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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1889
Page
4
Advertises horse blankets and white red blankets with low prices. Lists all wool blankets, socks, hose, underwear, tricot suiting, flannel, shirting, feathers, floor cloths, linens, and oil cloths. Pledges latest cloaks and millinery styles with expert staff in trimming hats and bonnets.
Train timetable fragment mentions traveling from Pooria East via Rock Delaware and Albers Lda Houten with a chair car to Poor, Yhoir and B after arrival at Palace Shepara. The message includes names H J SepLow and Eb. Stockhotsa with unclear notes on connections and depots.
Announcements note invitations sent for the wedding to be held at the bride’s parents residence at 2 pm on Thanksgiving day. Also mentions Mr and Mrs Hubbart returning from the west with Miss Alan Clark visiting for the winter. Other items include school term start for Miss Francis Dewald, travel updates, and local social notes in Alvin.
Post office in Moline Rock Island county lists unclaimed letters for the week ending Thursday November 21. Names include Crawfont GB Dobsaun Jehn Deuce Mra BON Fred Poerdinand HH gentuat A Alwx atebu HE and others. Call or inquire by asking for the advertised list date. DAN W, Gop, P. M.
The writer questions a Monday Dispatch claim about girls in Moline and Davenport, demanding specific evidence. He insists he will provide names and dates to back any sweeping assertion. The missive reflects concern over generalized condemnations without concrete proof.
Boone Daily News outfit acquired by Edwin G. Erwin and to resume publishing in Boone. Fire at Phoenix flouring villa in Davenport caused minor damage with sprinkler system credited for saving the mill. Obituary notes for Jared Larsson Cool and reports on corn husking machine evaluation. Local political and religious notes touch Galesburg women camps and Baptist society.
The fragment references gunpowder costs per discharge, Zola’s early poverty, a garret sparrow meal, and an instantaneous photographer in Berlin sentenced to six months in prison. It notes the reform has not reached this country yet.
A club man states that with a man in the evening it is always D o'clock until 10 strikes. With a wedding, on the contrary, it is always 10 o'clock immediately after it has struck 9.
It is said that Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian dramatist, whose works are popular in England, is a very great man. He ought to be, if he resembles his pictures, he ought to have the same compensation in life for his looks.
The article cites Professor Hyland Kirk claiming the human body can act as an electric storage battery. It recounts Gen Dayton in 1802 burning silk stockings and a slipper from foot electricity, noting Dayton slept through the blaze. It adds references to Gen Hartranft and Professor Tyndall in related observations.
The Caicang market reports varied quotes for futures and spot goods. Cash prices show mixed livestock values with cattle and hog prices fluctuating, while corn and wheat futures move within narrow ranges and butter and eggs maintain steady levels.
The article profiles Linn Boyd Porter author of Thou Shalt Not and His Private Character and Edward Bellamy author of Looking Backward. It notes Porter’s secret identity, rapid rise, royalties, and plans for a new Eden tale while contrasting Bellamy’s imaginative, plotful work and his high sales averaging thousands of copies weekly. Both men are described with personal contrasts and New England roots as the era’s top money makers in fiction.
An awkward anecdote unfolds during Sunday service in an Ohio church when a minister coughs and asks for a trade. A young couple near him prompts a comic display as a man hesitates to part with a lozenge and a note in his pocket while others react with confusion.
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