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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1880
Page
1
Local notes from Moline Illinois dated Thursday October 28 1880 highlight community updates and events. Reported items include civic happenings, upcoming meetings, and brief notices affecting residents and businesses in the area.
Public notice invites all city residents to use the Moline library with reading room and free stationery at the writing desk. A reception room with curiosities and tables for chess checkers and backgammon is provided. Library hours are daily except Sundays from 1 30 to 6 and 6 30 to 9 50 PM Sundays 2 to 6 50 PM.
Rail timetable and notices from the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific and related lines. Train departures and arrivals described with times from Chicago to various cities, plus depot location notes and handling guidance. Local items include politics, commerce, weather, and community notices with names and places such as Muscatine Iowa Gould & Co. and Cordova.
A crowded column of brief items from Moline and vicinity covers local news, marriages and social notes, ads, shop announcements, and small events. Mentions include Squire Mapes wedding, Cox Facer work at Rock Island Arsenal, fire wood prices, a nerve restorer ad, political notes, and merchants promoting ads in The Dispatch.
The notice mentions the November election date and public photography, plus local injuries at factories and repairs around town. It highlights store ads from Clendenin's and Gould & Co., a lumbering push from Buckeye Mfg Co., and ongoing street improvements on Lynde Street.
The Dispatch notes Nospy line caps arriving at Gould & Co and columns filled with merchants eager for promotion. River traffic winds down for winter, signaling a strong season with no major disasters. Geo Wagner seeks better fire protection from water works at his avenue brewery, urging a joint water supply from the Moline end. Dr Bull's Cough Syrup advertised at druggists. Mentions Dr McKinnie and political leanings favoring Republicans amid local chatter.
The head of the Main street sewer struck Rodman Avenue and a narrow peculiar ledge requiring blasting. Jacob Riley supervises the work as superintendent. Charles Raisch, a cabbage farmer two miles from the city, shipped 500 cabbages to Mapes & Co with more in reserve. Republicans urge voters to read think investigate and vote their convictions. Prominent buyers Weyenhaeuser Denkman and partners purchased 12,000 acres of Wisconsin pineland at $10 per acre. The Turners Society seeks art works for a hall event on December 17 to fund their school fair aims.
Lawrenceburg readers note testimonials praising Saint Jacobs Oil for rheumatic foot pain as a public bene factor. Rev E P Smith of Wilton Iowa visits Dr McKinnie. the Wilton Academy boards is tied to Congregational management. Mrs Tippett of Oswego NY reports relief from an Improved Excelsior Kidney Pad. Louis Post, linked to counterfeiters, returns after U S authorities release him in Chicago.
Reep's Gilt Edge Tonic touted for malaria prevention. Victor Beck takes charge of Main Street saloon, plans repainting and cleanup. he is brother to Gotlieb Beck of Wagner's brewery. California kidney tea offered at 50 cents, claimed to cure kidney and urinary ailments. Sam Wallace reports his brother D H Wallace in San Francisco attended a 15,000 voter torch light Republican procession. Item notes Frank Miller resuming business as a druggist after a layoff.
The A O T hose company hosts its second annual ball Friday at Timm’s Hall aided by Deere Hose Company and Schillinger Biehl band with a four o’clock parade. The dance funds new uniforms and all citizens are urged to buy tickets. Music by Schillinger Biehl.
Simon Hirsch sells a large, complete underwear stock with a ten g blade outfit for A O T fire company in Levi Cralle's charge. A ball at Timme Hall will follow a street parade with other departments, showcasing the uniforms and red trim. The note praises the firefighters' voluntary contribution to protection.
Multiple brief items from Rock Island report sewer extension plans, new store openings, naturalization and marriage licenses, a highway robbery case, voting appeals, a railway demand for shipping facilities, a burglary loss, theater plans, political club activity, census manufacturing figures, a physician's funeral, and campaign meetings featuring Rock Island Garfield Arthur club. Includes community notices on elections and public duties.
The note questions the purpose and authority of a county meeting led by supervisors Ritter and Ranea. It describes a five man finance committee and criticizes pay rates of $2.50 per day for clerks and questioned signatures on postal cards. The piece suggests the meeting aims to keep officials earning county wages.
Eureka Springs Ark report quotes W Braun praising Harburg Drops after quick relief from three years of dyspepsia. The user claims a full month of use cured indigestion and urges others to try the remedy.
Tuesday morning Coroner Morrit held an inquest at Buford's plow works on Rok Island into the death of Thomas Pearson aged 52 employed in the moving room. The jury, with John LaWata as foreman, returned a verdict of death by heart disease. Pearson, a Buffalo New York native, had lived in Buford about a year and was described as sober and industrious.
Entries from the Records show multiple property transfers and deeds. Names include John A. and J. R. Boyer Luther Barker and Almet, McConnell, O'Brien, Moline, and Donald Butler, with parcels described by section and lot locations and prices ranging from 6300 to 2722 dollars.
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