Mail and church notices from Moline to Chicago area
Items list mail closing times for routes to Moline Chicago Redline and East and West districts. Church services led by Rev C Barnard Rev W M Collins Rev Mr Peck with Sunday school. fraternal lodge meetings and gymnastic club sessions appear with dates and locations.
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Moline
Chicago
Rdcine
Rev. C. Barnard
Pano
Metuommt
W. M. Collins
Aniten Bretanen
Mr Peck
Van
State Officials Named in Rock Island Chancery Case
State's Attorney E E Parmenter of Rock Island Maxter and Henry Cuntis Jr of Rock Island Leland Public Administrator Quincy McNerat of Hock Island labor in a Chancery matter. Molino County Clerk Grace D Govtn and County Treasurer Samuel R Ponten of Moline appear. Sheriff Ava Heestna of Rock County Coroner Duartes B Knox and County Superintendent RTUNGBON of Rock Island listed.
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E E Parmenter
Rock Island
Maxter
Henry Cuntis, Jr
Rock Leland
Quincy McNerat
Hock Ialand
Grance
Molino County
Joan V. Coon
Gsamuezel R. Ponten
Moline
Duartes B
Knox
Roch Tedand
Schovis
M M Rtungbon
Hock Island
Geotee Wo Preasants Dodge Rock Island Counties
Unclear OCR text appears to reference Rock Island Het Ty and Mercere counties in a dereferenced farm or land dispute. The fragment mentions Preasants and a possible local geographic area but lacks concrete actions, dates, or names to confirm a full event.
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Rock Island, Hetty and
Mercere Counties
Dodge
Local State Senate Hopefuls Named in District Race
In the troubled district race for the State Senate two candidates are named: C Moperwebn of Henry Sos Reposentitiver and Jrow of Honey. The trio includes Toborn and_KEY details remain unclear from the OCR text.
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C.moperwebn
Henry Sos
Kooom Cetesgin
Hock Island
Jons
ConnessONAL District Candidates Endorsements Reported
In Rock Island and nearby counties Messrs Hen DERSON and Mummber of state Board of Equalization Wa sh Warea of Galva are among reported candidates for Congress and the state board with local towns named in the district outline.
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SIATH
Rock Island Menry
Baccan Lee
Putnam Counties
Congress
Tuomas
Drift into the heaven of a wordless story
Poem fragments describe a voyage toward heavenly realms and inner peace. The speaker recalls becoming nearer to a secret and a dawning where dreams come true, while lovers or birds drift through seas, gates, winds, and a timeless, radiant joy. The imagery blends ascent, loss, and transcendent beauty.
Deere Gang First Premium at Illinois Iowa Trials 1874
The Lightest Draft Gang Plow by Deere Gang earned a first premium at the 1874 Illinois and Iowa State Field Trials, highlighting innovation in agricultural equipment. Exhibitors noted superior design and lighter weight improving draft efficiency.
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Illinois
Iowa
Witnois
Iowa State
Gilpin Sulky Iron Beams and Frames Win First Premium
Gilpin Sulky earns first premium at Witnois and Iowa show with iron beams and iron frames standout. Judges award top marks to the standout exhibit, highlighting craftsmanship and durability across components.
Advance Walking Cultivator Sets Market Benchmark
The ADVANCE Walking Cultivator is hailed as the best and most substantial model in the market. It emphasizes durability, efficiency, and reliability for farmers and contractors seeking robust field performance.
Peerless Combined Cultivator headline fragment
A fragmented OCR item mentions a Peerless Combined Cultivator and possible theater related terms, with unclear context and missing details. The readable bits point to a machine name and a place or event but lack coherent structure or dates.
The Little Fading Flower and the Weaver’s Garment
A poem fragment describes a fading flower framed by cloud rifts and violet forms, contrasted with humans toiling and spinning. It speaks of heavens and earth shaping clothing for beauty, while life itself becomes a seamless vesture woven by a higher power.
Inference in an Ice Cream Parlor Prank
A stranger in a Detroit ice cream parlor spins a chain of inferences about the shop’s offerings and safety. He teases patrons with provocative questions about ingredients, provoking indignation from the proprietor and escapes as sweets explode into chaos.
Fragmentary Threat Statement From Private Conversation
A harsh quotation expresses violent intent against a woman, describing a hypothetical circular saw used to harm. The line suggests fear of retaliation and a stern warning in a heated exchange.
