Local Dispatch Fragments Include Sales and Departures
A jumble of notices lists sales at Blake's and Altz Bros. shops, repairs and new boilers for Moline works, and upcoming travel by Gustaf Carlson to Sweden. Andrew Benson leaves for Minneapolis, and George C Bullen and Amelia Gaytrtet tie in marriage licenses. A rock incident breaks a street globe near Third Avenue and Six seamen street.
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George C Bullen
Gevenworth
Misa Amelia FE Gaytrtet Race Tslane
George J Schmett
Muscwine
Emoutia’'A Ludolph
Roark Island
Jim Daly
Third ‘Avenue
Seamen Street
Dasy the marksman speaks on breaking the globe
The quote notes Dasy’s goal to improve light by breaking the globe and asserts his skill as a good marksman.
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Dasy
Marksman
Money Orders from American Express Co Details
Money orders are sold at all officers of the company with receipts provided. Money refunded if orders are lost. Payable at 6,500 places. Rates listed: $5.5c, $10.8c, $20.10c, $40 15c, $50 20c, $80 12c.
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American Express Co
Jury thanks Andalusia foreman for fair court leadership
The grand jury adjourned after passing a resolution thanking foreman Samuel Goode of Andalusia for his uniform kindness courtesy and ability in presiding over their deliberations and directing their labors at this term of court.
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Samuel Goode
Andalusia
Memorial services at Central Presbyterian Church Sunday
The John Buford Post of Rock Island accepted an invitation to attend memorial services at Central Presbyterian Church. Rev. H. Cryer, pastor, announced the invitation and date for Decoration Day observances.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Sunoday
John Buford
Rock Island
Cryer
Peddling Without License Leads to Fines in Rock Island
Arthur A Harper and R. Nicholson were arrested by Rock Island police and fined 10 dollars plus costs by Magistrate Cropper for peddling without a license. They sold a medicine described as a small cost and gold for 50 cents per box. Stewart Kis plans a trot race soon, two days away, with AL Wright heavily backed by Mr Bile. Doc Lester named umpire. race may become a feature of the regatta.
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Arthur A Harper
R. Nicholson
Rock Island
Cropper
Stewart Kis
Mr Bile
Wright
Doc Lester
David O Reid
Joseph
Geo Lee Appointed Merchant Police by Council
Last evening the council appointed Geo Lee as merchant's police per a petition from Moline merchants. The city pays $20 monthly with merchants covering the balance to match regular police salaries.
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Geo Lee
Moline
Lee
Mrs Cooper Hospitalized In Serious Accident
Mrs Cooper remains in critical condition after a Tuesday evening fall down stairs with spinal injury described as the most serious part of the accident. Doctors hope she may recover if nervous chills are avoided.
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Cooper
Death of Mell Salisbury in Omaha in 1884 accident
Sad notice from Moline reports the fatal injury of Mell Salisbury son of J Q Salisbury a contractor in Omaha Neb. Mell fell from a scaffold while handling plate glass when a tank broke his neck was severed and he died after hours of bleeding. Reports say he survived briefly then died amid medical efforts. earlier updates suggested possible recovery but later telegrams indicated ongoing critical condition.
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J. G. Salisbury
Moline
Omaha
Neb
Melville Salisbury
J.Q. Salisbury
Mr. Salisbury
Perry Merriman
Omana
Frikxap Merriman
Mell
Ferry landing sparks tax dispute with Gilbertown owners
Fish and Wheeler claim the landing is land under their control and demand a tax from the ferry manager for using the site. They have collected about $50 and threaten executions to enforce payments. In other notes, Charles Reade’s unfinished novel is mentioned in Harpers Bazaar as completed by him shortly before his death.
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Gilbertown
Fish & Wheeler
Lily
Charles Reade
Harpers Bazar
Adelphic Society receives Rock Island charter
A license is issued by the Secretary of state to incorporate the Adelphic Society of Augustana College Rock Island without capital stock. The society aims to foster mental culture improve English and Swedish writing and speaking and establish a library. Incorporators include GA Swanterg J Peterson EF Altsen CoA Tindal HE Berg and os E Swenson with offices at 428 Eleventh Street.
