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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1881
Page
15
A dense paragraph of community notices lists library free access hours and exhibits, train times and routes, and assorted local merchant ads for clothing, carpets, hardware, and groceries. It notes a family illness and a death in town, plus upcoming social events at Timm's Hall and the Sylvan Boats Club party.
Local columns report river levels near Rodman Avenue bridge, the Meredosia overflow, and a full slate of ads from Forward Gleason Douglas Holt & Wilsons and Moline firms. Vaccination notices, court actions, and business openings fill a day of community updates.
An advertisement notes death by own action and illness, then touts Wells Health Renewer as a cure for dyspepsia. The sales pitch lists it as a tonic and bilious remedy, marketed by Druats Depotbeck in Missouri.
Readable fragments describe a terrace moment near C F Hemenway's home with debris falling onto the sidewalk. Included items mention Hart & Wilson sugar products and a coroner's jury verdict in James Boyle's Rock Island case. Several notices reference stores, weather, a clothing shop, mill machinery, and a missing girl from Lyndon fleeing alleged abuse.
Kidney-Wort acts first by overcoming mild constipation, then, by its tonic and invigorating properties, restores health to debilitated parts. We have hundreds of certified cures where all else failed. Use it and suffer no longer.
Historical OCR snippet shows prices for corn, Timothy hay, upland hay, slough hay, coal, cord wood and related market figures. Mentions per bushel and per ton pricing with a sequence of numbers indicating quoted rates.
The Journal of the 20th reports Chicago hog prices slipping 10 to 15 cents with buyers hesitant. About 15,000 hogs remained unsold by 11 o clock, while cattle receipts reached about 7,000 and prices for good to choice meats varied.
A. D. Fish announces a city assortment of velvets, Brussels, wool and cotton carpets with borders and room-by-room estimates for hotels, churches, lodges. The firm touts the largest sample line west of Chicago and promises the lowest prices to secure a very large trade.
Dosia Bottoms reports severe floods in the Meredosia area causing heavy losses to hay and corn. Farmers see knee deep water, entire hay stacks floated away, much salvageable only in parts. Years of work swept away, expected to be a costly setback for local agriculture. Also notices announce farm sale bills, auction details, and the Lincoln Creamer agent introducing improved cream separation for dairies.
Josiius Ditlon of Coe who supplies families in Moline with Johnnie cake ingredients fell behind a week or two but today distributed many jars of good butter through the city. He also notes country roads are in fearful condition and nearly impassable in places.
The Geneseo Republic notes corn held at six cents and higher may be the year’s best market. Chicago reports warn corn could dip to fifty cents before rising. Weather forecasters predict an open winter due to high river water, with a chance the river between Rock Island and Davenport stays navigable and ferries continue operating despite occasional lay ups.
Members urge rebuilding and repairs inside and out including seating for 650 in the audience room. Bricklayers at Deere & Co. halted work for sand shortages as swift currents hinder pumping near the cemetery. builders warn delays are dangerous and efforts strive to secure supplies.
Min Tate of Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania visits Deer and Co to present a spring device for shovel ends. It replaces wooden pins, easing strain when striking obstructions and resetting instantly. The invention targets rocky and stumpy fields and could appeal to Deere and Co’s broad cultivator trade across Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia and other soil regions.
Richards and Sourseck have workers removing earth and water from their cellar after a Monday morning flood. The repair bill will be large, and the loss could have been avoided with better city drainage planning. Fulton is urged to oppose the proposed Illinois Mississippi canal unless it meets Fulton. The canal proponent, who conceived the idea, is noted for inventiveness but likely won’t see the project realized.
A parent letter in Saturday's Dispatch rails against high prices and duplicate readers and math texts in graded systems. The writer claims identical grade requirements force unnecessary purchases and urges authorities to recycle half used books to lower grades to ease the burden on families.
An interdenominational meeting of the Woman's Mission Circles linked with the Rock Island Association will convene at the First Baptist Church in Moline on Thursday and Friday the 27th and 28th. Delegates from other denominations are invited to attend. a full program includes a consecration service, reports, papers, and a model Circle demonstration.
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