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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1884
Page
7
Notice to subscribers that Dean & Hubbard is closing and J H Dean will continue mailing papers. All dues must be paid immediately to Fred O Dean. statements will be sent to all owing, and postmasters can assist. Review-Disraten costs and back subscriptions explained. receipts issued upon payment.
The Murphy bill authorizing a horse railway over the Rock Island Davenport bridge passed the House and is seen as likely to clear the Senate. The piece notes opposition from the Ferry Monopoly Company and mentions the canal appropriation failure as a separate issue. Local merchants and workers are described as largely supportive of the railway.
The Pump Company undertakes substantial shop renovations as it cuts lumber into proper lengths to outfit its facilities and improve efficiency. The effort signals a decisive upgrade in production capacity and workflow.
Mrs. John Kay hosts an elegant piano concert at the new church next Sunday on seed Time and Harvest. Miss Maud Thompson returns. sister May remains ill. A local father boasts a long tape measure in jest as town humor. The school year ends Friday and Miss Lloyd is praised for her capability. Vinnie Boggess is bitten by three dogs. the animals are dead. A July Fourth picnic at Jameson’s grave features Dr. A W Jameson as orator. Mayor Knox’s family dined with Mr. Woodell. Robed by recollections, Ed longs for country life. June 25. Mcawenur.
A quiet wedding at 2121 Fifth Avenue united Miss Belle Cromwell and Mr. James McLeay with Steve L. Morgan performing the ceremony. Relatives attended a supper and parlor celebration featuring music and songs by the couple, who will start housekeeping on Sixth Avenue and Twenty third Street.
The Dispatch reports the marriage of proprietor Mr J T Dean to Mrs Rose Rathburn of Davenport. A quiet ceremony occurred at the bride’s mother's Davenport residence. The couple will likely travel briefly East before returning home.
Application filed by N Wihamuth at 1622 Third Avenue seeks two counters each sixteen feet long. Property details and usage requirements not specified in the fragment.
For rent a house featuring seven rooms a good well a cistern and a stable. Monthly rent set at 12 dollars and 50 cents. Inquiries should be made at Atkinson's Railroad Gallery.
The general superintendent issues rules effective July 8 1884 prohibiting sale of wines beer porter and all spirituous liquors in Iowa. Dining cars west of Clinton must stop sales at Illinois border and locks will be sealed. eastbound cars must wait until crossing to Illinois mainland. All employees responsible and penalties applied. Similar orders to follow for other Iowa railways.
Reports say Major Beardsley is favored by Gen Logan while Gen Gresham opposes him. The President will decide soon with Congress adjournment looming. Rock Island residents claim Beardsley is hardworking though critics publicly oppose him.
A worker at Dimock Gould Co mills cannot hear except in noisy conditions. Another city man has very limited morning voice, only becoming audible after hours of exposure, with clear tones when spoken into a listener’s ear.
Advertised letters for week ending June 26 1834 at the Moline Illinois office include Ywain Along Peter Munson Nekon F G Peterson Oscar Remles Johan Anderson George Batley May Maurits Nelle Bulg G Martin J N Clark Wm Melin Andrew Connell Richard Meyer Anna Noring Reinhold Eveland Jasper Evana Thos Keckart Lena Erickson C T Farris William Hynquiss John Jones Wim Jordan Amanda Southwalt Prof Johnson John Swanson George Johnson C E Swenson G Tindall Daisy. Requestors should call and reference the advertised list dated with L E Hemenway P M.
First class three-horse power engine in excellent condition. Easily handled. Apply at Disparci office.
All parties indebted to the firm of Dean and Hubbard are asked to be ready to pay promptly when called upon as the affairs of the firm must be settled at once. Creditors are invited to present their claims immediately for settlement.
Tir Dispatch has moved from its location to the second floor of the former building. The business office is now in the southwest corner room upstairs.
A first class six room house in East Moline for rent. Terme reasonable. Apply to B. R. Towndrow.
East Davenport and Rock Island items note new paper editions and subscriptions. Auctioning watches and jewelry. bargain boots and rubbers. ship lines Diamond Jo and Northwestern railways cutting rates. Local political club forms. various trades advertise farm wagons and clocks.
The note outlines rate cuts to Mississippi river points if Northwestern and Diamond do not halt by June 30. It also mentions new Deere block progress, a warm picnic forecast, local building boom, a funeral in Geneseo, a cherry picking injury, a small shop fire contained by buckets, rising Dispatch circulation, Rock Island Base Ball Association reforms, transit monopoly debates, and C R I and P round trip tickets to Madison educational meeting with sale windows.
Notice directs inquiries to Peter Lee at 1604 Second Avenue and records the telephone number for J Swanson & Company as 23.
The stage of water measured 655 at 64 m, 650 at noon and 645 at 6r m yesterday. Temperature ranged from 63 F at 8 A M to 66 at noon and 63 at 6 P M. Beats down: David Bronson 16 strings of logs, Clyde 10 of lumber, Mary Morton and Josephine. Up: Josephine, Robert Dodds and Sam Atlee.
Card photos sell for a dollar per dozen and cabinet photos fetch two dollars per dozen at Atkinson's Gallery amid strong demand and bustling display.
The Probate Court reports estates including Arthur Hulcart and A A Adams with inventories, appraisals, and guardianship accounts approved. Guardianship of Chase Robinson minors discharged. Charles Schlemmer estate reports approved and closed. Also an advertisement announces Voltaic Belt Co trial offers and a note on Mexico bank capital requirements under a new commercial code.
J A Tawney Esq of Winona Minnesota hails Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption as best remedy for coughs and colds after over three years use. Trial bottles offered at Richards and Lohrbeck's Drug Store for 33 size at $1.00.
A Butler club formed in South Moline on June 25 with David Kelso as President pro tem James W Bledsoe as Secretary pro tem and 8 M Ranberver as Treasurer pro tem. Twenty five members joined with more expected. The meeting adjourned to Kelso s carpenter shop Tuesday evening June 1 at 8 o clock. James W Buersog, Sec.
Real estate deeds list transfers in Moline Rock Island and Milan areas. Transfers include Ira Reynolds to Monroe Reynolds for 4000 dollars and Elizabeth Gamble to J G Heck for 400 dollars. Several other parcels change hands with prices from 10 to 3500 dollars.
ABBIE GOULD sends a poem to support the Sylvan Boat Club regatta. The verse urges rowers to keep steady oars and fair play, promising that honest effort brings eventual success. Dated Moline August 8 1875.
A reflective plea on practicing what we preach among sisters, urging restraint from gossip and support for each other. It then shifts to promote Dr William Hall Balsam as a cheap, safe lung remedy praised as the best cure for coughs and consumption, sold by all druggists.
The medicine, valued for its intrinsic merit, is praised as the best remedy for stomach ailments including dyspepsia indigestion and costiveness. It is noted for its widespread recognition beyond New England.
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