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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1882
Page
9
An old timetable note lists Day Express at 4:50 4 M or 4:50.4 with a dining car and palace sleeper, serving Hook Island and Atlantic routes except Sundays, and Night Express at 6B2Pr with mail car and palace service, without bandai details.
Day Express departs at 4 50 with exception of Sunday. Local schedule shows Minneapolis bound at 8 46 Fr along with chair car and sleeper. Night train to St Paul connects in union depots for Dakota and Northern Minnesota. Major lines Moline info available from C M and P and B Q roads.
The page lists promotions at Fisk's Finxsa oysters and other Fisk's offerings including hats underwear and carpets. It notes items at E. E Hood's Warcues, Okerberg's jewelry, Hamuelson Johnson beds, and various local notices about residents, a T Forbes Dramatic Company showing, and a ser ies of business updates and household goods for sale.
Local items chronicle moves births and visits in Moline Illinois and nearby towns. Mr Oliver Bar tours for a Chicago publisher. A P Fiex plans a California health trip. Wagnen welcome a son. Mr Geo Gisson rents a bluff house. Mrs Sapie Banker stays in Vermont. Dr McKinwnix pursues medical papers. a dramatic company delays dates. organ street vendors and patent remedies are advertised. the tale also notes turnips, a canal death, and community shop happenings.
The Turners held a busy evening at their Rock Island hall with a show turning and concert singing. Bluer's orchestra provided the music. After the concert a dance followed and a large number from Moline attended.
An advertisement extols Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a health renewer blood purifier and true strengthener for the entire body promising health strength and vigor with a trusted traditional remedy.
A young man and his date presented themselves at the theater door with a single ticket between them. The doorkeeper refused, then allowed both to take seats since the ticket entitled a first class position. Thus two souls were made happy by one half dollar.
Mr RB V Mourphy of Falmouth Kentucky writes he would rather do without tobacco than be deprived of Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla which he says helps his family with colds coughs headaches indigestion and general ill health.
Dispatch reporter overhears two young ladies in the Rock Island Library. One insists she has stopped reading novels while describing a new polonaise and a lovely dress, revealing a shift to a serious undertaking.
Freak Harwood had a close call returning from Rock Island Sunday night. He reached Brook's crossing as one train passed and another followed. He turned his horse and buggy lengthwise between the two tracks just as a third train approached from another direction, narrowly avoiding a collision.
The report notes that bets on majorities mislead some, Bridge Co faces a late payment of 8500 dollars, and the city should be partly repaid for delays. Citizens of Moline are urged to keep cows up to prevent future issues as the council's move aligns with most residents.
The tenth and final electric light tower for Rock Island is due today and will enable a trial when installed. With gas and naptha contracts expired the city lies in darkness and no street lamps are lit. Officials delay electric reactivation for at least a week, showing reluctance to revert to naptha lamps in this emergency.
Report notes several anxious suitors vie for a young lady in East Moline with hopes for a peaceful settlement avoiding a duel. It mentions money changing hands over the outcome and cites a calm Arkansas Traveler arrival with an ancient looking rig. The city council may act to keep cows off streets after cows held a meeting denouncing Tux Distatcu on Market Square.
The writer argues babies are a limited burden and that young families must balance childcare with social outings. They recall their own infant years and suggest leaving babies at home for theatre and church to avoid disrupting performances.
A Sunday early morning blaze at the widow Cewe’s barn three miles from Hampton burned the barn and most contents. Two horses and a calf were saved, while hay oats corn and farm gear valued at about 500 dollars to 1500 dollars were lost. The widow’s son-in-law Mr Hunter sustained blistered feet and his wife scorched while trying to rescue stock. Insurance stood at Gould Walker and Hemenway for 500 and 300 for equipment.
Two horses seized with the influence today caused injuries. Henry Stelk, driving for John Moeller, was thrown unconscious when the horse bolted past Deere & Co. A second horse belonging to John Nelson broke loose on Wells street, injuring Jake Weaver who tried to halt it. The horse was later captured with only superficial damage.
The Rock River bridge remains unfinished past November 1 and merchants suffer as the council weighs paying the final $3,500 per contract. Geo. Bullen is in town hoping to speed up completion, with critics calling for contractors to be held accountable.
Pure and Powerful Asatanuta O July 28 1881 H H Warngu Co Birs I can heartily endorse your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as an excellent remedy with out any injurious quantities Honatio J Noyes.
A festival at the Swedish Lutheran church on Wednesday November 8 honors the Reformation and the 250th anniversary of Gustavus Adolphus death. Rev. Prof. R D Weidner will be installed as theology professor at Augustana College with a lengthy program of music prayers and orations. A Republican Rally note follows with Wilcox delivering a stump speech praising wartime policies and tariff protection, plus performances by the Island Glee Club.
The readable text hints at a discussion of a young person aging into a worn appearance over months and references to a Dr Piero Favorite Prescription. The fragment mentions Shiney and a short tims, with unclear context and mixed garbled phrases.
Citizens discuss why Strate did not dance at the A. O. T. and lawmakers warn that many transients may vote next week. Householders only may swear in votes and city bills must be filed with City Clerk Follett by tomorrow night. Filth from river pollution and cow pastures in Moline draw city council scrutiny.
The Board of Education met last night and approved supplementary readers, the Modern Reader series, to accompany Appleton's. Fifty copies of the books and fifteen copies of the Music Reader were ordered for teachers. The October school report shows 1,284 enrolled with 1,111.5 average attendance and only nine corporal punishment cases. A note explains many absences were circus-related, lowering attendance.
A notice from James Ifel & Co. promotes the November 1 issue of Mechanical News with a free illustrated premium list upon request. The list, aimed at rural readers, offers useful articles at fair prices and highlights the paper's practical editorial content and industrial prosperity coverage. Subscriptions are one dollar per year.
A grand Friday evening social at Armory Hall Rock Island marked the finest affair in the tri cities. Committee members from Moline Rock Island and Davenport organized lavish invitations programs and a full dress ball with Beihis band twenty dances and a late collation by Fred Krell.
Storrie claims a pocket book stored at his hip now missing after an event at the Opera House. He says the item was taken from his pocket and he has identified a likely thief. The note describes the pocket book as worn and tied to his case, with few other details available.
Fragmented readable text references CAL CIATION and Helens in a New York area pamphlet. The garbled lines suggest a discussion of a local issue or notice but key names and details are unreadable. No clear event date or organization can be determined from the legible fragments.
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