Railroad Time Table and notices from Iowa station
Rail timetable for WHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC and CHICAGO MILWAUKEE & ST PAUL lines includes day and night express times, depots at Pitts street, and mall deposits. Notes explain weekend services and Sunday operations, with several Sunday train dates listed and coroner MarkRIS claims. Fairfield, Iowa journal mentions RH Moore and Simon Llirsch.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & ST Paul
VOSA
Pitts Street
Chicago Pruelag
M & St P
Local Race Snafu and Busy Trades Bright Outlook
Glove and mitten stock stalls overshadow a swimming race that did not proceed as planned. Swimmers were ill and the event was canceled or altered. Wall paper shop activity at Wm Clendenin’s Tuesday plow trades runs at full capacity, signaling a strong trade outlook. Frank Harwood faces travel woes away from Moline.
Notable Facial Expression Difference in a Democrat
A strange contrast in a Democrat's facial expression is noted between today and a week ago. The piece highlights how the corner of the mouth holding a laugh signals a marked difference in demeanor.
Simon Hirsch’s Board Adjourns Amid Weather Delays
The Moline board adjourned as members arrived with coats flapping. Company A postponed its Saturday shoot for the state record due to bad weather.
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Company A
Hawes to Speak Here as October Address Arrives
Tur Ion Kirk Hawes of Chicago will deliver an address here two weeks from tonight October 6. Dr Tanner related via Geo Walker that his horse is dead, the third loss for George within two months. Fine Arechant tailoring at Simon Hirsch’s refrigerators for summer and winter use appear increasingly in our freight trains. Tyrrell marries William Ben son and Elizabeth Bunker, all of Mo line, Saturday evening 18th.
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Tur. Ion
Kirk Hawes
Chicago
Dr. Tanner
Geo. Walker
George
Odd Campaign Notes Against the Old Rebel Party
A stray observer remarks that a Greenbacker should not vote for the old Rebel party. Mentions Simon Hirsch's wares and Deere Hose company, with weather and muddy streets hindering efforts and a failed run at Sterling.
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Tome
Deere Hose Company
Sterling
Reversible overcoats debut at Simon Hirsch’s shop
Local store Simon Hirsch’s opens Go and See Them REVERSIBLE overcoats to attract shoppers. Mr Berdenwerper runs a well patronized night school and plans to expand class size. Community notices include a lodge banquet at Moline Hall and a note on political sentiment and party dynamics.
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Simon Hirsch
Moline Figures in Local Whispers and Fair News
Local items discuss Moline connection to the Rebel element, visits by C H McKeyver of Ohio, and A P Fisk planning a new dry goods store in Harvard Nebraska. The Mount Joy fair awarded the sulky plow from Moline Plow Company. Public school enrollment nears 1100, and Republican bloc emphasizes campaign materials and naturalization urgency.
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Moline Plow Company
Mount Joy
Scott County
A P Fisk
Harvard
Neb
Moline
Surprise party for Mrs Knickerbocke welcome home son
A surprise party was hosted at Mrs Knickerbocke’s residence Saturday evening to celebrate Johnny’s return from Jones’ with a finest picture of himself. The event highlighted a joyful homecoming and pride in the photograph.
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Knickerbocke
Jotnnie
Jones
Rev Jozxin BENoix Preaches First Sermon in Moline
The new Swedish ME church pastor Rev Jozxin BENoix preached his first sermon in Moline on Sunday and made a strong impression hoping his appointment proves pleasant. The Penny Slough camp opening is delayed a few days. Proprieties are away in Chicago for a convention starting Monday. Rock River bass and crappies await as the proprietors return.
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Jozxin Benoix
Moline
Chicago
Rock River
Journal planned to start in Fairfield by October 1
R H Moore of Fairfield Iowa dated September 16 states the daily and weekly Journal will begin by October 1. A large number of Moline residents show interest in Moore’s future venture. P Taylor shows abundant fall and winter apples from Gilberttown. A later note mentions a Huit Noms Club dance at Dunn's Hall on September 23.
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R. H. Moore
Fairfield
Iowa
Moline
P. Taylor
Gilberttown
Dunn's Hall
Qub
Brown Mapes Suffering Sore Throat Misses Sunday Service
The Lord afflicted Brown Mapes with a sore throat keeping him from church on Sunday. He has long valued attending services to gain the full benefit of his pew in the congregational synagogue.
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J. H. Porter
Brown Mapes
Brown
Self Generating Gas Machine Ordered by rmocx Goutp & Co
rmocx Goutp and Co have ordered a self generating gas machine and engaged Tomane to install the necessary pipes and tanks into the system.
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Rmocx Goutp & Co
Tomane
Swedish Lutheran Church Weds Niles Anderson and Christiana Hoepberg
On Saturday evening Rev FH Lindbad performed a marriage service at the Swedish Lutheran church for Niles Anderson and Christiana Hoepberg. The church was crowded with friends, followed by a reception at the bride's parents home.
