Theatrical Season at Wagners Opera House in Moline
Wagners Opera House under Mr W E Cram announces a winter season with Miss Lizzie Evans in Dew Drops on Oct 1. Smith Russell in Edgewood Folk on Nov 4. Karl the Peddler with Charles Gardner on Nov 8. Louise Sylvester in Freaks on Dec 9. Gortons N O Minstrels on Dec 18. Salisbury's Troubadores in Fun in a Green Room on Dec 18. Ada Gillman in Sincerity Weeks on Jan 10. Byron Combination with Oliver Doud Byron on Jan 15. Alvin Joslin with Charles L Davis on Jan 78. Flora Moore in Bunch of Keys on Feb 9. Midnight Marriage Co and Mizpah with Patti Rosa on Mar 20. Arion Bell Ringers May 11-16.
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Wagners Opera House
W.E. Cram
Lizzie Evans
Miss Evans
Lotta
Minnie Palmer
Maggie Mitchell
Charles Gardner
Gorton
N. O. Minstrels
Moline
Salisbury
Troubadores
Ada Gillman
Charles L Davis
Alvin Joslin
Flora Moore
Marschlith
Midnight Marriage Co
Patti Rosa
Patti
Karl
Arion Bell
Republican Rally Walk Illustres Enthusiasm
Joe Christy and W J Entrikin of 1h city and Mr Suni of Colona rode the CB&Q to Barstow then walked three miles to Cleveland to hear T J Henderson speak. After the meeting they walked six miles to Colona and caught a freight to Moline, arriving home at 3 this morning. Moral shows Republican enthusiasm.
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Joe Christy
W J Entrikin
City
Mr Suni
Colona
Cleveland
Barstow
T. J. Henderson
Moline
Speaking program at rink delayed by unable speaker
The speaking event for Moplayt evening at the rink faces changes as Hon. T. J. Hesnderson cannot deliver an outdoor address. Other speakers may improvise from the platform if needed and the crowd is advised to expect potential adjustments to the program.
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Sij
T. J. Hesnderson
Wheesale
Willy
Catholic Fair Planned for Wednesday to Friday Next Week
A city Catholic church informs this morning that a fair will run Wednesday through Friday in a respectable manner. The piece hopes the event will avoid clashes with the Citizen's League and tentatively anticipates no conflict.
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Citizen's League
Boucicault Manager Shrugs At Local Reception
Parker of the Boucicault company laments poor audience turnout in Rock Island saying the Lord's supper with the original cast would not draw crowds. He notes only $20 worth of seats sold and pauses for a smoke as he vents his frustration.
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Parker
Boucicault Company
Rock Island
Perorasse
Dion Boucicault
Scott
Rock Island Argus
Which School Was It No 2 in District No 1
An explanation clarifies that the incident occurred at the No 2 school house in school district No 1 on the bluff near Sixteenth street. School directors are W. W. Warr John Plerman and Chas Western and the principal who clubs the child is Lincoln H. Ozias.
Twin Skaters to headlines of season at rink
The Nichols brothers Arthur and Albert of North Adams Mass are regarded as the world champions on roller skates. The Cattaguara Republican notes they are the celebrated twin acrobatic skaters, indistinguishable in appearance, performing feats on the rollers.
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Albert
Arthur Nichols
North Adams
Mass
Cattaguaras Republican
N. Y
Nichols Brothers
Arthur
Maas
United States
Fairview Notes on Health Weather and Local Happenings
Charley Frairy and Willie Haner return from Kansas City in good health. Husk ing corn may start soon if cold weather continues. A Democratic meeting in Fairview was a failure and postponed indefinitely. Cows invade neighbor gardens via a narrow gauge cattle guard. The narrow gauge railroad runs busy with several daily trips. Rev. Mr. Spaulding will preach at the U B Church at 10 30. John Dewrose works on a cellar-way hoping to finish and learn the trade. Roads are in good condition and farmers are happy taking produce to market.
