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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1889
Page
5
Davenport and surrounding towns report river movements and ice, property sales, church and school activities, a new bank charter, barber shop change, and social notices. Several deaths, court actions, and criminal cases surface, including Kring gang trials and municipal salary details.
The Recorder's entry book lists numerous property transfers in Rock Island and Moline including Elen Nelson to Israel Schustrom for 1 060 dollars, Schustrom to Eile Nelego for 1 450, Christian Slebkin to J A Butler for 1 800, and multiple parcels in Dodge's and Griffiths additions. Other entries record colorable details of lots, blocks, and sums, plus probate notices and city developments such as street paving and hospital fund appeals.
An obscure report references a penal incident at location 18 with unclear details. The fragment partially names entities such as Ya and Al Et. Further readable context is limited.
Mr John W Potter married Miss Minute E Abbott in Cordova on Tuesday by Rev R F Sweet. Abbott is daughter of the late James E Abbot, the chief constructing engineer of the Rockford Rock Island and St Louis railway. Potter, editor of the Rock Island Arcus, begins his married life with the best wishes of the Disratoc.
Andrew Burg of Canoe Creek secured a patent hay fork contract with Champaign and signed a $250 promissory note later assigned to E H Guyer of Rock Island. Burg found the patent fraudulent and owed Guyer the note’s payment after judgment, then mortgaged chattels when unable to pay. Burg recently paid $259, and agents holding patrol rights warn to steer clear of him in the future.
A jumble of local items reports Mr and Mrs Jobo Dosaboo visiting relatives in Moline, talk of a dance at Mr Eu Donehay’s, and school matters. It also notes Newton Wall’s funeral in Chicago after his 1836 express messenger and train robbery conviction, with his claims of innocence and possible disclosures from his brother Thomas Watt regarding a money package.
The Rock Island line plans to resume fast trains between Chicago and Kansas City, passing through this city at 8 a.m. A new limited train will operate after Alton ends its withdrawal, featuring vestibuled cars, smoking cars, day coaches, reclining chair cars, and Pullman dining and sleeping cars. It departs Chicago at 6 a.m. to reach Kansas City by 9 20 the next morning, and returns from Kansas City at 6:80 arriving in Chicago the next morning. Burlington to restore its “El,” making Rock Island likely to follow suit.
List of letters remaining unclaimed in the post office at Moline Hook Island county Ill for the week ending Thursday March 7 1800. Names unreadable in the fragment include Mrs Mary Elg and Alday. The text is incomplete with garbled names and unclear details.
A dense 19th century style study outlines Jesus teaching from Mark 4 34 and Luke 18 15 30. It emphasizes miracles authority atonement and the need for rebirth and conversion. The lesson notes Jesus blessing children and condemns spiritual blindness urging personal faith and surrender.
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