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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1889
Page
6
A chaotic crash on the Kalamazon street left five women and a girl dead and several others injured. A derailment or collision near Chicago suburbs sparked a massive fire destroying dozens of homes and affecting multiple towns.
A wind driven fire swept the Morehand Lastewenitis area destroying twenty five acres of homes and two village halls. A Presbyterian church and a gasoline warehouse with guns were consumed and many families lost all their possessions. Fire, police, and volunteers fought the blaze but water shortages and wind prevented control. Most residents are in moderate circumstances and camps formed as survivors gathered belongings. The cause is believed to be cigarettes left in a pew.
Latten reports indicate that a group of boys gained admission via an open window and caused a blaze that destroyed forty eight buildings including stores cottages and barns. Total losses on buildings stocks residences and effects run to about 1000000 with about half insured.
A prairie fire swept through a Minnesota town burning business blocks and homes drawing desperate efforts to contain the blaze. Early reports say several mills and residences were destroyed with extensive property losses and residents forced to flee with families.
Hieronymus Kirchner of Cranberry township, widowed at about 70, advertised after a month of searching. Mary Galow, a recent Castle Garden arrival, traveled to Butler, and the couple married in a quick, satisfactory ceremony.
Paris marks the official opening of the Grand International Exposition on the Champ de Mars with President Carnot and Premier Tirard in attendance. Nightly illuminations and a torchlight procession dazzle the city as the Eiffel Tower and bridges glow and a marine display and fireworks crown the event.
May 7 report from Ashland Wisconsin notes fires caused little damage with total losses unlikely to exceed ten thousand dollars. Northern Wisconsin and Indian reservations report lingering smoke and damage, while Wausau Moody and Tower Minnesota areas see continuing fire impact. In Trenton New Jersey detective Edward Layton, hired by the Law and Order League to gather excise evidence, was beaten by eight saloonkeepers who offered bribes. two attackers were arrested.
Francis, treasurer of Charles H. Hoyt's Brass Monkey company, fled with 5000 dollars from the show in Boston last month. He is reported to be in Washington Territory and can be arrested at any time by the police.
Lieutenant Commander William H. Emery of the Navy has been ordered to London as an attaché of the United States legation there. He will be subject to the orders of the mayor of London.
Springfield reports the Illinois House passed a compulsory education bill amid a busy session with proposals on streetcar rides, food safety, and state funding for Carbondale Normal University. Senate actions included drainage bills, university grants, and state penalties discussions.
Reverend A W Wheeler of New Haven warns against bad novels and obscene pictures circulating via post, argues women should avoid fiction that stirs passion, and condemns amateur photography and clubs as corrupt. He notes men with two families and reflects on social decay in modern society.
Labouchere mocks Maytime clergymen arriving in London describing their attire as a grotesque mix of a wideawake hat sack coat baggy knee’d trousers bully boots and a gingham umbrella. He contrasts this with traditional genteel dress and Catholic clergy style.
An Ohio farmer mortgaged his farm to buy his wife diamond earrings. She lost one in the wash and reportedly attempted to hang herself in the clothesline area. The incident raises questions about motive and distress.
The town of Stafford Kansas was wiped out by a cyclone Monday night. Several people killed and many injured as the storm swept Stafford and nearby counties in a northwest path. Homes, farms, and the Eureka school home were destroyed with survivors taking shelter in cellars. Names of the dead and injured include E Slade, Mrs EO Lindsay, George Denk, Waliam Crawford, and Mrs John Love. Damage reports await full accounting.
A severe storm passes over Buryano Connecticut on Monday causing extensive damage to crops and uprooting or burying structures. In St Cloud Minnesota a damaging wind storm unroofs houses and barns while nearby forest fires threaten crops as rain is expected.
A strong wind storm yesterday in Hinckley Minnesota caused damage to winter and downed shade trees. A train between Bandetone and Saulstone junction was wrecked when a tree fell on the engine at five miles per hour. Engineer Door escaped unharmed and Fireman Elmer Miller suffered head and leg bruises.
Fires sweep northern Michigan as flames threaten hundreds of acres across Midland Clare Gen Mus Osceola counties. A timberman’s property on Wild Fowl Bay near Bayport burns for about 4000 dollars with partial insurance. A nearby barn and outbuildings at Kinley’s farm burn for 600 dollars with no insurance.
The YMCA opened its twenty eighth annual convention in Philadelphia with about 1000 delegates from England Germany Sweden Switzerland Ireland and Japan. Officers elected include President Humphrey B Chamberlain Denver and Secretary George B Tomson Chicago with several vice presidents and assistants named from cities such as St John Montreal Boston and Philadelphia. Mr Kennedy gave the welcome address amid remarks by the conference president and a social and reception followed at the Academy of Fine Arts Hall with Mayor Fitler assisting.
A Danish society named Celibacy Aid aims to help women who cannot or will not marry by offering life annuities with premiums starting at 18 and ending at 40. Members may forfeit claims if they marry or leave the scheme, while profits fund aid for the single.
A perfumer warns that downtight fraud in attar of roses production exceeds that in any other perfume. Connecticut is a major center for attar of roses. Heliotrope ranks among popular scents, made by blending violet and vanilla.
A Globe Democrat quote notes the druggist’s burden of operating the store telephone. It details customers relying on the phone for questions messages deliveries and local coordination and laments the time and patience required for the service. The piece portrays the instrument as a vital yet troublesome community utility.
A man trudges through snow to a house and offers to contract for snow removal. He asks for coffee and an old coat, hints at needing advance payment and a shovel, then is refused by the servant who closes the door. He laments that honesty and industry do not pay here.
Brief telegram items report a predicted crowning of Poland’s king, political shifts in Plattsburg New York, a long fasting protest at sea, a Spanish aged 118 death in Bordeaux, legal moves in New York, a fatal dynamite blast near Ashland Pennsylvania, and multiple fires and losses across Europe including St Petersburg to Vienna.
The article outlines how the Endless Apron threshers dominated before Nichols & Shepard of Battle Creek Michigan introduced a new Vibrator threshing and separating machine. The Vibrator revolutionized the field, soon replacing the older design, with Nichols & Shepard continuing to innovate and expand their line.
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