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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1889
Page
1
A mix of community notes includes marital events, property and business updates, and local incidents. Headlines touch on a ministerial bequest, a steamer transfer, railway and bridge work receipts, police court fines, a jewelry theft, a singing mouse at a local home, and plans for river traffic and boat supervision.
A promotional note promises guaranteed relief for throat and chest ailments including consumption bronchitis and asthma. It touts safety pleasant taste and dependable results with trial bottles free at Wm. Clendenin's drug store.
In the last stages of consumption a woman weighed under seventy pounds. She read of Dr. King's New Discovery on wrapping paper, obtained a sample bottle, then a large bottle, and soon grew strong. Now plump at 140 pounds. For fuller particulars send stamp to H. Cole, druggist, Fort Smith. Trial bottles offered at Wm. Clendenin's drug store.
A fragmented note mentions Mackien's Araion Salve touted as superior for cats and pets. The text references fans of an unnamed brand and individuals such as Jones and others, but details and context are unclear.
At the Catholic church on Tuesday at 8 a m Father H Greve joined for life Al Pong Verdick and Catharine Thien pent. Verdick works at the Moline Piow Company while the bride resides on Sixteenth Street and Twelfth Avenue. They will live at that corner and hosted a wedding feast that evening.
News from Saturday's Evening Dispatch reports Mr J N Stephens, nephew of George Stephens, learned of his father's death by telegram. The deceased, about 88, was an older brother of George Stephens and died at his Cokeville, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania home. His son left on the noon train to attend the funeral.
The United States Court in Ludiana sitting at Indianapolis denied a motion to suppress depositions from Mast & Co. The makers of the Buckeye Parallel team were represented by H A Toulmin and the court allowed the depositions to remain for consideration at the final hearing. Additional Mast patent suits target Deere & Co. and the Molse Plow Company with more actions expected against other cultivator manufacturers.
Holmgren Anderson and Co adds Ludwig Nordgren as dry goods manager and Hilma Johnson as head clerk. Nordgren has been in Chicago buying a heavy stock for the new dry goods department while Johnson directs a thorough renovation and stock reception. The firm invites old customers and promises fair treatment and pleasing prices to new patrons.
An excerpt from an old Boston Globe issue imagines a merged Davenport Iowa area named Schleswighof with a pneumatic bridge, air barge over the Mississippi, and a three million population. It envisions Moline as a future core and laments anachronisms in the 1889 setting.
Van Wert C Company Watertown reports strong sales of Lang Balsam with 894 bottles sold in six months and many testimonials from prominent residents praising the product. They note near universal demand and positive reception despite limited returns.
Items from Rock Island reflect a busy period with an Industrial Fair highlight and votes of merit for Miss Hulda Johnson. Arthur Gue returns from Chicago medical studies to home life as plans for a May fair to fund a new church proceed amid local contracts and a fire alarm incident.
The Moline Kitchen Garden Society held its annual meeting at Mrs W S Mack s home. Mrs A R Bryant was elected president to fill the vacancy. C B Nasen became vice president. Miss Rose Hillhouse was elected secretary and treasurer replacement. Mrs W H Hillhouse named directress. Financial report shows expenses and a small donation total. the group notes three years of work with minimal external support and urges continued encouragement for educated young women in the city.
Sunday morning a burglar pried a north side door of Altz barber shop and opened the money drawer, taking change under $2. Charles Altz entered at 6:30 but fled as the thief hid. this marked the fourth robbery at the popular shop and nearby stores. Two weeks earlier Woodyatt music store lost about $7.
Samuel Phelps Leland spoke to a large YMCA audience, many with season tickets, delivering an accessible astronomy lecture. He outlined prevailing theories, predicted Saturn’s rings splitting into new worlds, discussed Earth's cooling, Arctic life decline, and a 1300 year human lifespan limit, ending with reflections on God and science.
Keller Walker and Wadsworth real estate, insurance, loam and collection firm announces a name change to Keller Walker Wadsworth. Dr IV Wadsworth, a familiar figure in Moline, is noted as a leading partner. The notice implies continued service and trusted standing in the local business community.
A large mastodon tooth was found along Spoon River by farmer J H Oberhaltzer in Truro township Knox County. He offered to place the specimen in the Knox College cabinet where it may be preserved. The tooth measures about a foot long and highlights the region’s prehistoric fauna and the Mound Builders era.
Prof E Nelander of Bethany College Lindsborg Kansas receives a call to join Harvard College as instructor in Scandinavian language He is a Augustana College graduate and known in Moline He graduated with honors in the collegiate class of 78 and has led Kansas college circles He is described as a youthful scholar with notable experience and recognition.
Charles Taylor 28 brakeman on the Monticello accommodation died after a fall between freight cars two miles south of Dixon Iowa. He lived 55 minutes. Report covers attorney W J Entrikin and year ending figures including totals collected and penalties.
At a Friday meeting the Rock Island Improvement Association endorses a petition to Congress for relocating the Galena Illinois Custom House. The draft resolution argues the Galena site is inconvenient and that moving the customs office to Rock Island Illinois serves mid Mississippi district towns better, supported by local officials and business figures.
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