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Swedish Lutheran Church
FH © Lindbad
Niles Anderson
Christiana Hoepberg
California kidney tea promoted by local druggists
Wro Clendenin and W G Morris druggists in Princeton Illinois advertise California kidney tea for kidney and urinary relief at 50 cents. Dr G W Taylor and B R Cottran of Mendota, Grand Templars officers, visited The Dispatch to discuss reviving and strengthening Templars organization in the area after spending last evening at Port Byron.
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California
Wro Clendenin
W. G. Morris
Tigh Templars
Princeton
G W. Taylor
B R Cottran
Mendota
Dispatch
Grand Templars
Temperance Benevolent Insurance Society
Port Byron
Templars
County Supervisors Defy Union Backers In bid for county control
Moline and South Moline residents claim a capable supervisors bloc to represent the counties. They vow to act in the people's interest despite Union pressure and opposition from Jim Ballard.
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Moline
South Moline
Jim Ballard
Swenson reports land sales and Lincoln activity for B M R R Co
Esquire Swenson returned from Nebraska on Saturday praising land sales for the B and M Rail Road Company and noting expanding business in Lincoln. Seventeen stores have been built and rented since July with demand rising. E C Attn, from Aurora, joined The Dispatch last February and accepted a role at the Moline Plow Company. Allen proved reliable as an accountant and will aid the Plow office. The German Republicans formed a Garfield and Arthur club, a large one, adding to five city clubs. The C R I & P train from Chicago was three hours late. Postmaster Hemenway opened the office an hour on Sunday to help business. Citizens urged opening some offices on Sundays for convenience. The Dispatch rebutted claims it attacked Fred Calkins, clarifying no such thrust exists and noting his Democratic politics.
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Esq Swenson
Nebraska
B & M R R Co
Swenson
Lincoln
E C Attn
Aurora
Moline Plow Company
Allen
Plow Company
Garfield and Arthur
City —Gazette
Garfield and Arthur Club
Moline
Chicago
Hemenway
Rock Island
Tax Dispatch
Fred Calkins
Union
Dispattch
Dispatch
Fred
Local notes mix politics and a cough syrup pitch in Moline
A political remark sparks talk as a longtime Moline resident meets derision amid community chatter. The police replace a resigned officer with Ed Kittelson, a new regular, while Dr Bull's Cough Syrup endorsements appear from a Baltimore attorney and others. Local weigh scales on Market Street await installation as Sickels' coal office touts honest scales for coal hay and corn.
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Sickels
Cb&q
Hancock Rally in Rock Island Draws Large Crowd
To night the Hancock rally drew about a thousand torches and drew crowds along the streets. Speakers Oberly and Truesdell spoke in Court House Square until late, with Republicans planning further demonstrations before campaign end. Carter's Little Liver Pills advertised as a cure for sick headache biliousness and constipation with small doses and low price.
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Hancock
Rock Island
Court House Square
Oberly
Truesdell
Carter
Fourth Story Brickwork Nears Completion at Moline Wagon Works
The Union notes the fourth story brick work of the Moline Wagon Company building is nearly finished and its grand appearance excites local pride. It remains to wait for full completion before declaring final completion.
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Moline Wagon Company
Molinette —Union
Wagon Company
Molinette
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promised Quick Relief
Advertisement highlights universal testimony to Carter's Little Liver Pills easing sick headaches dizziness biliousness constipation piles and liver stomach complaints. Claims promise of prompt relief and easy dosing like sugar with an invitation to try one vial.
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Carter
New Moline Scale Replaces Old Fairbanks For Market
During the late visit of Enoch Root a six ton Moline Scale replaces the four ton Fairbanks on the market. The new scale costs 150 dollars and is two feet longer with improvements. It will be set near the sidewalk and have the weighing beam inside the building. The change aids farmers teamsters and weighmaster Mr Pershing.
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Enoch Root
Moline Scale Company
Pershing
Rev Stillman Morgan Praises Kidney Wort Relief
In a Bristol dated August 25 1873 letter Rev Stillman Morgan a Vermont mountain missionary aged 73 describes long exposure leading to catarrh rheumatism kidney complaints and intermittent pulse. He credits Kidney Wort with full bodily relief after one package and notes his wife suffers similarly and improvements outpace prior remedies.
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Morgan
Stillman Morgan
Vermont
Bristol
Binder Partners Take Over Argus Bindery in Davenport
John Martinelli a famed local book binder joins with Mr Galooly to form a new firm. Galooly, ex Day Egbert Fidlar Davenport, brings Davenport experience and binds in Dubuque Chicago. The partners have purchased the idle Argus bindery in Deety’s building.
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John Martinelli
Rock Island
Galooly
Day, Egbert & Fidlar
Davenport
Dubuque
Chicago
Argus
Sin Tone
Deety
Mitchell Loynde firm to offer prompt skilled building work
In Mitchell and Loynde's building near the post office both members of the firm, practical workmen with first class machinery, will undertake all work in their line promptly and substantially. Laubuck, a Hamilton street druggist, sold 213 bottles of St Jacobs Oil. Rock river quarries north of Colona report strong demand as Geneseo uses their stone in buildings and bridges.
