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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1889
Page
6
A large afternoon procession in Roch loldud drew thousands as Moline and Rock Teta led the march. Speakers urged labor reforms, criticizing machinery benefiting the rich and calling for shorter work hours, followed by a lively evening with music and dancing.
Rock island items report residents moving to Seattle and Cornell, a former teacher returning from Europe, and local family updates. The piece notes court appearances in a robbery case, a funeral, school board and city pensions, and staff changes at Darts Tall building renovations.
Last Saturday residents and officials discussed a road crossing plan with a Channel bridge. The contract for building the bridge and slate of other works was awarded to Mtopp & Brbs with construction to finish by October 16. Church activities and town business filled the week including store remodeling and a student starting duties at Augstana College.
Probate Court record lists guardianships and estates including guardianships for John W Atwood minors and Ben Harper heirs with bonds and reports. Estates covered include Jamaieson, Johnson, Egan, Tindall, Belling, Ellis, Sears, and Robins executrix. notices to creditors. final accounts. distributions. and wills admitted to probate.
Judge Glenn disposed of civil docket matters with several judgments by default and continuances. In chancery, injunctions were stricken, divorces continued or dismissed, bills referred to master, and guardians appointed for a minor.
Lawrence Barrett frets over growing fat and modest height while Nathaniel Thayer, a Boston magnate, holds an estate of $15,000,000. Reports hint Parnell may tour India, delaying a parliamentary return until next year.
In Rock Island quantities a 21 month old boy Albert Carlson of 320 Thirteenth street was last seen playing near a school rear alley. His body was recovered from a privy vault on Hastings property after about eight hours submerged. Coroner’s jury held accidental death by suffocation noting dilapidated premises may have allowed a fall into the vault.
The article describes Sprague electricians linking rail joints with copper wires to ensure a continuous current along the streetcar line to Stewartville. It also recounts a Davenport burglary on Isardy street where Kitson Cowley and a companion sat near the post office during the crime, noting the gas light and their later realization of the burglars’ escape.
The grand jury, impanelled Monday afternoon by Judge Pleasants, began work yesterday morning. Members include Jerry Urvant, W. H. Ashdown, Hiram Cain, David Adams, J. Wainwright, Clatus lanz, E. B. Knox, George Oldcrest, John Lindwall, W. G. Wilson, D. P Kistler, Edwin Ward, C. H Stoddard, Alison Conqueror, David Sears, J. J. Pryce, R. D. McCreery, N. Cleaver, James Venable, Charles Hayes, GW. Heck, C. P Ryder and G. W. Copp. The last three are talisman in place of three excused. There is an impression abroad that there is a heap of business for this grand jury to attend to.
Mr and Mrs W M Thompson of Stewartville mourn the loss of their nine year old son Arthur D who died at 1 30 am after a typhoid illness that began eight days ago The funeral is set for 10 o clock tomorrow morning Mrs Thompson suffers from lung trouble and two other sons are ill with chronic diarrhea and malarial fever
Unclaimed items remaining in the Moline post office Rock Island county Illinois for the week ending Thursday September 5 1889. Names include Alfred P Anderaot Bod John E Biomquist Nels Carrie Cleary Annie Connor Fred Danbar Heaton Bruns Gunnar A Wuson and others. Bay advertised and give date of list per postmaster notice.
The Woolwich professor presents a 9.2 inch shell fired at 2875 fps from a 880 pound projectile with a 40 degree angle. Capt. James M. Ingalls of the First U.S. Artillery, instructor in ballistics at Fort Monroe, posts the closest calculation within 106 yards of the jubilee shot, with mean shot distance about 12 miles 83 yards and altitude 8 millin, raising concerns about naval fire at distant targets.
The piece recalls Oliver Wendell Holmes born 1809 in a gambrel roofed house and celebrated his 80th birthday on August 20. It highlights his career as a physician author and humorist nicknamed Autocrat of the Breaks and praises his youthfulness and wit. It mentions his early life education and a quip about enjoying life’s luxuries.
Two strangers in New Orleans建立 The Kosman church begins as a foundling asylum near Patton Street and Henry Clay Avenue. They claim no names, preach a universal faith, ban flesh and alcohol, abolish divorce, and share all wealth while schooling followers in a devotional, nonlecturing service aimed at universal human development.
A physician warns against long sitting as a cause of weak limbs and poor health noting the benefits of standing, walking, and deep breathing. Admiral Porter, 73, is cited as a healthful example of standing while at work.
The passage notes a European method lowers the price to a dollar per pound. It highlights difficulty in obtaining aluminum in a pure state as a major obstacle to its wider use.
A fragmentary report from India describes a strange discovery in a forest where a “genuine electric vegetable” shocks the hand that breaks it and repels insects. The strange plant appears to emit electricity, provoking curiosity but lacking clear scientific validation.
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