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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1884
Page
4
The Evening Dispatch notes the Northwestern Associated Press fall report and its telegraphed news service. It remarks on being the sole weekday evening paper in the district and highlights timely reporting from the telegraph.
The Republican voters of Rock Island County are called to a County Convention at the Court House Rock Island on March 26 1881 at 2 pm to elect delegates to the State District and Congressional Conventions and to choose a County Central Committee. The representation mirrors the 1882 convention based on Garfield Arthur votes. Town caucuses urged for March 21 with W M C Bennett as chairman.
A jumble of retail and social notices from Davenport with ads for wallpaper, carpets, and furniture sample new goods at Cram's and Burgstand & Co's. Mentions sale days, new stock, and visits by people from Des Moines to Milwaukee, plus a postmaster general order restricting use of post offices for advertising.
Weather and river conditions loom as water tops ice and foreshadows spring floods. Local items report repairs, court cases, social calls, and city chatter including church invitations, theft arrests, and political campaigning around Rock Island and Davenport.
O J Dimock bs rents Rock Island fair grounds to trainer Mr Hamilton for April 1 start and track work. County Clerk Donaldson issues marriage licenses to several pairs including Jacob Sux and Lulla Rosenfield and William Kirk and Nellie Robinson. G B Q paymaster Garrett replaces Bartlett after $27000 theft. Garrett is brother of Davenport pastor. Wednesday licenses issued for Bowles Groth and Meetzel Zeis. D W Sickels begins repairs. painters on site. Pres present. No eight feet of wood on premises.
Tax records must be returned to the county collector around March 27. Those owing taxes should call and settle at the city clerk’s office. Office hours run from 8 A.M. to noon and again at noon. R. Reurcens, Collector.
Hut Bros announces spring stock of carpets including Ingrains Tapestries Body Brussels Velvets and cheaper grades. The shop offers a large accessible display on the first floor with low prices and no stairs to climb.
Loam Mott a former Kewanee blacksmith and member of Company A 42nd Illinois Infantry was among victims crushed in a building collapse in Memphis Missouri late Friday. His obituary note is included in local wartime veterans records.
The market report notes weekly gales kept load totals similar to prior weeks with varied sales across commodities. Readable items include wood, hay prairie, straw, corn meal, butter creamery, cheese, honey, and potatoes with price-like figures and references to new wheat processes and oats.
Samuel Bowles Jr and Misa Lizzie Groat wed in a quiet ceremony at Bowlesburg church with Rev O L Morgan officiating. Andrew ag acted as groomsman and Jennie Witherspoon as bridesmaid. No reception followed. The couple has many well wishers including Tax Dispatch staff.
A Monday afternoon gathering for Associated Charities visitors was announced for the Baptist church lecture room. A pleasant surprise social occurred at Clarence Nason's residence with many local couples and friends attending. There will be no St Patrick's Day public celebration in Davenport as funds will support charitable causes. Church services will honor the patron saint with pastors' addresses. The Lansing boat club asks Mississippi Valley Rowing Association to permit only wooden boats in gig races or to handicap paper boats if allowed.
The well known Olden Star gasoline stove surfaces on the floor near Reid during 1884 events. Local observers note the stove’s journey and its status among maritime artifacts.
Card photos priced at 100 and 125 dollars per dozen while cabinets go for 250 and 300 per dozen. The gallery will extend six weeks in Moline despite weather concerns. M.D. Merrill and wife of Rock Island plan a Kansas summer relocation for health and farm duties.
James Howard, former manager of Mr. Webb's place over the river, was in town today. Waists for boys aged three to ten years in lawn and percale at Simon Hirsch's. Frank Bennett seen on our streets this morning. South Moline tax payers notice appears with J W Lona signature.
Spring medicine urges Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier for impure spring blood. Rock Island reports one police arrest in twelve days amid local events. Calico Ball planned by the Scandinavian Club at Armory Hall on March 22 with fifty cent tickets and calico attire. Mrs Freeman Merryman visits from Kearney while J A Johnson reports Ed Tongblade’s wellbeing in Grand Island.
A surprise party was held last evening at the residence of Mr and Mrs Archie Watherspoon to celebrate their thirty second wedding anniversary. About twelve couples attended and left multiple gifts. Robi Bogue and John Watherspoon provided music and dancing, and guests enjoyed a fine supper.
A Lowell merchant recalls a spring experience where his wife recovered after taking a bottle of your Sursaparilla. After a week she regained appetite, and three bottles proved the best three dollars invested according to C. J. Hood & Co.
An old account notes that after a cyclone tore the Baptist Church at Mount Carmel 8 C, the pulpit stayed intact while the Bible and hymn book remained undisturbed, claimed as evidence that Baptists are the elect.