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Martinelli
Mitchell & Loynde
Allentown
Democrat
Laubuck
Hamilton Street
St. Jacobs
Tuk Rock River S
Colona
Geneseo
Geneseo News
Hop Bitters Cited By Wife For Medical Recovery
A speaker from Butler credits three bottles of Hop Bitters with stopping a year of illness costing $200 annually. The wife then does all housework for a year without missing a day, and the speaker urges public awareness of this cure for the benefit of others.
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Joan Works
Butler
Garfield and Arthur club forms to support liberty
The Garfield and Arthur colored men's club organized with about thirty members pledging loyalty and right. Mr. Curry became president with C J Young as secretary J Glaspey captain and G White lieutenant, and they will be present tonight.
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Colored Men's
Garfield and Arthur Club
Mr. Curry
C J Young
J Glaspey
G White
Allegany Evening Sample Letter on Health Plank Ad
A reader drafts a satirical note praising Hamburg Drops and St Jacobs Oil planks as better political and domestic weathering tools. The letter argues both parties seek health and longevity and would benefit from the products. It frames the opinion as a humorous aside from an elderly subscriber.
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Hamburg
St. Jacobs
Kennedy Announces Weekly Review Dispatch Subscription
Mr Kennedy states he will send the Review Dispatch weekly from now to December 1 for 25 cents to any address post age paid. The offer covers last week’s issue, totaling over two months and twelve issues. The consolidated paper is praised as the best in the region, and Republicans are urged to expand its readership.
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Kennedy
Weekly Review Dispatch
Friends of the Cause
Review Dispatch to Publish Large Extra Edition for Farmers
The office announces a large extra edition of the Review Dispatch mailed to leading farmers in the county. It invites enterprising merchants to send announcements for next week and offers sample copies. Music pieces by R A Saalfield are offered at 40 cents each with payment to 889 Broadway New York.
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Review Dispatch
R A Saalfield
New York
Hancock
Bella
Tax Dispatch
Hennce
Review
Tuer Dispatch
W.A. Tel
Broadway
N. Y
Burglar Geo Taylor Indicted After Connell Store Theft
Geo Taylor once a law student with Lewis Bros. was arrested by Officer Holt for burglarizing Mike Connell’s store. A September circuit court appearance followed and a grand jury returned a true bill against him in a notable case.
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Geo. Taylor
Lewis Bros
Mike Connell
Holt
Pis
Summons Served in Rock Island Grand Jury Case
A man served in Freeport Illinois failed to appear before the Rock Island grand jury last Wednesday and has not returned to Moline. Holt was reported in Davenport from Monday to after the adjournment. Some see possible improper motives. the man’s father is described as a well to do farmer. Inspections solicited on woolens flannels and yarns. Curster & Co.
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Freeport
Illinois
Rock Island
Moline
Holt
Davenport
Taylor
Mendota Carpenter Delayed Speaker Wilcox Missed Moline Appearance
Three hour delay of the C R I & P train kept P W Wilcox away from Peal s Hall in a Mendota campaign event. A home meeting with Major Grout and a glee club followed, while Wilcox and his wife awaited another chance to address Republicans. A telegram suggests Wilcox may speak in Moline Tuesday night September 28.
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P. W Wilcox
Mendota
Moline
Peal’s Hall
Major Grout
Glee Club
Wilcox
S Yter
Naperville
Monmouth
Dan
Dan Sheppard
State Central Committee
Charles F. Hemenway
Mr. O'Connor
Harper House
Farmer injured in wagon accident near Port Byron
Last week J Denhardt, a farmer living behind Port Byron, was thrown from a wagon after his team bolted near an orchard. He suffered broken teeth and other injuries likely to keep him laid up for some time. A second incident near Coe fair involved McKeever and Peterson escaping uninjured when a wagon tipped as the Acorn range shifted. Slates and schoolbooks are available at Clendenin's.
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J Denhardt
Port Byron
Pearson
Denhardt
McKeever
Peterson
Consolidation Text Prompts Double Copies in Moline
Subscribers face two copies of Mo line Review and Moline Dispatch after consolidation. Readers urged to update addresses for extra papers and may reroute to friends. Advertisers urged to use the Daily DistArcu as the universal local paper in Moline and surrounding counties.
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Moline Review
Moline Dispatch
Tue Dispatch
Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
DistArcu
E .Lion
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Review- Dispatch
Moline, Ill
Moline Public Library
Rock Island & Pacific
Hann
Markris
Simon Llirsch
Cat
Tacier
New Mexico
Arizona
Tue
Rh, Moore
Clendenin
Frank Harwood
Tue Board of Supervisors
Deacon Tyrrell
Wm J Benson
Elizabeth Bunker
Moline Lodge No. 133
The
Democracy
Neal All
Gard
C H McKeyver
Ohio
Daniel & McKeever
P Frix
Boyd Knetsar
ViaAr
Maine
Gleatson
MacConnelly
Pat O'Mara
Simon Kerns
Dave Reid
the Police
A Holt
Ed Kittelson
JQ A_ Happaway
Esc
Episcopal Methodist
Baltimore
Allegany
Taylor's
N Curster & Co
Clendenin’s
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