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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1875
Page
3
Hulls store offers summer goods at cost to close out stock. Silk parasol 65 cents. Dice assortment lawns 15 cents. White figures from 15 cents. Summer dress goods at cost. Prints bleached and brown muslin cheap. Brocade ribbons half price. French woven corsets 50 cents. All other goods at bottom figures. Call and compare before buying elsewhere.
The writer argues advertising attracts crowds and extra work. They warn that media exposure draws country customers who demand goods and packing, exhausting stock and forcing purchases. The piece concludes that avoiding action keeps a business quiet and less troublesome.
Secretary and treasurer chaired by Jonathan Huntoon approve minutes receipts and expenditures report by E W Sheibner, interments, and bills paid including Shinghast, Bina Gould Co, Klahn, Warren, Zeigler. Meeting adjourned with W J Entrikin secretary recording.
A coroner’s jury reports that Virginia Kurkhover’s female infant died from head trauma or abdominal injury or both. The Public Schools board elected Mrs. Jane Vorhees of Macomb Ill, as high school principal at 750 dollars yearly, praising her and the staff Miss Cooke and Miss Hageboeck. The piece notes graduates’ preference for vacancies and a forthcoming graduating class including Mrs Vorhees’ daughter.
Judge Drummond voided the Rock Island county treasurer S R Porter s sale as absolutely void. The state s tax lien was held paramount and Porter blamed for error but was required to pay costs and the road faced a future appearance to settle the matter. An appeal was noted by Mr Smith s counsel who seeks only the return of his money.
Local notes report Davenport readings on sidewalk ordinances and the city council's resolve to build and maintain sidewalks. Items mention Timothy market prices, local real estate deals, and multiple business notices from Clendenin Martin Wells and other Davenport merchants.
The fragment notes that parties were arrested Tuesday evening by City Marabal Wells and jailed in the county jail awaiting trial. The text is incomplete and omits many details.
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