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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1881
Page
3
A goods manufacturer argues against elaborate fair displays for agricultural tools. He urges sending honest, saleable plows and cultivators to fairs or direct to farmers for actual testing, contending $10,000 yearly spent on showy exhibits is wasted. He advocates judging by material quality and performance, not ornamentation.
Government attorneys led by Col. Geo. Buss and Col. K filed a complaint in U S Court in Washington on Oct 20 against Brady and others tied to the Star Route fraud. The move aims to defeat the statute of limitations and pursue wide-ranging official corruption from top authorities to midlevel figures.
The Republicans of New York face an animated contest over which faction will control the state convention. The stalwart and anti stalwart factions are pitted anew amid turbulent expectations. Critics say the dispute, amid national events, harms party duty and public duty.
An unclear fragment hints at a discussion of President Jong rating or ranking, with additional stray text mentioning "While" and a possible commentary on leadership. Further readable context is required for precise summarization.
The Genesee Sun editor Rev Mr Spurlock is accused by Henry county papers of publishing a false confession from Gallion to Father Reardon to boost sales. Father Reardon calls the confession a fabrication and Spurlock is urged to be shunned for violating truth and journalistic ethics.
The article portrays Mrs Garfield returning to the old Mentor home and confronting profound loneliness as she finds the familiar study and surroundings unchanged. It notes she will split time among Mentor Cleveland and Williamstown with her older sons at college, while the grandmother stays with the family in her final days.
At the late quarterly meeting the board approved a circular requiring prompt reporting of the first small pox case in any township town or city after January 1 1882 and urged local authorities to report epidemics. The board also ordered railroad companies to improve sanitary handling of emigrant trains sleeping coaches passenger trains and merchandise trains to curb contagion and protect public health.
A Chicago dispatch notes grain prices higher than in years past while shipments stay light even with low freight. It says crop yields are down slightly, yet farmers should still gain average income from their products, while the burden falls on laboring men and mechanics with higher living costs and only small wage gains.
The Young Men's Christian Association of the State held a session at Bloomington with twenty-two associations reporting 2,750 members. Expenditures total 21,037.
The Manchester Guardian reports that retail co operatives formed a Liverpool wholesale society in 1863. It now has 618 member societies with £563,907 capital and quarterly sales of £862,000. Over 17 years it moved nearly £26 million of business with average net profits of 14s 2d per cent.
The Postoffice Department issues a rule making second class postmasters report weekly surplus funds instead of monthly. They must compute weekly balances after expenses and send cash by registered package to the U S Treasurer, bearing risk of loss. The Chicago Times notes bonds often fail to protect the government if balances accumulate.
The article suggests David Davis of Illinois could unite both parties as President of the Senate, with Democrats likely naming the presiding officers. It notes Garfield’s successor and committee control, predicting Republicans will hold a fair majority when the next session opens and urging no partisan fight over the Senate presidency.
The Genesee Republic notes the Supreme Court ruling that no county officer elections may occur this fall. It supports the court's decision as aligning with public wishes and dampening efforts by those who sought to force elections or contest offices.
Chicago residents set aside daily work and followed Mayor Harrison’s order to close saloons in a solemn Memorial Day tribute to the late President. The city’s observance drew high praise, rivaled only by Cleveland in national regard.
The new disease known as pink-eye is ramping up among horses in St. Louis and Chicago. It begins with watery eyes and swollen lids, progressing to more serious eye swelling and discomfort.
The Suffrage Society of Moline held a memorial meeting at Mr McCendons on September 28 1881 for Mrs Sarah F Nourse. Resolutions praise her advocacy of woman suffrage and call for sympathy to her family. Julia M Dunn read a poem In Memoriam and C W Sheard read tributes noting her thirty five years of reform work and steadfast character.
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