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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1889
Page
6
A wide page item mix reports on smoking with a protest poem about the deadly cigarette and notes on local news items. It mentions Mrs. Samuel Nelson returning from Ohio, Moline rentals and a new newspaper, Holmes syndicate events, court decisions, marriages, and streetcar developments in Davenport, Rock Island, and Moline.
A garbled historical notice extols Maguire's Cunduraug as a reliable vegetable substitute for calomel a purgative for liver blood and kidneys. It claims endorsement by Archbishop Ryalit of Philadelphia Rev M Naly of Louis and a patient people though the fragmentary text is unclear on specifics.
Delegates to the Grand Lodge and Encampment in Springfield concluded a business‑driven session with three daily meetings and late Rebekka Degree talks. The public focus centered on J. I. Van Horn’s election as Grand High Priest and Moline’s push for recognition through appointments, amid Chicago influence shaping committee plans.
Major J K McGinnis is relieved from Rock Island Arsenal and reassigned to Fort Monroe Virginia. Maj Isaac Arnold takes command at Columbus Tennessee Arsenal. Chicago contractor charges denied linking McGinnis to any wrongdoing. Arlington employees express regret as McGinnis departs.
William Witherspoon aged about 50 died at Lucyville near Spring Valley at 10 a m on the 22d. Reports say he was run over by a train Wednesday night and lost both legs before death. He was uncle to Mrs. Levi Craile Mrs. William Ellingsworth and Mrs. Dave Pringle of Moline. Sister P Stracham stood by his bedside. he was well known in Hampton township.
The Journal reports a Beebe Buggy Co proposal to build a factory in Peoria, but the firm is not known to exist locally. The Beebe Road Cart Co recently moved to Moline from Racine and merged with D. M. Sechler Carriage Co, a large regional business eyeing expansion.
The fragmentary text mentions Hood's Ears ifs disagreeable blood purifier and references an 18 wordy remedy for a disease, but the content is incomplete and unclear.
Dispatch reporters learn core makers at Union Neable Iron Works struck after a Chicago foreman replaced Isaac Freed. Employers offered Freed a new post in the foundry but the strike continued among about fifteen workers. Some returned to work, others still consider returning.
Correspondence from B F slinghast interviews Rep Henderson about Hennepin Canal termini and Davenport influence. Also reports a rock email threat to Lawyer Lawrence, a rogue horse delaying streetcars, and ex city attorney McEntry suing Union Printing Co for damages amid a jumble of local incidents.
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