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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1882
Page
8
Christopher Newton a Sydney merchant rose from heavy debt twelve years ago to settlement on six shillings to the pound. He rebuilt his business and recently paid creditors in full with interest amounting to over 200000 dollars. Creditors gifts include a steam yacht and his wife received diamond jewelry.
An advertisement claims people live longer using Dr ivelow's Positive Cure for coughs colds consumption and lung diseases. It invites readers to Richards Soler beck’s drug store for a free bottle as proof.
A Maine man, suffering rheumatism, asked his wife to apply liniment to his neck and back. The substance hardened his skin into rhinoceros-like toughness and a sunset-bright gloss. Mistakenly used furniture polish instead of liniment. He stretched his arms but could not straighten them, and after the incident he refused comfort, muttering that his wife could not make po Eastlake hatrack out of him. They stopped speaking to one another.
A promotional note touts Dr Jones' Red Clover Tonic as a universal cure for blood disorders liver trouble headaches castor ailments and urinary diseases. Sold by Richards and Sohrbeck at fifty cents per bottle as a tonic and appetizer.
A Friday night wreck on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway near Lime Rock Station saw heavy timbers placed on the rails to derail a passenger train. An extra coal train struck the obstruction, sending the locomotive down the embankment and wrecking several cars. The passenger train cleared the scene and its crew jumped to safety.
Thousands of dollars can be saved by using proper judgment in health care for yourself and family. If you are bilious, have a sallow complexion, poor appetite, low spirits, and debility, do not delay but procure Electric Bitters. Sold by Richards and Soltbeck for fifty cents.
A New Haven train leaving Mont Vernon at 8:17 am halted in the Harlem tunnel at Eighty Second Street. The rear brakeman stopped a following train, then a bystander said to proceed. The second brakeman halted the rear train within about 100 feet of the first. Passengers were excited.
Richards and Lohrbeck’s drug store advertises a free trial bottle for Dr King’s New Discovery claiming it cures consumption and lung ailments. The item also notes a false report about ex Mayor T. Navin of Adrian, Michigan being arrested for forgery of water works bonds.
The advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and is priced at twenty five cents per box sold by Richards & Sohrbeck.
An American is credited with introducing chewing gum to England. One American port ships about 40 000 pieces of spruce gum weekly supplying 10 000 moderate chewers with a day’s supply. Ten thousand women go gum and only one port heard.
The best on earth Griggs' Glycerine Salve is a cure for cuts bruises scalds burns wounds and other sores. It promises relief for piles and skin eruptions with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Offered at 25 cents by Richards and Sohrberk.
The wife of the Chinese minister in Washington is seventy years old and does not receive visitors. She drives out with an attendant and is learning the English language. Francis G Shaw, a leading laborer on the underground railroad, died yesterday at West New Brighton Staten Island. His son was colonel of the first colored regiment and was killed at Hilton Head. His daughters married George William Curtis, B Minturn and General Francis Barlow of New York.
An advertisement describes catarrh of the bladder with stinging irritation and inflammation and promotes Bachupalba as a cure for kidney and urinary complaints.
A brief note outlines sales activity and potential outcomes involving Roy, highlighting expected market shifts and participant expectations in the current period.
J W Barnes proprietor of the Shelbyville Volunteer was fired at and shot in the back by an assassin. The wound is dangerous with bullet not yet extracted. Barnes supported the regular Democratic county ticket and anti ringsters. The county, once reliably Democratic, swung Republican on Tuesday, and Barnes’ assassination is believed tied to the election outcome.
An old advertisement promotes Rough on Corns featuring a 15 cent offer. It touts quick relief for corns warts bunions and related foot ailments with a complete permanent cure claim.
Editorial note recalls A D Wins of Mor rison suffering a serious leg fracture after turning in a lawyer's stairway. It warns Morrison residents to wait until on the sidewalk to turn, expressing sympathy for Bro Hill in his affliction.
Ad claims a man can regain strength and energy after using Wells Health Renewer, presented as a cure for diminished vigor. The promotion targets male consumers with promises of renewed stamina and improved well being through the product.
English brewers start producing soda water lemonade and other aerated beverages to supply their houses with temperance drinks and partly compensate for reduced demand for intoxicants due to temperance efforts.
The piece extols Parker’s Ginger Tonic as a solution to stimulant temptations, claiming it invigorates body and mind without intoxication and brings health to many homes. It notes the gas company in New Orleans cut gas to public buildings over unpaid city debt.
A fragment argues against waiting for bed rest with a discus and promotes Parker a Ginger Tonte as a quick cure. It mentions healthy families improving with this “pure medicine” and hints at curing ailments early.
