Night Express And Other Railroad Notices
An assortment of railroad timings and connections from the Davenport region. Details include Night Express routes to Omaha and St Paul with dining and sleeper cars, Day Express to Minneapolis, and connections from Union depots for Dakota and Northern Minnesota. Also notes local ads, liked products, and snippets about residents and businesses in Rock Island and Port Byron Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wy Express
Palbce
Itrand
Davonaport
Atlantic
Iren H. II
Rock Island
Atlantic Night Express
Mallicar
Palace
Denver
Malle
Minneapolis
ST Paul
Minneapo
Davenport
Neapolis
Usion
Dakota
Minnesota
Local notes mix prices jobs and mischief in Peoria
The Peoria district includes twelve distilleries as Uncle Sam employs seventy nine gaugurs and storekeepers. The piece mentions Fisk and Gould & Co bargain offers, spring wares, a Dayton death, a pigeon shoot, a social event at the U A T, and a large supper at The Temple, all reflecting a bustling era with ads and community tidbits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orven Wurtz
Peoria
Uncle Sam
Theft Of Horse And Buggy From Wagner's Brewery
Ma Van Meter, father in law of City Marshal Phil Miller of Rock Island, reported his horse and buggy stolen Saturday night around 9 pm from in front of Wagner's brewery. Police from three cities notified. Marshal Fish recovered them Sunday morning on Henry street near Rodman avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma van Meter
Phil Miller
Rock Island
Wagner
Marshal Fish
Henry Street
Rodman Avenue
Moline board representation and local shop promos
Vague notes urge careful selection to fill a vacant Moline board seat as Dave Reid declines. The snippet also advertises vendors including U.S. Clothing Store and D O Ret display counter cases for screws, amid mentions of spring goods, carpets, and juvenile magazines, with scattered local ads and a humorous departure at the end.
Parker's Ginger Toni Ad Promises Health Toning
An old column urges mothers to cleanse malaria and impurities from their families using Parker's Ginger Toni. It claims the product tones the stomach and liver and purifies the blood, presented as a healthful household remedy in the newspaper’s advertising column.
Charles W Jackson Leaves Davenport Agent Post
Messua Revere Scumier and Co notify customers that Charles W Jackson of Davenport is no longer employed as their agent. He now represents Frank A Kennedy Co cracker house of Chicago and Cambridgeport Mass. He is in the city to remain over Sunday and depart Monday morning to promote his new house, visiting tri cities dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messua, Revere, Scumier & Co
Davenport
Iowa
Charles W Jackson
Jackson
Frank A. Kennedy Co
Chicago
Cambridgeport
Mass
Tri-Cities
Woman Seeks Relief from Weariness with Parker's Ginger Tonic
A Buffalo woman urges mothers and daughters to beware constant fatigue. She says persistent exhaustion drains color from her face and Parker's Ginger Tonic provides quick relief, rebuilding strength and driving away pain with seeming certainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Ladies of M. E. Church Preparations For Spring Fair
The M. E. church women plan a fair this month with parsonage renovations re paper painting and carpeting. They introduce album quilts featuring autographs in indelible ink on quilt patches. One organizer has already gathered about 800 names for autographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
New Boots and Shoes Store to Open Next Saturday
E Strats announces a new stock of boots and shoes will open next Saturday in the former Gould and Co. room under the Keator House. He invites customers to inspect prices and goods. A humorous city incident recalls two men swapping coats by mistake at a saloon, leading to a prompt return once noticed. Linx and linen handkerchiefs advertised at Hirsch's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gootp & Co
Gould & Co
Keator House
E. Strats
Brown's Iron Bitters touted as a tonic in era woes
