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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1898
Page
2
August dispatch from Dawson City reports tents and new buildings, high costs, and rampant illness. Prices flood readers with dollar drinks and $25 watermelons while miners face low wages, danger, and widespread departures as steamboats head south for winter quarters.
The message contains dated notes from T. J. Stanley and T. I. Stanley about travel plans from Dawson City to Seattle and Chicago addresses. It mentions arrival in Seattle, hotel stay, and expected reach of Moline with a Chicago mailing address for correspondence, dated August 28, 1808.
Frank Gleason reports from Alaska that Port Byron physician Dr. Merryman faced harsh luck under dominion rules requiring board exams. Lacking local exam authority, he was jailed and fined multiple times, paid, and returned to practice before facing a $500 levy that forced him to quit.
Frank Wall, a machinist at Williams White & Co., received a letter from his father describing a journey up the Quak river to Arete City. He reports gold panning yielding twenty five cents per pan, notes forest sights and Indian trade, and says he left the steamer at the Quak river mouth due to swift current. He plans to winter by building a hut and has arranged for shelter.
All workers at the Moline Plow Co foundry walked out in sympathy with strike actions led by the Iron Molders' union. About seventy workers quit, including thirty four molders and thirty laborers, threatening a near shutdown unless wage demands are met. The federation-backed action targets seah cores and a $1.75 per day wage, with union leaders seeking mediation from Martin Fox.
A. H. Worden of Malta Illinois reports relief after taking Hood's Barbaparilia. He suffered pains in the side and around the heart with liver and kidney trouble, loss of appetite and sleep, then improved and felt like a new man.
An advertisement touts Hood's Pills as a universal liver cure claiming easy dosage and reliable operation for 25 cents. The copy emphasizes overall health benefits and convenience for users seeking a quick remedy.
Charles Edwall a well known employee and former clerk of % Co. is honored at a birthday surprise evening hosted at Gus Fo’s home by a large group of his lady and gentleman friends.
The Tuesday council session shows Mayor Swensson urging immediate adoption of sand filtration for the city water, citing European precedents and a Missouri report. He criticizes aldermen for delaying action and notes Rock Island and Davenport experiments, with Stewartville saloon debates and ward disagreements continuing.
Six aldermen support a saloon license in Stewartville while seven oppose a anti license group. The vote marks the first city record toward regulating traffic fears tied to the newly annexed territory, with ongoing debate over its inclusion in the city.
Alderman Schmidt provokes the mayor and city attorney over the Fones horse bill. The city attorney vows to file multiple ten thousand dollar suits if needed while the mayor accuses Schmidt of acting out of spite. The council adjourns as the clash ends with Schmidt’s concession and fellow aldermen’s sympathy.
The Patriotic Anti Alcohol League of Belgium, led by Prime Minister M Le Jeune and with Count of Flanders as honorary president, names Mrs Mary H Hunt of Boston an honorary member for her temperance education efforts. Her Brussels talks previously stirred interest in temperance across nations.
E. J. Hester plans to buy the Bloomington Building and Loan association property on Fourth Avenue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth Street from J. F. A. Ruodquist and move all duties to the new location.
An anti saloon meeting at Stewartville's Second Methodist Church drew strong turnout as Mrs Mary E Metzgar led a legal argument against new licenses. She cited ordinance 14802 and enforcement gaps while urging action by property owners to block licenses.
Mrs. August Colberg and her children have returned from a five months visit in Sweden, resuming life at home.
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