Odd Fellows Meetings Log and Hall Address
The text notes Oop Fellows Morline Lodge No 188 meets Fridays at 8 pm in Odd Fellows Hall over Moline National Bank and Faesaciety meets Thursdays in the second story of Dunns Block.
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Mecnamics Association
Drnaid
Moline Grove
Rutd
Main Street
Lynde
Moline Torn Vergin
Turner Hall
Wells Street
Salter
Bo'clock
St. George's Lodge
Masonic Hall
Moline National Bank
Masonic -Doric Lodge
Manufacturers Lodge
Evereaway
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Manufacturers' Bank
Oop Fellows
Moline Lodge
Odd Fellows
Faesaciety
Dunn's Block
Moline Savings Bank promotes savings in Rock Island County
The Moline Savings Bank in Moline Illinois operates daily 9 am to 4 pm and Tuesday and Saturday evenings 7 to 8. Interest on deposits starts January 1 1871 at 6 percent per year. Officers include President W Wheelock Vice President Jno Goon and Cashier Charles W Lobdell with trustees listed. The office sits in the Moline National Bank Building corner Main and Mill Streets and is described as the only chartered savings bank in Rock Island County.
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Legislature of
Illinois
W. Warxecock
Jno. Goon
Cuas
W. Lospett
John Good
Frank Gunnell
George Stephens
William Kerns
Alvin Hull
Y. E. McClendon
Porter Skinner
OG. W. Lobdell
L. H. Barker
W. Wheelock
H. W. Candee
Moline National Bank
Main
Mill Streets
Rock Inland County
The Great River of the Central West Awakens Dream
A speaker on a summer eve reflects beside a great river from the Northern snows to lands of orange. He recalls boyhood by the Hudson and envisions a future where freedom replaces slavery and the river sustains vast commerce, farms, and cities from Itasca to the South. July.
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Hudson's
Itasca
Tompkins
West Molling, Ill
Idlewild excursion with Rev. T. L. Cuyler's church group
A June 19 river trip from Felton Ferry to Idlewild aboard a grand steamer carried Rev. T. L. Cuyler's congregation the largest Presbyterian membership in America. The narrative recalls a charms of day and a moment of sorrow as a late-arriving party member delays the voyage.
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Idlewild
T. L. Cuyler
America
Felton Ferry
Brooklyn
North River
Jesse Hoyte
Idlewild and Idlewild Brook Visit to the Willis Estate
A party sails from New York to Cornwall on the Hudson to tour Idlewild the Idlewild estate of N P Willis. The writer recalls approaching the home through woods, entry by skiff, a tour of rooms, and the beloved brook and cascade while reflecting on Willis life and memory.
The Woes of a Name in Blanchard Me
A humorous reflection on Thomas in Blanchard who bears a plain name beside siblings with elaborate ones like Sebastian Streeter John Holmes and Maria Louisa Josephine Bonaparte. The piece ponders how this naming disparity may affect his future and even jokes about drastic career twists.
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Blanchard
Thomas
Sebastian Streeter
John Holmes
Francisco Gime
Indiana Justice Mob Executions Across Five Counties
The piece recounts nineteen hangings by mobs in Jackson, Floyd, Orange, Clark, and Washington counties over five years. It cites Lully and Brown at Brownstown, beach-tree hangings, killings at White Creek Slashes, and multiple incidents in New Albany jail, Lost River bridge, and Salem. The article condemns mob violence and notes counts per county.
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Lully
Brown
Jackson County
Brownstown
Courtland
Freetown
White Creek
Floyd County
New Albany
Lost River
Orleans
Paoli
Orange County
Clark County
Heffron
Salem
Washington County
Kaness School Visit by Three Chiefs Sparks Tense Moment
A Kaness school was visited by Mesers Bi Month Powder Face and Spotte Wolf. The chiefs, described as the noblest kind of red men, witnessed a misbehaving student setting a trap under Big Month causing the chieftain to rise and exclaim in a moment of alarm.