Pennsylvania oil trading shows activity but prices ease with Bradford closing at 1144. Cleveland brokers note Standard monopoly pressures contribute to the day’s value disturbance.
A reader recalls attempting a patent medicine, praying for relief from a cough, and claims to have ceased coughing after using Sellers' Cough Syrup. The anecdote frames a humorous look at dubious remedies.
The article notes vast violet cultivation near Nice Italy supplying perfumery factories. He liotropes and white roses are also grown by the acre, making the air heavy with their fragrance for miles around the city.
The product Parker's Hair Balsam is praised as a harmless dressing that revives faded gray hair with a rich lustre and pleasant perfume, highly esteemed for purity.
The article explains Italian mortar lasts longer because lime is kept in a water-filled pit for two years before use, unlike practices in other countries where lime is slacked and used the same day.
Piles cause weight in back and lower abdomen with possible kidney concerns and indigestion. Itching worsens at night after warmth in bed. Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy absorbs tumors and stops itching, offering a permanent cure where others fail. Price 50 cents. Sold by O S Bryant and Win Clendenin.
The opening of the Illinois Democratic State Convention featured Deacon Gross invoking divine aid against Repunism. His closing plea “O Lord God Almighty, we beseech Theo to save us from Repunism” is noted as having been answered in the paper’s view, despite detractors.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Mich offers a thirty day trial of Dr Dye’s Electro Voltaic belts and electric appliances for men with nervous debility loss of vitality and manhood. Guaranteed restoration of health and vigor with no risk as the trial period is allowed. Address provided.
The readable text refers to monthly prices and rapid payments, mentioning a dispatch announcement and a Paris connection. It hints at a funeral or career path related to Ninaties, comparing it to a prodigy moment, but specifics are unclear due to damaged OCR.
The Post reports that Vanderbilt privately sold about 10 million dollars of 4 percent railroad bonds at roughly 9 percent under market price. Buyers included several savings banks and institutions seeking near-term securities, signaling confidence in Vanderbilt’s rail investments.
A sufferer with long standing jaw fever feels weak after leaving bed but expects improvement. A powerful tonic like Dr. da Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla is suggested to aid recovery and bolster strength during convalescence.
The seven day tally shows 141 failures with 182 in the country and nine in New York city. The week marks a notable rise, and the failures are described as more consequential than in earlier periods.
J J Johnson of Richmond Indiana commends the medicine as highly effective. He says it cured his dyspepsia and his wife’s general ill health and regards it as the best medicine he has used.
The residence of artist Al bert Bierstadt at Irvington on the Hudson burned Friday morning. It was occupied by H T Chapman of the Stock Exchange. The building cost $100,000 and the furniture pictures and curiosities were valued at as much more.
As railroads expand, large drastic pills fall out of demand and Dr. Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pellets rise. The sugar coated pills are small like mustard seeds and made from concentrated vegetable extracts sold by druggists.
A massive blast at the Keenan Lime Works in Smith Basin NY on Friday collapses four tons of powder. Dennis Golden and Joe Cameron were blown apart, with fragments found up to a half mile away. Authorities suspect the explosion caused by men who were smoking.
The fragment recalls a young woman's death and invokes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a supposed cure for female ailments. The antiquated ad language links beauty and mortality to patent medicine in a dated sensational tone.
Cnancea McDunanp alias Jon Claxton was arrested in St Louis on Friday for sending letters to actress Kate Claxton claiming to be her son and demanding money.
If the blood be impoverished leading to pimples eruptions ulcers running sores scrofulous tumors swellings or debility, take Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery sold by druggists.
Amelia Gilcurist a Salvation Army member confessed in court to having three husbands. She expressed repentance and returned to Philadelphia as number one. The piece notes patent medicines and rail shop issues with steam hammers. It also references a law punishing wives for harming husbands property, contrasting with Mormon domestic harmony claims.
Haz's Honey of Horehound and Tar soothes coughs and colds with no bad effects. Pixx's Toothache Drops claim relief in one minute.
SamoureL Kintzer of Cain Township Chester County pa punished his son Samuel Jr for swimming by forcing the boy to copy the entire Old Testament with pen and ink during leisure hours. By last Friday he had reached the thirty seventh psalm before running away at night. The notice adds a remark on premature graying of hair and advertises Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer as restoring color.
A Cincinnati man seeks a divorce from his wife after a four day marriage begun from an advertisement in a local paper. He previously lived under alimony or legal separation from two former wives.
A brief product blurb extols Flor estan Cologne as a perfume for ladies seeking novelty delicacy and richness and asserts it completely satisfies their desires with a refined scent.
Frederick C Blopoxter of Spencer Massachusetts earned a rare distinction by being pardoned twice. Earlier life sentence for rape led to a pardon after six years, then he stole and was remanded, and last Monday he received another pardon.
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