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Ature
Cape HD
Unclaimed Letters at Moline Post Office May 15 1884
A list of unclaimed mail for Rock Island county Illinois ending May 15 1884. Names include Christine Anderson Julia Murnet Minnie Mioragord F P Burns John McBurney Hutt Preale Miss Sabe Ives Sarah Pettifer Joseph Sands John Has Schmidt Aflis Mable Luce Edith Newell Houston Works Hiram Muench Fred Williamson Mrs F P. Letter receivers urged to call and say advertised with list date.
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Moline
Rock Island County
Ilinois
Hiram Muench
Fred Williamson
F. P
L. E. Heminway
P. MM
Rooms for small family near attorney office
E. E Capy advertises rooms for a small family without children to rear behind his office. Reibling's executUTION scheduled next Friday, with Whiteside county, Illinois, officials in Springfield seeking a gubernatorial stay of proceedings.
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E. E Capy
Reibling
Whiteside County
Springfield
Atkinson's Gallery Offers Card Photos and Cabinets
Card photos priced at 1.25 per dozen and cabinets 2.50 per dozen. Chewing gum photos offered at 0.40 per dozen. Located at Atkinson's gallery.
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Atkinson
Docket reports verdicts and indictments in Miles v. Harvey Wolf
The common law docket records progress in Miles v. Harvey Wolf & Co with a jury verdict for the plaintiff at 765.94 after a mistrial motion. Grand jury returns true bills and reports jail conditions as clean and in good repair. Indictments listed include Sallgren burglary and various larcenies against multiple defendants.
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E Miles Va
Harvey, Wolf& Co
Assumpsit
Rock Island National Bank
Henry Dart
Alanson Sinnet
Maria
Berger
Cass 1 & McKeever
Moline Malleable Iron Works
Mary A Freeland
Wm C Freeland
Barbara Zeigler
Phillip Fuhr
Vouthers
JS Reator Lumber Co
Daniel L Hartwell
Lindhard
Walker
Sweeney
Hurat
Hallgren
Uss
Monaghan
Guyer
Ford
M. E. Sweeney
Annie Mitchell
Weaver
EB. D. Sweeney
E. D. Sweeney
John Welch
Miles
Harvey, Wolf & Co
Mary Freytag
Joseph Dittman
Dore Bobke
Charles Bobke
Barney, Wolf & Company
Bassett
Pepper
Merces County
Ftst
Judge Pleasants
Legal Proceedings and Debates in Docket Court
Trial begun with jurors listed and multiple demurrers sustained. Cases include assumpsit actions, motions for continuance and amendments, a divorce, foreclosure, and a McNeal and Clark et al appeal. Jury sworn. several judgments and dismissals, final decree noted in Barry divorce and other actions.
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Johasna Plog
Fritz Plog
Roswell Richmood
Luce Saith Et al
Master
Lapp & Florsham
Martha F. Severance
M F Severance
BD Buford & Co Assumpsit
John Clarkson
W K Sheppard
Assumpsit
Tramps use old landing warehouse as lodging above city
Fence around A P Fisk pasture torn down and dragged into the warehouse. Blood and feathers found inside indicate the fate of missing fowls in Moline chicken coops.
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A. P. Fisk
Moline
Promotion for salve promising universal skin cure
A salve is advertised as the best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever gores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all eruptions and claims to cure piles with money refunded if unsatisfied. It costs 25 cents per box and is sold by Richards & Sohrbeck.
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Richards & Sohrbeck
Grigg
Clendenin
Sozodont and Healthful Teeth Whitening Ad
An 19th century California drink theme contrasts with a beauty ad touting Sozodont to correct discolored teeth and unhealthy gums. The copy claims breath becomes floral and gums redden. Also promotes Emory’s Liver Cure Pill as a vegetable remedy priced at 25 cents.
