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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1876
Page
3
A peculiar leap year party unfolds with Clara calculating dates and a church organ cue. The event drives a lively procession through town, with guests planning a tea and discussion committee and the evening ending in a quiet, neighborly mood.
A Cordova inspired message urges workers to press on with energy and honesty, citing perseverance and community support. The piece notes a Cordova festival mood with a masquerade dance hosted by Mrs. Geo Marshall in Augusta, featuring elaborate costumes, music, and refreshments.
The Old Settlers association held a Tuesday afternoon meeting in the Bellows Tlange parlors with about twenty four members present. President W. J Brooks led the session and officers were elected for the coming year, including Isaac Negus as president and a slate of five vice presidents. The minutes note treasury activity, committee appointments, and plans for the next gathering, with discussions of local civic matters and upcoming events.
A roundup of city items includes social events like Valentines at Clendenin & Martin's and a Freja society masquerade, court actions with G. C. Matthews cleared, and Ed Knell selling furniture. notices on sleighing, theft warnings, and near-term sales plus school and library events.
Weekly market list by Margraf & Epp for February 11 1876 covers groceries spices teas and coffee with prices, then Ro L Brown and F Grantz assisted sections listing grains flour and feed and meats and game with per unit costs for live and dressed stock. Staffing and multiple categories reflect a comprehensive local trade bulletin from Commercial Moline.
The piece discusses Saint Valentine as a third century Roman martyr with no romance ties and questions the lovers holiday image. It notes a Congregational church event on Monday evening with Valentine themed refreshments and an invitation to both young and old to attend.
John T. Rinaker is appointed United States District Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois replacing Van Dorston. The government building, cruciform with a large glass dome, is complete and its interior departments are shown by wall decorations. Philadelphia street railways plan 190,000 passengers daily to the exposition, with 400 cars arriving hourly. A steam narrow-gauge line will run through the grounds linking buildings.
An elderly physician, long retired, claims a simple vegetable remedy can swiftly and permanently cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung diseases and nervous disorders. He will mail the recipe free with directions to any reader who requests it by sending the paper and a return stamp to Dr W C Stevens Monroe Block Syracuse N Y.
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