Davenport area notes and local notices from an 19th century paper
A compilation of brief items covers Prescriptions at Clendenin's and Watches at Okerberg's, plus streets in Davenport being macadamized. Reports note the Redman Ribs of Rock Island praised at Springfield, a reunion of the Army of the Cumberland in Milwaukee, and court docket updates in Scott County. Also mentioned are fresco work at the Congregational church, a Swede woman Joris THvtonts who died after childbirth, a concert at Roele Salan bon mitanday, and local business changes including the dissolution of Geo W Robertson & Co with Jacob Riley taking control.
Editorial Comment on Medical Cures and Public Health
An 1881 editorial laments doutful drug spelling and unreliable physicians while praising early treatment for pulmonary consumption. It notes Magen Extract and general invigoration as valued aids and argues prevention and proper care are essential to curb fatal debility.
County Clerk Grants Several Marriage Licenses and Jury Updates
At the county offices, County Clerk Donaldson issued marriage licenses for Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka and Ada Bracket of Oscobeng, and Anders Sjolinder with Matilda W Person of Rapids City. The petit jury is discharged to 21, then next Monday. Judge Smith of Galesburg presides in Circuit Court. Jim Cook and Rodman Rifles return from Springfield ready to duty. Grand Jury active. Schillinger and Trumbull work on the County Jail interior for a secure facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donaldson
Frederick Schwatka
U. A
Ada Josephine Brackett
Bengt
Rodman Rifles
Springfield
Grand Jury
Schillinger, & Trumbull
Rock Island to build ten electric light towers then
Rock Island approves extending electric light operation from October to December and adding a tenth tower if needed. Blues and Stars clubs enter a summer sports event with trophies on display at Okerberg’s. two morning games determine finalists for a medal match. A wife elopes with a lover. husband pursues them to Missouri and Illinois. Open air concert draws Mohioe people. Davenport publisher sues over newspaper value. local minstrel shows spark clashes over prohibition.
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Rock Island
Okerberg
Blues
Stars
Sylvans
Tite Dispatcu
Dare on Davenport Ends with Rescue on Pickets
A young man escorts a lady from Davenport and dares her to yell at the guard on the pickets. She accepts but cannot complete the dare and jumps. She is helped to the ground and has not served on piket duty since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bia
Jove
Davenport
Magistrate Wedding and Courtroom Sentences Across Saturday
In Magistrate Mapes court Saturday at about 9 o clock a couple wed in his chambers Julius Hoelek and Helen L Moeller both of South Moline were united in marriage. Earlier that day a man named Shays horse was killed after colliding with a rear wheel during a street race on Moline avenue. The offender, found guilty of driving under the state law, was jailed with a sentence to appear at the next circuit term. Later that day he appeared before Judge Achimus receiving forty days in jail. The man had previously served six months for attempted rape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerling
Mapes Court
Magistrpite
Soan
Julius Hoelek
Helen L. Moeller
South Moline
Wiley
Rock Island
Bating
Moline Disratcas
Geneseo House
Moline
Thenr House
Cambridge Chronicle
Zenesco House
Martin
Amberg
Genesevens
Robbery at Kimball House Davenport
Geo. W. Vinton lost $25 and a $600 check after entry to his room at the Kimball House in Davenport Friday morning. No clues yet, but the victim suspects four men who attempted a train hold up earlier that morning. Payment on the stolen check has been halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Geo. W. Vinton
Kimball House
Mr Vinton
Funeral of Hon H M Martin in Davenport
The funeral for the Hon H M Martin in Davenport on Sunday drew a large crowd. Rev Dr Clute delivered an impressive sermon. The Bar Association of Scott County led the service with all local lodges in attendance. Remains were placed in Oakdale receiving vault until a plaster cast of the face is made before interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tug
H .M Martin
Davenport
Clute
Bar Association of
Scott County
All Lodges
Waga i
Oakdale
Madison Square Theatre Company to Visit Wagner’s Opera House
The Madison Square Theatre Company, now in California, may perform one night at Wagner's Opera House early in the season with Miss Efe Elisler and Mr. Chas Couldock. If secured, the engagement would mark a new era in Moline amusements with a planned October 1st appearance in Thief Wark.
