Hubbard Hitchock brings back memories of Davenport’s early days.
A garbled historical text describes a lone figure among a synod crowd who may resemble a porter at first glance. The eccentric person is surrounded by wary ushers and attendees as the scene hints at a formalante bearing, with cryptic phrases and unclear dialogue.
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