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Emory
Ayer’s Cathartic Pills Promoted Across Regions
An ad extols Ayer’s Cathartic pills as a universal purgative convenient for land and sea, prairie and city. It claims relief for sluggish bones torpid liver indigestion bad breath flatulency and sick headache as a sure remedy.
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Ayer
Griggs Glycerine Salve Promises Quick Skin Healing
The advertisement touts Grigg's Glycerine Salve as a universal cure for cuts bruises burns and skin sores with claims of piles and eruptions relief and a money back guarantee. The notice also mentions Liebes selling twenty bushels of Havana tobacco seed bound for California.
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L. Liebes
California
Voltaic Belt Co Offers Trial to Nervous Debility
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan offers to send Dr Dye s Voltaic Belt and Appliances on trial for thirty days to men old and young afflicted with nervous debility lost vitality and kindred troubles. See advertisement in this paper.
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The
Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Dr. Dye
Cough remedies and tonics advertised with claims
Advertisements promote Kemp's Balsam and Ayer's Sarsaparilla as cures for coughs blood impurities and scrofula. Allen's Bilious Physic is pitched as a vegetable remedy for biliousness constipation piles and sick headache with a 25 cent price. Wm Clendenin sells Kemp's Balsam. Abbey mentioned as ruined in health and purse.
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Abbey
Allen
Men’s Man’s Peptovized Beef Tonic Improves Vitality
An 19th century patent medicine note proclaims Mensman’s Peptovized Beef Tonic as a nourishing remedy. It claims beef-derived properties to aid indigestion nervous debility and general exhaustion, with emphasis on pulmonary weakness and overwork as conditions treated by caswort extract and proprietary ingredients.
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Mensman
Lawyer Praises Dr Kings New Discovery For Coughs
A Winona lawyer writes that after three years use Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption is the best remedy for coughs and colds and relieves throat and lung pain. Trial bottles are available free at Richards and Lohrbecks Drug store with large sizes priced at $1.00.
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J A Tawacy
Isq
Winona
Minv
Richards & Lohrbecks Drug Store
Old Roman Coin Sells in New York for 71 Dollars
A historical Roman coin with no intrinsic value was sold in New York recently for 71 dollars. The buyer acquires a piece of antiquity despite its lack of metal value and legal tender status.
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New York
Spasms cured by Samaritan Neroine report
Chicago correspondent Miss Jennie J. Warren says Samaritan Neroine cured her spasms. The claim appears in a brief customer testimony from 740 West Van Buren Street.
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Jennie J. Warren
W. van Buren Street
Chicago
Don’t Go People with Lung Trouble Warned
The notice warns that those with impaired lungs or throat diseases should avoid the sea shore as the air is poisonous to their condition. It recommends Dr Bigelow’s Positive Cure as a speedy thorough and permanent remedy for throat lung and bronchial troubles. The four bucket shops of Peoria have closed due to inability to secure quotations.
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Dr Bigelow
Win Clendenin
Peoria
Papillon Skin Cure Adverts Casturrh Cure Papillon Co
An advertising notice for Papillon Skin Can and Papillon Casturrh Cure claims production by the Papillon Manufacturing Co of Chicago Illinois and distribution by Richard and Soherbeck and Wm Clendennen. The text promotes assorted remedies and regional suppliers.
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Papillon Manufacturing Co
Chicago
Richard & Soherbeck
Wi. Clendennen
Rough on Coughs Elixir Cushions Sore Throat
Medicine ad notes rough coughs and colds with a product for children or adults. It lists Truches 15c and Liquid 50c at druggists with emphasis on relief and accessibility.
San Diego Ostrich Farmers Confront Dog Herds
In San Diego, ostrich farmers report dogs disturbing birds near corrals causing the flock to panic and scatter. Farmers seek methods to keep predators away.
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San Diego
Cal
Emory's Little Cathartic Pills Offer Quick Relief
An old advert promises relief from sick headaches constipation sour stomach and bilious attacks with Emory's Little Cathartic pills priced at 15 cents. The compact ad emphasizes fast action and affordability.