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Madison Square Theatre Company
California
Wagner
Opera House
Efe Elisler
Chas Couldock
Moline
Fraudulent Horse Racing Cancelled at Davenport Fair Grounds
On Saturday dodgers warned of horse pacing and foot races at Davenport Fair Grounds. Sunday a crowd disputed authority, officials ordered the band removed and police took control, leading to the indefinite postponement of horse racing and beer sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Fair Grounds
Emancipation medal on display at Oakberg's Jewelry
A base ball medal for the Emancipation Celebration on Sept 22 1882 is shown in Oakberg's window. It depicts two bats over a ball with a shield and inscription Champion B B club won at Emancipation Celebration Sept 22 1882 Moline IL. It cost $15 and is offered by colored people for the competition.
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Okaberg
B. B
Moline
IlMovis
September Outlook From Couch Couch Weather Seer
Couch Couch predicts a summer like September with mild fronts aiding corn ripening in the great corn belt south of Milwaukee. He warns of a third week heat peak then westerly winds and a possible locust invasion with below normal rainfall and a Gulf Stream storm near the fourth. Excessive heat days are listed for the 2nd 3rd 10th 11th 18th and 26th with cooler spells on the 7th 14th 21st and 30th and rain days around the 3rd 5th 13th 20th 26th and 30th.
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Couch Couch
Milwaukee
County Agriculture Report on Rock Island County
Supervisor Campbell reports state agriculture department on Rock Island County with crop condition figures. Corn 70 percent, wheat 85 at harvest, rye 100, oats 100, barley 85, buckwheat 93, Irish potatoes 100, sweet potatoes 95, sorghum 80, apples 65, peaches 05, grain 90, stock hogs weight 70, fattening vs last year 75. Mean of all items about 81 percent.
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Campbell
South Rock Island
State Department of Agriculture
Rock Island
Wrong Town Jest Over Oath Testimony in Moline Court
A Chicago columnist reports a confused moment in a Moline court where a Chinese witness hesitates over an oath. When asked what would happen if he swore falsely, he quips in broken speech, prompting no further objections. The piece mockingly references locals and a supposed western suburb named Rocksland.
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Moline
Belle
Alice Samee Mel'can
Chicago
United States
Towa
City
Rocksland
Two Boys George and Willie Sheeley Earn $15 Picking Blackberrys
In the upper city Zeriah Sheeley notes sons George and Willie aged ten and twelve earned 155 quarts of blackberries this season. They were paid $15 while also handling other duties, demonstrating self denial and industry praised by observers. Judge Adams tied the marriage of Anders Sjolinder and Matilda W Person of Rapids City, a joyful ceremony with warm congratulations. Pine Dispatch offers congratulations and best wishes to the couple.
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George
Willie Sheeley
Zeriah Sheeley
Judge Adams
Anders Sjolinder
Matilda W
Rapids City
Pine Dispatoat
Ita
Wedding at Happy Hollow Sparks Rowdy Celebration
A couple married near Happy Hollow and celebrated the birth of a baby with a riotous scene. The coal bank boss father announced the good news, engineers blew whistles, workers cheered, fired anvils, and partied with lager while work halted for the day. The gala event remained memorable to all who joined.
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Happy Hollow
Fatal hunting accident near Davenport claims farmer and slips to tragedy
On a Sunday near Davenport several young men resting by a farm house agreed to shoot pigeons. John Schoel fired as Charles Beyer stepped forward, the charge striking Beyer in the head and killing him instantly. Beyer, 28, left a wife and three children. The coroner's jury ruled death accidental with no blame on Schoel.
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Davenport
John Schoel
Charles Beyer
Beyer
Schoel
Colored Conoclusions in City War of Races
In a Friday city incident C A Smith, a well known colored resident, faced a debt dispute with grocer Daniel Fisher over 40 dollars. Marshal Henderson seized Smiths goods including a $400 piano, then Bowlby Bros of Kimball’s attached the piano. After legal questions over prior attachment and ownership, the court allowed Smith only a $400 property limit, the piano remained with Bowlby, Fisher sought 40 dollars, and Smith prepared to leave town. Brown's Iron Bitters is advertised at the end.
