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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1889
Page
2
Boston May 31 A lively religious dispute erupts as Professor Townsend of Boston University denounces Roman Catholic influence in city papers. He accuses editors of bias and claims a Jewish motive behind press coverage, declaring war on what he calls foreign power domination of journalism.
In GnatrssuuGa Tennessee on May 21 the Southern Presbyterian assembly moved toward greater cooperation with northern bodies in foreign and domestic missions education and work among the negroes. The Woodrow Sunday observance debate drew criticism of saloons and Sunday papers. The Charleston presbytery's view on Adam's origin was deemed unscriptural, while South Carolina synod warned against violating private judgment. Next assembly session set for Asheville.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church continued talks on unity. A strong address urged educating the Negro as solution to the race question, while a colored member urged inclusion in Presbyterian doctrine. The assembly allocated business to committees and visited the Union Theological Seminary.
The Baptist Publication Society reported last year receipts of 8026,840 and 80,105,300 publications issued, over 1,500,000 more than the prior year. Delegates from England and new officers were announced. Bible revision progress noted. A separate entry lists United Brethren officers in York, Pennsylvania.
A distorted notice describes a May 20 feature at the Aiton Bar Halfton society event. John D. Rockefeller appears in some capacity. details are unclear due to garbled text.
Workers marched to the downtown office at noon and insisted on beer. They told Mr. Bush they would take Bucas if refused, and demanded the can be brought into legal hours only at 10 and 12 oclock lunch breaks before returning to work.
George W. Coon a former politician now in Erie railway yards survived a Sunday night incident when eleven loaded cars passed over him. He weighs 250 pounds and despite deep gashes and torn clothes he suffered no broken bones and was found fifty feet from the site.
Cora Belle Knapp sues the estate of Demas Barnes for 250000 claiming they lived as spouses for two years and that, upon learning of his existing marriage, he promised the sum in his will if she stayed silent. Barnes’s estate is valued around 11000000, largely from the sales of the famous St 1860 X bitters.
New York May 20 Deputy Coroner Jenkins examined the body of Mind Reader Bishop. The autopsy could not determine if death came from a cataleptic fit or the surgeon's knife, but a key point arose. The mind reader's body was sealed in an airtight casket for an hour before autopsy, claimed to cause death even if he were in a trance, potentially acquitting the physicians.
Sioux City report details Mrs Jon Vet ter of a rural area near Manson who after a six year stomach disorder and a violent twenty minute coughing spell Saturday morning vomited a six inch live light green lizard. The episode brought immediate relief as the reptile survived about ten minutes.
The marriage between Baron von Wrade of Germany and Mrs Hila Morgan Beveridge, daughter in law of ex Governor Beveridge of Illinois, ends a long romance. Fifteen years earlier she wed Philo Beveridge in Chicago. health, distance, and social life led to desertion and a formal divorce sought in Austin.
Washington May 20 Two weeks ago Col Rathbone tapped two inspectors for Maryland posts One inspector then moved to his mother s office and later filed complaints over inefficiency The inquiry led to a recommended replacement of the postmaster and a noted resignation by naval cadets at the academy with several details unclear from the damaged text
An old Providence exhibition staged a murder pantomime that inspired a Scottish killer, Allan McIntyre, to confess. The mind reader Bishop’s act reenacted a banker murder, triggering McIntyre to flee to New York and later surrender in Glasgow, where authorities questioned his sanity before sentencing him to hang. The incident linked theater to a real crime and public shock across two nations.
Parkersburg West Virginia detectives hunting Jacob Morgan's murder were attacked at dawn by an armed mob. They fired back. Gale was wounded while the mob retreated after several were said to be mortally or badly injured. Reinforcements were requested as the mob, believed allied with Morgan relatives, sparked regional unrest.
A Times dispatch from Donaldson Georgia reports a peculiar discovery of spirits of turpentine in a local well. A strange gas has vented since the well was dug two years ago, drawing curiosity and concern from residents.
An advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a popular cure all for ailments including constipation. It promises full satisfaction with money refunded and lists a price of one dollar per bottle at Clendenin's drugstore.
An 19th century classified style advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as best in the world for oats sores ulcers salt rheum fever tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and sells at 25 cents per box by Wm. Clendenin.
From New York May 4 advices report France and Legitima forming a treaty. France will aid the Legitime government and receive important concessions in Hayti.
An advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine discovered by Dr Silas Lane in the Rocky Mountains. It claims to cure blood liver and kidney diseases and to aid constipation and complexion. Children like it. A large package costs 50 cents at all druggists.
J W Stewart of Mesa Point Mexico writes that Balaum is the best cough remedy he has seen and will recommend it to customers while maintaining its current standard. Trial size offered free, in exchange for customer use and feedback.
A Texas woman writes that her long standing case baffled many doctors and that Branfield's Female Regulator relieved her. The remedy is advertised as sold by Wm. Clendenin.
An old advertisement promotes Winter Cholera-Maguire's Bonne Plant in St Louis. It claims forty thirty five years of use and lists diarrhea dysentery cholera morbus flux teething infants and a preventive effect against Asiatic cholera.
An old advertisement claims Castoria soothed a child from infancy through motherhood and for children, asserting ongoing relief across life stages. The phrasing mimics a testimonial style common in vintage ads.
A river freshet sweeps away a house and mill but preserves the Ivory Soap afloat. The narrator notes the soap rides the rising flood, surviving the deluge while other items are lost, praising the sturdier product amid disaster.
A public notice warns consumers that many white soaps imitate Ivory but lack its distinctive qualities. It advises asking for Ivory specifically and insisting on receiving the genuine product.
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