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Emory
Parker's Hair Balsam Promises Hair Restoration
Opening the Fountains describes hair roots and a liquid secretion that gives texture and color. When stopped, hair becomes dry and gray. The ad urges readers to apply Parker's Hair Balsam to restore color and gloss, noting it is not oil or dye.
177 Divorce Applications Set for May Term in SJC
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear 177 divorce applications at the upcoming May term, outlining serial cases from spouses seeking dissolution of marriage before the court.
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic Promises Health Cure
The ad extols Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic as a cure for stomach troubles liver blood and kidneys. It claims rapid relief from dyspepsia costiveness bad breath piles pimples fever malaise and poor appetite and asserts it improves general health. It sells for 50 cents through Wm Clendenin.
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Clendenin
Beauty and health tips amid emigration data
An old newspaper fragment advertises Glenn's Sulphur Soap for complexion improvement and Colden's Liquid Beef tonic for the weak and dyspeptic. It then reports that of 11,448 natives leaving Hamburg in March for foreign travel, all but seventy five headed to America.
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Glenn
Colden
Hamburg
America
Lurid Patent Remedies and Maine Blueberry Output
An old pamphlet style notice touts Dr. Wm Hall's Balsam as a cure for lung diseases and coughs, Dr. Green's Oxygenated Bitters for stomach disorders, and Mother Swan's Worm Syrup as a safe laxative. It also notes that outside Maine few blueberries are canned and most Maine product is packed in Washington County.
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Wm. Hall
America
Wm Hall
Green
New England
Maine
Washington County
Electric Bitters Cure Claims From 19th Century Ad
Advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure for kidney and liver complaints Bright's disease diabetes and urinary issues. It claims thousands cured permanently and guarantees every bottle at 50 cents through Richards and Sohrbeck.
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Bright
Richards & Sohrbeck
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Review Dispatch
Moline, Ill
Eucalyptos
Knox
Frank
Altz Bros
Chas. Andeburg Fa
Trenton
Cram's
Chas. Jamison
Andrew Benson
Minneapolis, Minn
Blake
Second Street
Davenport
Diowek, Gould& Co
Sickels
Dimock, Gould & To
Pelingoon Furniture
Oon
Bamueson & Johnson
Samuelson & Jolson's
Bed Rock
Fifteenth Street
Railroad Avenue
W Cc
Gustaf Johnson
Evenine Dispatch
99 Cent
G H Anderson
Gustaf Adult Church
D. O Reid
Gustaf Carlson
Sweden
I Cassel
Second Avenue
9 Cent
Tux Disratcu
Wacom
Golden Star
D QO. Reid
Chas. Anderson
Wate
Chiago
Mra Anderson
Athan
Cassel
H. N. Taylor
Crams’s
Frank Palmer
East Moline
D. F. Cromwell
Chris Schreiner
Committee On Public Expenditures
Board of Supervisors
Melvill S
Salisbury
Mell Salisbury
Dr. Stone
Frank Gunnell
Gunnell
Fel
Nes
Eviror
Wm. Teller
Tippling House
Fred Nepka
Lapp & Flersham
Martha F Severance
Activeysnedroom
Eleventh Street
Circuit Court
Amos Weaver
Braxton Post
Jobn Weaver
Chang
Grand Jury
Axel Sallgren
Axellalgren
James Monaghan
James Onaghban
Annie Mtchell
George Ford
Victor E. Lindbard
Henry Labitt
Martin Kelly
George Spicklin
Jas. McBurney
W E Cox
J C Willamuth
L H Dudley
Geo Palmer
C Cushman
Fred Freeburg
D Cook
F L Chick
Jas. Bell
John T Hass
Wun. Jennings, Parka & Pheasants
E J Judd
Julia A Dimick
T McNeal
Demur
Rosas & Rice
John Clark
Georgiana Faggart
Worthington Cain
Rock Island Paper Co
German American Insurance Co
Chancery
Mar
Freytag Et al
Joseph Ditman
Michael Barry
Margaret J Barry
Backlen
Austin
Nev
Wells
Mother Swan
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