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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1898
Page
8
Governor Tanner appoints Lt. Col. Eben Swift to lead the Fourth Illinois volunteers replacing Col. Andel. News notes residents moving homes, recovered bicycle likely Claus Peterson's, postal exam passers become substitutes, and social events at Masonic Temple. Local crimes, court actions, and civic updates fill the day.
A historical notice touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the cure for a range of digestive ills from dyspepsia to constipation. It claims breaking a mirror brings death and tokens of superstition, urging the medicine to regulate bowels nerves and appetite, noting there is no substitute.
Fragmentary OCR of a poem or song lyric urging perseverance in adversity. It mentions thorn or rose, weather, fishing, weather killing crops, hardship, poverty, and resilience with lines about keeping on and not whining. The readable text evokes a rustic, motivational tone.
In Justice Cramer's court Frank Ludwig was fined ten dollars and costs, August Ludwig discharged for assault on Motorman Joseph Hayes on Ehn street October 30. Hannah Clark seeks divorce from David Clark with desertion as ground, three children named. Bus driver Francis is stabbed by Pat Kelly. Kelly released on bond. Horse and buggy stolen from M. Morris’s residence. Dr. Hall visits Capt. Robinson. the captain’s health worsens. Lincoln man William Thomas marries Rose Gusliner in Rock Island. Fireman Harris injured at the engine. grounds extended for Ben Cable’s residence. The Noftsker family mourns the death of 14‑year‑old Robert from heart trouble after diphtheria. Kane resigns Rock Island & Peoria freight cashier post for Milwaukee road at Sioux City. James Paller to succeed. Miss Kate J. Lockney dies in Rock Island. body sent to Boston. A quirk in switch tender W. Frey’s thumb injury. Crescent fridge workers fight. Houghton jailed for assault on McRolling. Corcoran verdict in county court. new trial motion filed. Reynolds charged with selling bogus butter. jailed on $200 bond. Terminal vs. Pere Marquette suit to be withdrawn. coal switch recommended for Lamont & Son’s agency. Western Illinois Poultry and Pet Stock show opens at Armory hall with variety of poultry and pets. Henry C. McMillan seeks divorce from Ella Spencer McMillan citing extreme cruelty. Tom Bledsoe faces assault case in Brooklyn Iowa after hotel incident. Rock Island council delays Forty-fourth Street improvements, bids to be invited later.
Last week F S Gates commissioned Devore and Fisher to design and erect a Barry granite monument of a square main section with corner columns for two feet then smooth panels for lettering and tapering to the top. The four-block monument rests on a large square base and is praised as one of the best in the vicinity.
Beloit college professor Burr visited the academy Friday. Mr and Mrs James Durbin celebrate a new bus arrival. Dr Johnson of Fenton traveled Sunday to see John Schall who is very ill. Mr and Mrs Blehlmeier mourn their six week old baby's death after illness. Capt Trent returns from Springfield as a grand lodge delegate. C C F N L Allen from Cleveland will teach bookkeeping and commercial law this winter. George Newton injured handling a crate of chickens. his finger crushed and later amputated by Block and Bruner. Last Friday Rock Island Railway suffered three wrecks at Moscow Wilton and Chicago.
Nov 18 transfers include Hattie Odell to Catherine Ross for several lots in Port Byron worth 450 dollars and Erick Anderson to William Stevens for Lot 3 in Stevens Third to Mo line at 1 dollar. Other deeds include E W Hurst to Stevens for Fairmont add lots 3 and 4 at 600 dollars and John Brashar to Lloyd Albertson for a tract by meter and bounds at 333.30 dollars. Nov 19 transfers show Barker and Bahner selling 145 acres plus, Moline State Savings Bank to Peter Plunkett for Candee Grove lots 1 and 2 at 200 dollars, Shepherd Smalley heirs to Adam J Graham for 29 and nh 36 acres with 46 acres in nel 5 16 Sw at 638 dollars, and Frank Goodall to Ella Bar for part lot 18 at 375 dollars. A garbled line follows about months that cured a sore throat in forty-four hours, and a note about Sheriff-elect Cralle reappointing Nicholsos of Port Byron to the upper end of the county.
An ad promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims Grain-O tastes like coffee, costs about a quarter as much, and helps distribute health as children are given more of it. Available from grocers for 15c and 25c.
Police Court bound Bert Holtzheizer Gusta Koetzing and Miss Nannie Werrather over to the grand jury on charges of conspiring to blackmail a Second ward young man. Bonds set at 300 150 150 with all three jailed for trial. adultery charges involve the man and Koetzing girl with bonds 300 and 150 respectively.
Rev. R. C. Bryant at the Union Meeting of the A M E church urged municipal reform, contrasting U S and English methods. He warned against self indulgence among the powerful, noted city governance costs, and called for action on liquor issues and urban leadership. The sermon framed national destiny through strong city administration.
The Dimock Gould & Co mill shut down for the season due to sudden winter making log cutting impossible. The plant may reopen if weather moderates, otherwise it may be closed if no buyer is found. The just-concluded season yielded several million feet with ten-hour days and two idle periods for log scarcity and low water.
A fragment reflecting on gratitude in childhood, noting how appreciation grows from sense of favors to come and family ties. The prose hints at social duties, future outlook, and household relations within a historical home journal voice.
Advertises free servings of Cucuta mocha and Java coffee with fresh hot biscuits baked using Riverside flour and Pure Quill baking powder throughout the week at Young and Mcombs.
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