The notice extols Brown's Iron Bitters as a strengthening tonic improving vitality for farmers and workers. It cites impassable country roads hindering transport, rising wagon prices, and a missing butter tub prompting grocery interest. It also notes Dr Stella Deane Nichols graduating from Chicago Medical College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Deane
Stella Deane Nichols
Women's Medical College
Chicago
Swayne's Untiment Endorsed by National Committee
In France six patent medicines require an official medical endorsement before sale. In America a National committee endorses Swayne's Untiment as the sole reliable remedy for itching from the piles, reflecting the adage that a poor rule won't work both ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
America
Swayne
Million Dollar Libel Suit Threat After El Paso Meeting Remarks
The Moline Dispatch faces a $1,000,000 libel suit over remarks about a El Paso meeting denouncing a judge and jury in Lacon. The Dispatch denies making the remarks and vows to sue for slander, citing the Peoria Journal as source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Lacon
Dispatch
la Salle Do Presa
Peoria Journal
Fireman Joux Quentan Killed In Freight Collision
Joux Quentan, a fireman for the C B Q railway, died after being trapped between a boiler and tender when four cars derailed from a downhill siding one mile from the station. A northbound freight train struck the runaway cars in dense fog, badly wrecking the engine and several cars and blocking the line for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joux Quentan
College notes on band, society, and curiosities
The A B C Band under F Jacobson practices daily and will feature in the next commencement. The Phrenokopmian Society elected Rachman Japer Andersh as an arrangements committee for the forthcoming festival. A 1641 Upsala Sweden Bible was found in the library and is now noted by the Argus report. Mr Osterholn heads to New Sweden Iowa and Rev Benton of New Sweden visits the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Jacobson
Phrenokopmian Society
Messrs
Rachman, Japer, Son
Andersh
Upsala
Sweden
Osterholn
New Sweden
Iowa
Benton
Argus
Remarkable Coincidence Aboard Baltimore Schooner
A centuries old journal note tells of a schooner sailing to Baltimore with thirteen crew. The entire crew suffered a disease with large ulcerated sores on the arms and legs. The vessel reached the hospital where they were treated. The moral cites Swayne's Ointment for skin diseases as a quick remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
H Swayne
Moline Citizens Complain of Muddy City Streets
Taxpayers in Moline protest poor street and sidewalk conditions noting dry crossings in their city while Rock Island endures mud and ankle deep crossings after rain. Local residents call for repairs and better maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Rock Island
Hoogs Injury At Rock Island Lumber Mill
Hoog brother of John A McDonald badly injured in a tenoning machine at Rock Island Lumber Co planing mill. Third and fourth fingers torn off and thumb injured. about nineteen years old. had two years machine experience without accident. reported doing well today. E W Happes has leased the store near Henry and Madison streets for two years. remodeling planned with new prescription counter and drug store. possession April 1. Owner Juer gen Bornholdt Davenport. Expect increased business for Mr Hadden in new quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoog
John A. McDonald
Rock Island Lumber Co
E W Happes
Tve
Henry
Madison
Holt & Wilson's
McKeever's Grocery
Hadden
Juergen Bornholdt
Davenport
Potatoes from Hood's Ash Grocery Offer Seed Varieties
Seedmen praise Hirsch's Beauty of Hebron as an early potato with near Early Rose form, superior yield and hardiness. Burbank's Seedlings, a late variety, are hardy, prolific and good keepers. Both varieties are white, floury when cooked, and valued for flavor. Available in quantities at Hood's Ash Grocery in Moline Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
Burbank
