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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1882
Page
1
The Review Dispatch offers a permanent cash premium of 50 cents on prepaid subscriptions. A one year cash price is $1.54 with home delivery to any address. The paper seeks canvassers in Hook Island county to earn half day pay by signing up new subscribers and promoting affordable rates.
Various items report residents traveling for work and school, birthdays, and social events. George Allan remaining in Storey County Iowa. Chas Albrecht leaves Davenport area for Dixon as bookkeeper. Carrie and Hate Allen back from Jacksonsville. Port Byrds dancing club to hold masquerade ball March 7 in Town Hall. Fanny Mountcastle dramatic company performed with slim audiences and unpaid board. Longfellow birthday events at Soion school with student readings. Measles spread with new cases daily. Vaccination debates arise over school attendance. Mrs Bentley dies, pastor widower grief noted. Revival meetings close. singing school planned. Telegraph notes and community chatter about roads, vaccination, and local business prospects.
The note details Abner Fry selling stock and moving his family via plans to Missouri and Arkansas, Leroy Fry accompanying him, with a return aimed before spring planting. It mentions Ross relocating to Iowa, Airgillo Works coal findings near Carbon Cliff, and local families facing illnesses amid unsettled conditions.
Mr Make O Brice trades his house and a jet for the Charlie Wilson place paying 225 dollars. Isaac Conner swaps horses with Manuel Peterson and buggies with a neighbor with mixed claims on value. Mr Harrison Snow improves slowly from asthma while thieves target Mr LoC Lewis hens and roosters. Lem Skinner seeks cash for work chars es as he plans to buy a house. Cook scholars beat Watertown at spelling twice, Valley school to host spelling match this week. March 1, 1882 Uncix BIL.
Cordova reports a successful masquerade by the Cordova dancing club on February 20 with forty couples, music by Warner’s band of Fulton Illinois, and merriment as masks confused attendees. J H Buckley welcomed a daughter on March 1. W D Webster inventories goods and serves as township collector. local residents note changes in farms and carpentry work. The ferry boat Uncle is mentioned in passing.
Daily arrivals bring fresh suitings and latest novelties for men. Distinct fabrics, patterns, and accessories update wardrobes, offering new choices for formal and casual wear.
Tuesday reports say Hugh Riddle, long time president of the Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Railroad, plans to resign at the June annual meeting at age sixty. KR Cable, the road’s second vice president and general manager, is expected to be elected president then once a successor is chosen.
A citizen addresses the Dispatch editor disputing a February article on hydrant pricing and DG Co. revenue. He cites pump capacity and meter rates to estimate possible earnings, asserts the need for fair remuneration, and ends with an unrelated theatre crowd taunt about Dr Bull's Cough Syrup.
The article argues that increasing street hoodlums can be transformed into productive citizens if their energy is directed toward reform. It critiques parental authority failures and urges thought and discussion to develop a reformatory discipline for boys, while noting salesmanship of clothing at Hirsch's. Simon Hiascu.
Massrs G W Lirren and H E Biggs announce a new partnership Littler and Biggs to undertake painting glazing and paper hanging in city or country. Both currently employed at Deere Co. Mr Littler a long time Moline resident with wide acquaintance.
County Superintendent Southwell organizes a Teachers Institute at Port Byron with Prof Gilmer and Prof Houses among others assisting. Sessions cover arithmetic phonics reading music and more. Prof Gilmer to lecture on success. Wide teacher turnout expected. plan for further institutes and a four week summer normal.
Ad copy fragment highlights a refreshing beverage by Flores ton Cologene with playful misspellings and ambiguous reading. The readable bits emphasize a tasty drink and a lively brand tone.
The new school building nears opening with two rooms ready for use and a full inspection invited. It features a novel heating and ventilation tunnel system with dual heating chambers and operable room levers to manage air flow, promising improved comfort and health for students. A second feature notes a striking chromed advertisement image at Adams Express Company in New York praising St Jacobs Oil through a testimonial.
Ladies seek Parker's Hair Balasm as the best article to restore gray hair to its original color and lustre, highlighting its elegance and purity.
A dispute at Chippiannock Cemetery in Rock Island ended with an order from the cemetery association president directing the sexton to sell all non reserved lots to any buyer who can meet the payments, reversing the initial refusal to a colored applicant.
An article extols Sozodont as a delicate wholesome bath aroma aiding dental care and breath freshness in refined circles. It notes Sozodont’s cleansing effects and its boost to personal grooming standards amid a virtuous social tone. The piece also reports about 500 ice cars shipped from Moline this season, with 311 by Peter Schileuter, and the last 15 cars loaded and en route within hours.
A push by Flannel shifts to redraw school district lines to include most of the fifth ward and part of the first ward outside the current district. About 275 voters reside there, with roughly 200 supporting the petition guiding trustees to approve the change or escalate to the County Superintendent if refused. Copies of the partition are available at Wm. R. Moore's office and the Moline National Bank.
Intelligence reports the death of D T Wheelock at Watsonville California on February 21 from a kidney condition. He was about 65, survived by a wife and three young children, with several brothers in Iowa and Illinois. He had lived in California since 1851 and owned a fine farm.
C. T. WagRen returns from his infant's funeral to Viola and discovers his two children aged about six and eight with diphtheria. They are improving along with Mrs. W who has been ill since the baby’s birth. A local merchant offers fine dress shirts and related fabrics nearby.
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