Water Works Need Better Protection for Public Buildings
A Moline editorial laments the water works system as insufficient protection for school houses and churches funded by taxpayers and contributions. It cites the tall high school on Hass street as unprotected and notes reliance on a sometimes unreliable cistern fire engine. The piece acknowledges past success but urges improvements. Local turning contest at Timm's Hall followed, awarding top prizes to Henry Stelck, Fred Dorbman, and others in two classes of skilled turners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hass Street
Prise
Fair and Festival at Timm's Hall in Moline
The Sylvan Boat Club plans a fair and festival at Timm's Hall on February 19 to 21, 1879 to benefit the club. Donations of articles with donor cards are invited and can be left at local drug stores or the committee will collect at residences.
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Sylvan Boat Club
The
Moline
Ill
Timm’s Hall
Morris
Clendenin & Martin's
Miller's
Richards & Schrobeck’s
F. W. Gould
J. W. Good
W. R. Moore
E. H. Keptor
E. H. Sleight
Committee
Peterson
Ann 8 S. Stephens
Frank Lee Benedict
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Jane G. Austin
Manasas Lands for Sale in Kansas at Low Interest
Finest farming lands in Kansas offered from two to three dollars per acre with long term low interest. Parties heading West can obtain full information by calling MixsE & WHITE.
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Manasas
Kansas
Mixse & White
Genesee Mills Burned in Genesee a Destructive Fire
A Genesee to Inter Ocean report describes the Genesee Mills owned by W. L. Kidder burning this evening. The plant, once valued high, produced flour shipments of thousands of barrels daily and employed many men, with walls collapsing by 8 o'clock. Insurance stood at about $18,000, and the loss is a sharp blow to the town amid prior destruction and boiler explosions.
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Genesee Mills
Genesee
Inter- Ocean
W. L. Kidder
Klattenhoff's New Batsaar Advertises Low Priced Embroideries
A parcel of discounts on Hamburg Edgings and embroideries is advertised with bold pricing from 2 to 20 cents per yard and bolts. The Illinois Year Book and Almanac from Donnelly Gazette Lloyd of Chicago is praised as a valuable business resource containing 201 pages of statistical content including county officer sketches. It notes Lucien Adame, Rock Island County Judge, born 1843 in Juniata County Pennsylvania, educated at Jefferson College and Cannonedary, a Republican elected county judge in 187?– for sale by Richards & Sobrbeck and Clendenin & Martin.
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Hamburg
Illinois
Donnelly, Gazette & Lloyd
Chicago
Lucien Adame
Rock Ieland County
Juniata County
Jefferson
Allege
Cannonedargh
Leobard-man
A Man of a Thewnand
When death loomed, Dr. H James tested Indian Hemp and cured his child of Consumption. He now offers this Re clipe free for two stamps to cover experiments. Send to Craddock & Co 1032 Race Street Philadelphia Pa.
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H. James
Craddock, & Co
Race Street
Philadelphia
Retired physician offers free vegetable remedy recipe
A former doctor claims to hold a powerful natural cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung ailments and nervous debility He will mail the recipe with full instructions in German French or English free to anyone requesting it by sending a stamped address to W Shearer 149 Papwers Black Rochester New York 34W.
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Eset India
W. Shearer
Papwers
Rochester
New York
Green Coffees and Medicines Offer Strongly in Ad Copy
An advertisement touts green coffees at 7 pounds for 81 and 6 pounds for 1, calling it the best trade in coffees. It also endorses Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a premier remedy for scrofula eruptions and bronchial issues, promising rapid stomach, liver, and blood toning effects.
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N. Chestler & Co.Theological Students
Dr. Pierce
South America
French flats rise amid lavish New York rent and glare
A reader describes a nine story Fifth Avenue apartment house with luxury finishes a grand elevator a pink satin decor and marble floors. The unit costs $240 weekly for four front rooms with separate dining and parlor spaces plus board and servants. Boarders queue for attention and lawsuits hint at high living costs and quarrels among the wealthy tenants.
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Ian Times
Paris
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Fairy Land
Rklin
Europe
Thia
Ewore
Twu
Shiloh's Vitalizer Ad Sold Locally
Local storefront offers Shiloh's Vitalizer for 75 cents to treat indigestion dyspepsia sour stomach liver complaints and constipation. Advertisement notes Frank Miller and Clendenin & Martin as sellers and promises a guaranteed cure to passersby in town.
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Shiloh
Frank Miller
Clendenin & Martin
Weow
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Moline Review
Local Department
George Weise
John Vitzthum
Wm. Gripp
Henry First
Andrew Dolerman
Theo Tieteten
Rudolph Gottsche 2d
Johnny First
Rudolph Gottsche
Frank Gottsche
Charles Schleuter
Moline, II
Ed. Knell
Knell Bros
C.C. Ryan, & Buo
Ed Knoll
Howev
Cnas
Great Clearing
Gould & Co
Klattenhoff
Mary Connel
Daniel Brennan
Rodman Avenue
Chlanel
Connel
Stret
A. M. Quild
Rling
Will Lewis
Allice Brett
Miss Pickens
N. B. Gould
Cambridge
B.C. Keator
Ed. Chaney
Knox
Geo. F. Linfield
Genesee Baptist Church
Chas. Jarvis
Rock Island
M. Guild
Phenix House
Steele
Roderick Rose
Davenport
McAffee
H. Klattenhoff
Meline
Rock Island County
Cox
Rose
Lathrop
Dopler
Emma Martin
Laura Eiptsun
Christiaoa Sparks
Jo. E Green
Ebany
Swaneun
Ida c Hanson
Sophia Sargent
Lee D. Healey
Ve Simpson
B Holm
P T Stisby
George Johnson
Nels Underwood
Dr McAffee
Dayexport
Iowa
Turner Society
St. Mary’s Society
Catholic Society
Dunn's Hall
Hall
Buckingham
North Star
Danville
Wallace's
Moore's
Caester & Co
Wallace
Freeberg
J. N. Ebostedt
Main and
Bass Streets
Hull Bros
R. I. Brown
Main Street
Mr. Brown
Troutner
Mclean
Orion
Order
Cora Planter
C. R. Ainsworth
C. M. Hill
Moore
Gazette
Daniel Gordon
Sylvan Water
Boat Club
Lynde Street
Ile
Richards & Lohrbeck
Dr. Dunn
Williams, White & Co’s
Jake Weaver
Weaver
Lovejoy
East Ward
Union Malleable Iron Works
Moline National Bank
S. W. Wheelock
Porter Skinner
C. F. Hemmenway
Potter
Gault House
O Donahue
O'Donahue
Myrtle
O’donahue
Coffeen
N. Chester & Co
C. P. Peterson
Ward
Dispatch
Argus
the Grand Jury
New Batsaar
Richards & Sobrbeck
Cou
Keator House
Frank Pershing
Willam Porter
William Porter
Wall
J. M. Gotld
Ottawa
Canada
Paterson's Magazine
Peterton
Apo’ Ie
Ch Wren
Chestnut St
York
Coest
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