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Charley Frairy
Willie Haner
Kansas City
Fairview
Spaulding
Dover
John Dewrose
Bold Belva to Visit Davenport for Illumination Parade
Belva Lockwood will visit Davenport next Wednesday to be the first lady candidate honored with illuminations fireworks and a grand trade fair. A torch procession led by Strasser's Regiment band will form at Main and Fourth streets at 7 30 with marching to Third Harrison Fourth Perry Ninth Brady Third Perry ending in a Brand flag raising and Miss Lockwood speech from the Ackley House balcony. She will stay at the Kimball and depart on the 10 45 train after speaking, while the Davenport club with nineteen members provides music for the event.
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Belva Lockwood
Davenport
Hlere
Strasser
Main
Fourth
Fourth Streets
Harrison
Perry
Brady
Miss Lockwood
Ackley House
Canor
A Lively Runaway Mare Terrorizes City Streets
A black mare hitched to a wagon broke loose near Williams and White’s foundry last evening at seven. It dashed along Third avenue dodging shoppers, toppled two men near Gettemy’s grocery injuring Nels Moody, and circled the block twice more before colliding with a telegraph pole on Sixteenth street where Peter Peterson captured it.
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Bam
Davin
Williams & White
Third Avenue
First National Bank
Gettemy’s
Seventeenth Street
Nels Moody
Sixteenth Street
Second Avenue
Peter Peterson
Foul Play Alleged in Galesburg Death at Hotel Steps
The coroner's jury ruled L A Avery's death by apoplexy after a fall on the Lin dell Hotel steps in Galesburg. The Galesburg Republican Register suggests the injury could result from a blow to the head with a sandbag, noting no visible wound and nighttime conditions. It cites unobserved surroundings and signals for further examination to avoid accusing innocent parties.
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L.@. Avery
Galesburg
Lindell Hotel
Republican Register
Avery
Benedict
Sestner Hellalaber
McKeever Promotes Quality Goods and Low Prices
A Dispatch visit found E B McKeever, a store and furniture dealer, too busy with customers to provide advertising copy. The piece commends his energy and enterprise, notes he sells top goods at the lowest prices, and highlights a display of furniture and Garland stove ranges. His advertisement is to appear in a few days.
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E. B. McKeever
Air
McKeever
Confederate Soldiers Invite Logan to Speak in Harrisonburg
A letter from Capt. John H Ralston and 527 Rockingham county Confederate veterans invites John A Logan to address Harrisonburg voters between now and November 4 1884. The group says they never voted Republican in national contests and will back Blaine for president with Logan as vice president.
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John H Ralston
John A. Logan
Harrispurg
Rockingham County
Harrisburg
James G. Blaine
United States
Harrisonburg
Euch
Ralaton
Soldiers invite a Confederate commander to vote in 1864
A fragmented Civil War era notice recounts a November 1864 event where local men urged soldiers to cast their first Republican vote. The unsigned invitation claims signers are “true and tried men” who served under Stonewall Jackson and Jeb Stuart and portray the figure as a brave commander.
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Stonewall Jackson
Jeb Steuart
Stewartville Club Elects Officers For Marching Groups
Stewartville Blaine and Logan club elected G. W. Woodruff as captain Joe Smith as first lieutenant and Andrew Hanna as second lieutenant on Saturday evening They planned a public demonstration next week in Stewartville with a committee to arrange details and a speaking event J H Randall of New York is slated to speak with a torchlight procession part of the program
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Stewartville
Blaine and Logan Club
G.W. Woodruff
Joe Smith
Andrew Hanna
J. H. Randall
New York
Lutheran Anniversary Observed Across Lutheran World
October 31 marks Reformation Day when Luther posted his Ninety Five Theses in 1517 at Wittenberg. The Protestant church named for the reform has grown to about fifty million members worldwide. Memorial services are held around that date at St Pauls Lutheran Church in this city.
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Martin Luther
Wittenberg
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Democrat
The Farmer's Mistake A Letter On Raising Sons
A commentary urges farmers to honor a son's bent for learning a trade or profession beyond farming. It argues many fathers push sons into farm work, leading to failed outcomes, while loving guidance and fair opportunity nurture talent. The piece cites a Alabama example of a son who left farming and thrived, warning against harsh, controlling parenting.
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Quad
Saand
Alabama
There is nothing impossible to the determined spirit
A wry remark notes a philosopher who claims resolve but fails to reach the end of a broken suspender, implying a humorous limit to human tenacity and a practical mishap.
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Moline Bakery
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Theo
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Keator House
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