Hood's Ash
Moline
Illinois
Love, Letters, and a Princess Queue Tale
A Boston reader thanks Dr Pierce for a cure. A New Haven boardinghouse tale follows a Cantonese prince named Tong who cuts his queue to marry Miss Hine at Yale. Tong returns home, is decapitated for severing his queue, and Miss Hine recovers yet remains devoted to Prince Tong, aiding her subscription efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Argus
Miss Hine
New Haven
Tong
Yale
Lillian
Terre Haute
America
Tony
Spring Fever and the Cure with Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla
The piece warns spring debility signals a year of ill health and lists symptoms like dyspepsia headaches and nervous debility. It urges using Dr Guysett s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine to expel toxins restore red blood and improve circulation strengthening the urinary digestive and pulmonary functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysett
Local Advertisements Scrutinized in Democrat Column
A sparse Moline Democrat Sunday edition offers few news items as editors note insufficient local advertisements, citing a thin page and limited reporting. The brief column references a disrupted ads check and the resulting weak content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biranpay
Erat
the Democrat
Water Supply facts challenge city engineer claims
A letter to the editor rebuts M A Gould City Engineer on water works figures. It lists hydrant counts for 1878 70 and 80 and 1881 40 to 42, notes city receipts 1400 1600 1800 2000, cites expenditures over receipts by at least 3000, and calls for public comparison with Goulds figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Gould
Gould
AORN
Imgck, Gouty & Co
Rheumatic Attacks Benefit From Kidney and Liver Cure
A user from May 24 1881 in Oman Nob reports frequent relief from rheumatic attacks after using H Warner & Co Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. The note is signed BE D Kirton praising the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oman, Nob
H. Warner & Co
BE. D. Kirton
Attempted Abduction Near Congregational Church In Moline
A man attempted to forcibly take a child from its mother near the Congregational church in Moline Friday evening. Rev. Morgam and Officer Kelsey intervened, preventing harm. The accused, Harvey Hobbs, fled but returned later. the mother Mrs. Arm Jenny Hobbs seeks no further contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Mr. Morgam
Kelsey
Arm
Jenny Hobbs
Harvey Hobbs
Moline
Henry Street
Judge Gould
Hobbs
Dimock, Gould & Co
Jasper Eveland
Thomas McLarnan
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Review - Dispatch
Ita Pri
Chicago, Rockne & Pacific Railway
Freight
Eastwakd
Palace Nieper
Latalle
UPM
Palace Slooper
Omaha
Kansas City
Ayld
Wiehtson
Eokuk
Ottutpad
Mbat
Diay
ITY and Atchison
Eldon
Askaloosy
Union
Lvenworth
Atchun
Misirn Unt Rwefir
Fisk's
Af Hirsch
Chernise
Styl
Efirschis
Bart
Fisk
Wilby
Lirsch
Winmranm
Pre Sc ‘O Een
Rodman Ave
Nile
Citvs Lchaarr
Sweeny Jakson & Walker
Lars Burgman
Raldaee Ner
Port Byron
Stott Co
Towa
Pioneers’ Association of
That County
James
Kentucky
Arkansas
Moon
West Ward
Achool
Moses Howe Esq
Haverhill
St Jacobs Oil
Massachusetts
Bredgeport
Conn
Amherst College
Pixice
Fisz
Gould & Con
Dipy
Sugar Hollow
WarkneEt
Gettina
Knox's
Springfield
Catra
St. Louis
South
Gould & Co's
Baptists
Walla
Ceilag
Norhog & Lundahl
Mie Saran E Dguano
Dayton
Ohio
Delano
Col Geo Curkendall
Deere & Cos Works
Parker & Altwater
Locis Scrap
Thos Latin
Milan
Clendenlen
Adady
Rodnan Avenue
Smark
Hamburg
Sykes
Tuk Neck
UO. A. T
United Brethren Church
Stewart
C. R. Sykes
Madison Street
J. AutMan
Simon Hirsch
Tur
D. Roy Bowlby
Sylvito Boat Club
Sana
Hoyt
Oqre
Eleator
Toe Porten
Moruens
U.S
A. P. Fron
James Sutor
Hartford
Lowell
Russell Publishing Co
Boston
University Press
Cambridge
Disratch
Hirsch's
Erich
Andover
Tuuks
Valises
Hirsch
Ong
Nobby
Tue Moline Wagon Company
Workixo
Hirsch‘s
Hirsch’s
R. V Pierce
Buffalo
New York
Henry Wailina
Nese
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