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C. A. Smith
Mr Smith
Tony
Mr. Smith
Marsal
Bowlby Bros
Kimball
Rock Island
Smith
Kimball Co
Fisher
Robbers on C R T Train Attempt Hold Up Davenport
On Friday four men named Wm Hughes John Ryan Ed Sweeney and Ed Prescott attempted to rob an elderly traveler on the C R T train near Davenport. The old man resisted and alerted the brakeman. The robbers fled as the train slowed and were captured later. Sweeney carried $22 while the others were penniless. The elderly victim will return from the west to testify against them.
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Tin
Davenport
Durance
Wm Hughes
John Ryan
Ed Sweeney
Ed Prescott
Sweeney
New Box Rent Regulations Issued by Post Office
The Post Office issues a new box rent receipt and rules. Boxes must be used by one family or entity only and rent is due in advance each quarter. Receipts are required for all box rents and no sharing of boxes among multiple parties is allowed.
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Washington
Ko Weaeaway
Intercom Exchange Reveals Advertising Card Shortage
In a humorous morning exchange a reporter faces a barrage of requests for paper types and boxes. The scene shifts to Simon Elinecu tailoring a metropolitan officer’s suit for Marshal Henderson and Deputy Kittleson with fine regulation police cloth and brass CPC monogram buttons.
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Simon Elinecu
Pew Metropoltan
Marshal Henderson
Kittleson
Regulation Police
Chicago Market Wheat Prices and Demand Shifts
Market notes from Chicago dated September 7, 1882 show weak to fair demand across wheat grades. Prices range from common to fancy spring and old winter wheat with mixed cash and loan rates. reports indicate lower rates and some rejected bids amid dull trading.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Zaire
Humbuged Farmers Learn Price of Free Offers
A Muscatine Journal report tells how farmer Irving Polhemus was swindled for 190 dollars by a traveling schemer selling farm tools and a sickle sharpener. A second ruse involved a bureau county trio offering free and low price goods, leading to signed notes and losses. A Princeton incident adds to a pattern where victims chase freebies and end up with costly contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Journal
Irving Polhemus
Polhemus
Mixanya Liter
Ostranger
Rice
Polbemus
Nttle
Bureau County Republican
Princeton
Elmwood Girl Ends Life Over Engagement Breakoff
Miss Annie M Jones of Elmwood near Peoria committed suicide after her lover D B Taggart broke off their marriage engagement. The 15 year old swallowed arsenic following a loving letter, a tragedy noted as the reaction of “two poor young fools” to romance and rejection.
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Annie M. Jones
Elmwood
Peoria
D. B. Taggart
Tite Pork Byron' fale pow' An j fall blast
A fragmentary report notes a blast and a falling event at Byron with unclear details. Readable terms mention a blast and damage but lack specific names or locations.
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Byron
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Clendenin's
Jerr Harrison
Okerberg’s
Tuk
Redman Ribs
Springfeld
The
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Scott County Circuit Court
Pennsylvania
Nowrise & Lisavius
Joris
Tsuie Eanachon
Seaae
Roele Salan
Bohl
Old Black Joe
Eche Bedi
Ro Pichstky
Red Island
Lin
Tue
Geo W Robertson& Colof Rock Islind
Robertson
Jacob Riley
8 TS Corolle
Ear Cramer
Wic
Hot Warner & Co
H Lawn
Ao Macarnson
Mra Copeland
West Kewanee
Cambridge Lleis
Henry County
Bintel Uais
Charles Pillsbury
Clinton
Joseph May
Colorado
May
Pillsbury
St Louise
EW Brady
Northingtern News
Blue Debbon News
Jo Morsune
de Morgan
Brady
Foster
Mer Hrasdly
Phe
Deereek
Wolesley
Deese
Sas
Herman John
Ineanoe Asylum
Jacksonville
E. Stevena
Sweden
Brave Boys
Brown
Postal Regulations
Mone
Edesk
Moline Markets
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