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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1881
Page
8
The page lists trains and depot info, cargo and mail handling notes, local business ads, dress goods and carpets, a mention of the river level, a Jefferies market update, and health notices. It records residents, a small child’s illness, livestock sales, and a new office move with varied commerce and society topics.
The report notes Henry Guadle and John Gamble visiting relatives near the Moline bridge area. It describes the artesian well at 1628 feet depth with 175 feet more to bore and a clear slightly sulphurous water taste. The Gazette praises Moline’s passenger depot on the C R I P railroad.
A column of assorted notices from Milwaukee and nearby areas includes a testimonial for Safe Kidney and Liver Cure signed by Mrs Ann Kelly, updates on local people such as Mr Mumma recovering from a fall, and reports of a farmer J W Ashford claiming a wolf scalp worth 3 dollars amid sheep and hog losses. Also mentions advertisements and public notices about St Jacobs Oil endorsements, jewelry shop openings, and a new police telephone bell at headquarters.
A fragmentary report recalls a fire with dramatic language and notes on a fifty dollar stable loss. It warns against exposing children to scarlet fever and mentions a complaint to the Board of Health about a girl visiting a sick classmate at Central school. The piece also promotes Marshall's Lung Syrup and compares death rates cited for Moline and Rock Island, while commenting on school attendance and tuition pupil movement in the district.
An atmospheric note describes a chaotic Sunday altercation that stirred long-quiet athletes, triggering restlessness and renewed energy in former competitors across the town as the clash unfolded.
A local note reports Gould & Co. has an immense stock in their new quarters. A proposed Edwards street opening near Salisbury's house lacks foundation and has not been surveyed though earth was moved in anticipation. Marshal Fish collected $42 on the last special sewer tax of 1553 from 1880, with delinquents driven to time by court action. A live communication is printed urging general support for the subject in Moline and vicinity.
Dimock Goutp and Co's raft boat the Moline arrives with a sizable raft Sunday evening. It will not run north again due to uncertain weather. Winter quarters are planned in Cattail slough. A W Fisk takes the first carriage from Haley and Caverly, driving four or five colts hitched tandem.
Advertisement claims thousands of women gained relief from female ailments using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Encourages sending for pamphlets from Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham at 233 Western Ave Lynn Massachusetts.
Henry Farrelougn, longtime Moline resident for 32 years, plans a move to Chicago to handle personal business there. He has become active in railroad development and expects to travel regularly between Moline and Chicago.
Mr. Joan Bereston suffers typhoid fever and Dr. McKinnie notes unusual typhoid cases this fall. Indoor hours to escape malaria, with foggy nights especially risky. Mrs Swander, widow of A F Swander, marks 67th birthday. her Philadelphia-born Quaker mother turns 97. A Peal's bartender asserts authority after a disturbance. Michigan relief fund reaches $128,711. Adelina Patt to perform Wednesday for relief. Paper mills face smallpox risk. vaccination urged for all.
An advertisement extols Kidney Wort as a remedy for piles and constipation, claiming it cures the condition and restores bowel health. It notes both dry and liquid forms sold by druggists and urges prompt use. The note also mentions moves by Dr Phillips and wife to Chicago, cholera deaths in Mecca, and a water main extension project in E Main with 16 workers.
A girl in the First ward was injured when her hand was caught under a cistern cover. Her older sister tried to help and used a sharp tool, cutting off two joints of the third finger and all of the little finger on the imprisoned hand.
Preesix Lowe, a laborer, was hauling earth when frightened horses bolted by a train, pinning him between wheels and bruising face, arm, and leg though no bones were broken. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup advertised as daily prescribed by physicians. Gro Walker performs grasping insurance stunt. City seeks a coop hose for eastern protection and urges factory support for young workers.
At the Presbyterian parsonage Englewood Illinois November 9 1881 Rev Walter Forsyth united W M Long of Chicago and Anna Mc Dermed of Macomb formerly of Moline to their future happiness. J C Davenport and Grace S McConchie wed at the bride’s sister in Rock Island then moved to Moline to start a new home Davenport long employed by Williams White Co wishes from Dispatch.
Degre denies building plans but hints possible projects next summer. He notes the Hennepin Canal conference in Chicago is active with Chicago supporters ready to lobby Congress. He asserts the canal will be built and praises Moline residents for their hospitality to strangers and their helpfulness to visitors.
A pamphlet extols Sozopont as a sterling preservative and purifying tooth agent. It claims counteracts tobacco damage to teeth and gums, whitens teeth, banishes foul breath, and preserves dental enamel with a botanic origin and pleasant flavor.
The schooner Carlingford carrying Duluth wheat to Buffalo and the steam barge Brunswick sailing with Buffalo coal collided off Port Colborne Saturday morning. Both sank soon after. Carlingford crew Holmes and six men escaped twenty miles through rough sea. one sailor died. Three Brunswick crew were lost. Brunswick valued at 100000 dollars, insured 70000. Carlingford insured 20000, wheat insured 25000.
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