Deacon Purchases Whisky From Amber With Fraud
The tale follows Am ber a shopkeeper by Lake Win nepiscogee who sells whisky with a hidden added charge. Deacon Eliphalet Spooner tests a pint, pays fifty cents, but Amber adds an eighty seven cent surcharge claiming it is medicine. Spooner tastes again and approves, while Amber smiles, having committed the fraud.
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Lake Winnepiscogee
Amber
Eliphalet Spooner
Mr. Spooner
Mr. Amber
Death of Gen Frank P Blair Jr in St Louis
Telegraph reports the death of Frank P Blair Jr at St Louis around midnight on athest. Born February 19 1821 in Lexington Kentucky Blair studied at the College of New Jersey and practiced law in St Louis before a long public career as a lawyer editor congressman and Civil War general. He served as brigadier general in 1861 major general in 1862 commanded divisions in Vicksburg and the Army of the Tennessee and later held posts as collector and senator until illness ended his public life in 1878.
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Frank P. Blair, Jr
St. Louis
Lexington
College of New Jersey
Congress
Vicksburg
Sherman
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Carolinas
Blair
Logan
Schofield
Thomas
Pacific Railroad
Seymour
United States Senate
Missouri
Ministers defend Beecher address amid adultery charges
The Congregational ministers’ London Times rebuke prompts a signer to defend the act as sympathy for Beecher’s vindication. He argues that signing the address does not commit them to all past or future heresies and that happiness over innocence does not excuse faults. He believes most signers share this view.
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Congregational
England
Henry Ward Beecher
London Times
The Future of the Country Address by Senator Christiancy
United States Senator Isaac P. Christiancy spoke in Tlamazoo on the 3d of the month urging firm adherence to constitutional amendments securing equality before the law and federal state balance. He urged kindness and unity toward the South, predicted emancipation as lasting, and called for universal human rights and the extinction of slavery worldwide.
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United States
Isaac P. Christiancy
Tlamazoo
South
North
Moon and Earth as seen from lunar vantage in Spectator review
A Spectator review imagines lunar life and instruments for discovering sun phenomena, noting Moon conditions with no air or water and wide temperature shifts. It contrasts meteors, atmosphereless travel, and Earth viewed from the Moon, predicting striking illumination and a full daily rotation.
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London Spectator
Lunar Poles and Painted Seas to Brighten Night Sky
The text describes how during certain periods the northern or southern pole would face Earth, revealing polar ice caps as bright spots on the axis of rotation. Seas are imagined as pale blue-green and continents as ill-colored, with tint variations tied to terrestrial seasons.
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Tures
Judge Cole Opposes State Prohibitory Law Stand
Judge Cole of the Town supreme court argues that a law not enforced has no legal effect and may promote immorality by inviting lawlessness. He says counties should vote on license or prohibition, promising enforcement and benefits from a well considered system.
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Cole
Supreme Court of Town
Drowning Rescue Rules From Historic Public Guidance
A historic set of rescue instructions outlines steps to revive drowning victims. It covers clearing obstructions, back blows, chest lifts, rhythmic compressions, and maintaining breathing and warmth. The guidance emphasizes alternating motions, careful positioning, and gradual revival care across multiple rules.
To Memorize The Star Spangled Banner In Schools
The Indianapolis Journal notes that many Americans do not know the words of the national song. It urges that memorizing and singing The Star Spangled Banner be made a regular duty in common schools, praising the poem and music as both patriotic and educational.
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Indianapolis Journal
Harvest results preview from winter wheat and corn yields
Fragmentary report notes winter wheat harvest near completion and promising corn yields across the northwest. Sparse text references a fair yield and general farming conditions.
Submarine Defences Expanded Across French Ports
Naval notes report five French ports appointing lieutenants to oversee submarine defences. British notes describe Rhine gunboats penetrating to Strasburg, Silesian maneuvers with Emperor William to command, and Prince William as a lieutenant in Munich. Buryalus sternpost forging at Chatham dockyard and a Marmora torpedo test led by Lieutenant Parker show ongoing naval advances.
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W. G. Morris
France
Rhine
Siage
Strasburg
Mayence
Wesel
Silesia
William
Werth
Intercollegiate Regatta renamed to Aquatic Commencement
A Vassar student asks to rename the Intercollegiate Regatta to Intercollegiate Aquatic Commencement. Savannah women form a 25 cent per yard clothing ban society. Salem lady displays a long button collection with historical value. Augusta Moore advocates women for political posts and consul to Fiji. Julia Ward Howe's husband is gravely ill. Julia questions prospects for recovery. Sarah Clarke sketches Dante sites for later publication. A Vicksburg ferry accident prompts a wife’s witty mortifying remark. Boston widow Hennessy’s money spent on a monument leads to a family row. Creston Iowa reports flirting cautions. a woman shoots at a farmer’s horse over a wink. Galena wife leaves a note to husband about medicine, bonnet, and daily duties.