Mrs. Mary An Dailey of Turhanbock Pennsylvania suffered six years with asthma and bronchitis. Doctors offered no relief until October when she used Dr King’s New Discovery, felt relief immediately and soon recovered, gaining about 50 pounds. Free trial bottles available at Richards and Schrubck drug store. Large bottles priced at $1.00.
An 1798 log cabin near Montgomery Alabama is identified as possibly the oldest in the county. It stood for fifty years before the Civil War era as a residence for enslaved people prior to the rebellion.
An old advertisement promotes Kemp’s Bualsm as a guaranteed cure for coughs and malaria with pills priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar. It notes the 20th Virginia Volunteers visiting the Purth Virginia rebel regiment and mentions Lord Byron letters sold at Brantridge Park bringing in 1412 dollars.
Advertisement proclaims Griggs Glycerine Salve as a universal healer for cuts bruises burns wounds piles and skin eruptions. Sold by Wm Clendenin with a satisfaction guaranteed money back offer at 25 cents.
The London Times editor Mr. Chenery stands out as the only chief editor to have visited the United States years ago, a trip made long before such tours became common for inquiring politicians.
These claims praise Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for liver biliousness jaundice constipation weak kidneys and urinary disorders. The tonic claims include appetite stimulant speed and guaranteed satisfaction with refund if not satisfied, sold for fifty cents a bottle by Richards and Sohrbeck.
The article notes a rise in the French speaking population in Canada over the last decade, with seven tenths residing in Quebec. The trend highlights demographic shifts in language groups within the country during the period discussed.
An advertisement touts Dr Bigelow’s positive Cure for coughs colds and consumption and throat and lung diseases. It claims a scientific compound from a renowned physician and two veteran chemists with fifty years of lab experience. Trial bottles offered free by Wm Clendenin.
A Salt Lake City man says he twice walked six days and nights without food or sleep. Arrangements are being made to offer him another opportunity to repeat the endurance challenge.
A compact notice touts Dr Biglow's Positive Cure for lung ailments and stresses trial free offers. It also highlights Allen's Brain Food as a remedy for nervous debility and generative weakness. An 18 year old Rockdale Georgia youth James N Parker is noted for his height. Nellie Fargo, an inmate of Charlotte Vermont, starved herself after a blind benefactor died.
A man known as George N Croons from Bioneville reportedly shot himself after a belief that Bismark was pursuing him. The brief note mentions his desertion from the German army and references medical terms like catarrh of the bladder and a treatment named Buchaparbi.
The ad touts Allen's Bilious Pills as a purely vegetable liquid remedy for constipation piles and headaches. It also notes fashion trends urging fashionable young ladies to own photographs of their pet cats to stay current.
Dr Jones' Red Clover Tonic advertised as a universal remedy for bilious days liver trouble and skin yellowing claiming rapid relief for dyspepsia costiveness malaria and blood and kidney diseases priced 50 cents from Wm Clendenin. A Philadelphia street project to extend through a cemetery requires removal of 1000 bullies at city expense. Testimonial from B F Liepsner of Red Bank NJ praises Ely's Cream Balm for restoring a lost voice after years of trouble.
Four men were killed when a boiler exploded in Bryant's Pond Maine yesterday. Firefighters and investigators worked at the scene as authorities began to identify the victims and determine the cause.
A May 15 1880 notice from Washington DC describes a long battle with nervous prostration and loss of strength. The writer credits Hop Bitters with rapid improvement in health and appetite and the ability to resume daily work. A concluding line mentions Mrs Mary Stuart.
In New Haven Indiana during a revival meeting Fenton Winiama rose and cried The Lord be praised then fired four pistol bullets through his left hand before attendants could overpower him. the incident drew attention to a dramatic outburst in a religious gathering.
An advertisement salutes German women and physicians for Red Clover blossoms medicinal value. It touts Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonic as a top remedy for blood diseases liver troubles pimples indigestion and various ailments. Priced at 50 cents from Wm. Clendenin.
The world’s largest bell resides in Kioto Japan. It stands twenty four feet high and sixteen inches thick at the rim. A suspended wooden ram strikes the outside to toll the great bell, its booming audible for miles.
J Gray of Dudeville Alabama reports Dr William Hall's Balsam for the Lungs as superior to other lung preparations. He claims his mother recovered after four weeks bedridden despite expert care, and cites five cures attributed to the balsam with his mother in better health after twenty years.
Advertises Papimaca Henrys Carbolic Balm as the best salve for cuts bruises ulcers salt rheum tetter chap hag chilblains and related ills. Warns against counterfeits and lists price as 25 cents.
A community drive by United States school children raises funds totaling thirty five thousand dollars to cover the cost of a new car, identified by registration ZN 4865, to be built as part of a school project in Keremee.
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