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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1881
Page
1
Moline Illinois May 20 1881 announces a public library inviting residents to use its privileges in a reading room near the sales counter. Free writing desks cabinet of cards tables for cheap checks and card catalogs provided. The library is open daily except Sundays from 2 00 to 9 00 pm and evenings.
A long list of shop notices and classifieds from Davenport and Moline items including clothing, hats, groceries, furniture, and services. Mentions customers and local vendors such as Hirschs, Clendenin's, Emily Anderson's millinery, Holt & Wilson, Richards & Lohrbeck, Hulls, and the Moline Bank. References to public events, home improvements, and upcoming sales.
Victorian era items list millinery shop Emily Anderson West Henry street and M E church sick list mentions Dr Trask Magnetic Ointment. Rock Island city council Board of Health proposes a general slaughterhouse for all butchers. Turia Teen drag licenses. J M Christy offers five lots for sale. Gustav Svennson estate and steamship ticket office behind millinery shop. property buyers urged to call.
Seed loads of hogs were weighed on city scales last Saturday with two from J J Cox Hamp ton at 428 pounds each. Market items mention Dr Marshall's Bromoline cure, insurance payments to Wil Cole, wallpaper from Richards Lohrbeck, Mr Vinton moving to Burlington, Iowa, and various local notices about business, travel, and city appointments.
Community plans highlight Davenport Davenport canal convention on the 25th with Moline’s strong representation. Visitors will see how the thrifty city supplies the West with general agricultural implements. A separate note mentions Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound claims for uterine weakness.
A builder vows to complete a grand home with insistence on doing every job right. The Davenport Gazette errs on dates accusing Dwight Thomas of a twenty year business history. Paper mill workers install a syphon in an abandoned artesian well to secure drinking water while keeping the supply clear and cool.
A Fort Wayne reader recounts a twelve year old horse accident that fractured his skull and caused rheumatic pains. He credits St Jacobs Oil with almost total relief after recent use.
Jacon Warner of Pleasant Valley oversees masonry on the C B Q railroad main line. He was in the city last week hiring men for culverts and bridges near Biggsville in Henderson county.
A fragment urges taking a kidney support package to restore health, claiming pills restore lost organ function and make a person feel well again. The ad-style fragment reflects old newspaper tone promoting a remedy.
M F Sayre of Deere & Co. rode a farm wagon drawn by two fine horses up Main street. A front wheel suddenly gave way toward Dr Patch's office. Sayre recovered quickly, losing only his stove pipe hat before the wheel was repaired and the wagon continued on. Goon Brussels carpets, 652, at Fisk's.
An editorial note extols women’s discernment in choosing Hoop Bitters for family health and quashes counterfeit claims as baseless. A fire incident on a street car route is noted with a quick roof blaze intervention by a vigilant boy. Whiteside Rock Island county tax dispute referenced with board action and anticipated judicial outcomes.
Rrapy made clothing at Hirsch's. Joux Linppren, a bridge guard, turned 39 at about 7 a.m. Friday. John Gam ble trails by a few months, while the writer is slightly older. The piece muses on starting early in life and finishing ahead in the race of titles.
The piece promotes wealth by economy and cites Deacon Snyder who claims paying doctors was draining him. He says health and happiness improved after using Eletric Bitters, costing five cents a bottle, available from all druggists.
Tuk First National Bank of Rock Island announces it will stop paying interest on all deposits on July 1 1851 due to unprofitable investments. Savings Bank depositors may withdraw funds any time, but no interest will accrue after that date. Parasols, stock, and new styles offered cheaply at Fisk's.
Ir Armstrong of Armstrong & Kittering in Lisbon Iowa testifies that California Kidney Tea gives good satisfaction. The tea is sold postpaid by S B Higley & Co sole agents Fairfield Iowa with relief and cure promised. Local druggists Wm Clendenin Morris Co. Keator House offer the product.
Mr Hillhouse plans a trip to Europe with his wife. During their absence their present dwelling will be removed and a new and more pretentious building will be erected. Neighbors extend good wishes for the couple’s projected visit.
The county issued licenses for James N Smith and Matilda W Johnson Thomas Temple and Jennie Brown to Thomas Williams and Martha Willis Ames H Bradley and Ida Mendenhall Josiah G Heck and Dora E Cornwall Aniel C Daggett and Eliza L Bustard Joan F Stempie was adjudged insane by a jury at Rock Island.
The article argues against opening a Rodman or Bowlesbury post office, contending residents near the bluff already use Moline for mail and money orders. It urges making a branch office with Moline instead of a separate facility, saying the independent post office is a loss and unnecessary for a few landowners.
Eddie Tomlinson a twelve year old fell into a deep Deere & Co canal after throwing a stick at a bird. Unable to swim he sank and drowned. Willie Beers raised the alarm. Ed Wegers and Deere & Co employees recovered the body. Coroner Morris sent a jury which returned a verdict as facts show. The boy's body was taken to his mother near the Half-Way House. The mother, Mrs Tomlinson, is John Newton’s daughter who lost a leg in the late war. The family, living apart in Kansas, now faces a sorrowful reunion.
Workmen trenching to connect a cellar with the Main street sewer warned by Sam Davis to shore banks with planks, but foreman John Isaacson entered the trench and was buried for moments. Planks kept earth from his chest and he was rescued with no serious injury.
Davie & Co. Sam Davis began a drain to join S W Wheelock’s enlarged Main street buildings to the big sewer. The line will run the full block with inch pipe. John Deere plans to connect his Main and Lynde corner building. Rank and others intend to join, so nearly every property on Main will pour its refuse into the sewer, a good idea in a drought-prone town.
The writer argues Moline should place a public water works reservoir on Charles Atkinson’s eleven acre bluff to gain elevation, supply every house with ample pressure, and permit a park. A pumping engine at Lynde street would push water to a stand pipe for bluff residents, with river intake and minimal contamination. The proposal envisions a combined reservoir and park as a benefit to the city.
A local promotional notice urges shoppers in Moline to compare Gould & Co prices for spring goods. It emphasizes honest value, profitability of buy, and a large stocked assortment aimed at both old and young customers.
The Wagon Company expanded to meet rising demand by adding a large 24 inch bore by 48 inch stroke cut-off engine from Fitchburg makers C H Brown Co. The new engine, supervised by Harrington and set up this week, signals plans for a four story warehouse and an upcoming engine room completion in about two weeks.
The Corn Planter Works remains the busiest establishment, forcing overtime to meet urgent orders. Missouri high water blocked two car loads bound for Kansas City, delaying delivery. goods still moved quickly once rerouted to Iowa, where customers eagerly accepted the planters.
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