Fragmentary Local Crime Notice From a Historic Page
The report describes a disturbed scene with a man named Kidder found dead, his body partially clothed in brown color garments, submerged in water. Investigators note the body’s condition and the surrounding cloth fragments, while workers mention a need for three men to handle the scene.
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Kidder
Victoria as a Peacemaker in Queen Victoria’s Record
A New York Tribune letter from Thurlow Weed cites Queen Victoria as a 19th century peacemaker. It recounts three instances in which she opposed intervention by France and England in the Confederacy and a later scene where she edited a dispatch demanding Mason and Siles’s surrender. The piece notes widespread English sympathy for the Confederacy and the queen’s fear of war with America.
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The
New York Tribune
Thurlow Weed
Victoria Coe
Engand
France
England
Mason and Slide
Lord Palmerston
America
Consert
Henry Holland
Reading the Thermometer and Memory Errors
The piece notes thermometer reading errors due to viewing angle and height, giving examples of how a tall observer or a short observer can see different temperatures. It playfully suggests advice for spouses to adjust posture to avoid disputes over caloric readings.
Log Drives Improve on Chippewa St Croix and Black River Pineries
Latest reports from the Chippewa St Croix and Black river pineries indicate strong log drives this season. On St Croix logs are in the boom at Stillwater with about 125000000 feet estimated, while Chippewa upper rapid is clean though some log hangups occur below Eagle Rapids. Beef Slough boom holds 100000000 to 125000000 feet and the stream system produces around 400000000 feet, with a 100000000 feet repo shortage noted earlier. Black river shows a vigorous but capacity limited boom with many logs within reach. Overall logs are better than usual and prices for fancy lots are slightly higher, though average values roughly equal last season.
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St. Croix
Black River
St. Louis Globe
Sand Creek
Stillwater
Chippewa
Rapid
A Legeon in Pronunciation Test
A garbled excerpt shows teachers of To-0:1 prompting a pronunciation test. A courier from St Louis and an Italian with italics begin an address on national finances, while a dolorous preface to a sacerdotal program draws sharp opposition.
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St. Louis
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Thos F. Borchers
Rowan Catholic
Father Roles
Maes
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C O Lindh
Swedsn Metroora
HW Eckland
Frayer Meuning
Sweemn Surignan
Hev A. G Setterdahl
Moline Grove
Druid’s Hall
Dunn's Block
Walls Street
HanMeny Lower
AO U
Druids’ Hall
Duos Binck
Welle Street
Moting Torn Venein
Turner
Wella Street
Salter
Manon - Dorie Ledge
Masouleé Hall
Postoffice
Opn Pgutows —Manufacturers Lodge
Io Uv F
Meete
Monacay
Bma- Bony Hall
Posto
Lows
Moline Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Moline National Bank
Main Street
Fresa Society
Freja Hall
Balidtog
Henry Street
Scandinavian Benevolent Association
Merte Iret
Echoul
Bamus L
Gerer
Ava Heestna
Roch
L. D. Groom
Okerberg's
John B. Hawley
Star Block
Imnolevet
Koch Island
Entrikin & Moore
Rodman Avenue
J.T. Browning
A OK
Freet National Bank
Eugene Lewis
Moling National Bank
Doctor Logan
Phystci AN
Edward's Block
Malin Street
Bass
Dean
Treeta
C. F. Grant
Muin-st. Bet
Basa
Lynde
ITV Market
GEO South
Uum
Wells Street
Dunn's Hall
Moline Review
Ray
Williams, Jease & Co
Towa
Arkansas
Dakota
TV Church
Sab- Beatty
Sik Scheel
Tcolar
Pania F
Beatty
Washlngton
Heere & CO
INE
Gilpin
Peerless
Lucy Larcom
Solomon
Detroit Free Press
Blazes
Frank Preston Blair, Jr
Moon
Earth
Prohibition
Chatham Dockyard
Zeitum-Bournou
Sea of Marmora
Parker, R. N
Vassar
Savannah
Salem
Augusta Moore
Augusta
Fiji Islands
Julia Ward Howe
Julia
Sarah Clarke
Ethel
Maud
Eve
Eden
Creston
Galena
Mother’s
Maine
Bangor Mie
Victoria
New York Times
Log Market
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