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Kaness
Menostey
I’m told you’ve left for the far-off West Joe
A grieving speaker recalls a lost love Joe who left after drinking trouble. She laments the broken marriage, remembers maple sap days and walks to the meeting house, and says the blaze he left on her heart endures beyond age and memory.
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Hemlock Woods
Remarkable Berlin Bismarck interview shocks readers
A New York World correspondent from Berlin June 29 recounts a startling Bismarck conversation. He warns only a few in Germany grasp the conflict’s true meaning, foresees a likely defeat, and argues the fight is State versus Church with the state risking catastrophe unless it destroys belief in God.
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New York
New York World
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Germany
Ncan
Bismarcki
England
America
Rome
Specimen Deadheads and Free Pass Aspirants
The article notes eastern railroad directors resisting free passes. It mentions two Connecticut candidates for directorship, a retired judge and a wealthy minister, both seeking influence for free travel. It criticizes affluent applicants who seek perks from others’ property and declines to name them.
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Connecticut
Lame! Mrs Partington’s Hilarious Medical Misadventure
Mrs Partington laments three weeks of ill health with a string of medical woes. She jokes about a bleeding phrenology in the brain and a blocked left ventricle followed by a chloroform illness, concluding that health is a great blessing.
Incomplete Disinfection of Room Requires Wall Cleaning
The passage states that disinfection is incomplete without cleaning walls. If walls are papered the paper must be removed and the underlying surface scraped and washed. if painted the walls should be washed with caustic soda. The editing should receive the same treatment.
Freight law in June boosts rail traffic then tames it
The piece notes a surge in freight business in June as shippers used old rates before the new law took effect. C B Q moved about 8 000 lumber cars that month, far above its 200 cars per day average, with other lines seeing rises as well. Yet railroads report dulling activity since enforcement began and one line cut five regular freight trains, while officials remain cautiously optimistic about the law's impact on railroad business.
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West
Washington Irving
Tarrytown
Irving
Highlands
Iona Islands
West Point
New York
Cornwall on-the-Hudson
Idlewild
Dr. Cuyler
Lafayette Avenue
Broadway
N. P. Willis
Chicago 7Zrz Bune
Kind Words Brighten Home Life
A reflective piece on how kind words and gentle acts transform a household. It notes that even a small smile or friendly gesture can lift moods, spread peace, and make any home a cherished shelter from life’s tumult, regardless of its condition.
Rhode Island Factory Life 40 Years Ago Revealed
A Providence Press correspondent recalls long summer shifts of 14 hours from 4 30 a m to 7 30 or 7 45 p m with breaks, winter closings at 7 30 p m, and a fatal overwork case. Overseers were harsh, beating workers. abuses included hair-pulling and a hanging incident. Reform followed a factory owner meeting to reduce summer hours to twelve and three quarters.
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Providence Press
Rhode Island
Isbor
Providence
Curly Headed Jack Rested In Modoc Camp After Suicide
The Modoc tragedy ends with Curly Headed Jack dead Sunday by his own army revolver. Women cover his body and place his clothing and a half dollar at the grave while Hooker Jim pleads for borrowed silver to aid in the afterlife. A soldier later pays Hooker Jim for the greenback, flinging the silver into the grave as the earth closes.
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Jack
Modoc
Hooker Jim
United States
Contemporary quip on women and fashion trends
A fragmented and garbled quip mocks the idea that women’s attire, such as tight lacing, reflects social expectations. The speaker jokes about how garments cinch the body around the heart and neck, with unclear phrasing and missing context.
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Bachbler
Quizzical musings on virtue and society from a wandering voice
A rambling, archaic monologue riffs on responsibility courage punctuality and reform. It mocks vanity and hypocrisy while urging self reflection and personal reform through scattered maxims and aphorisms attributed to a wandering speaker.
Temperance and Democratic Politics Critique
Brick Pomeroy argues that many Democrats fear endorsing temperance and that Democracy and drunkenness are closely linked. He accuses Democratic politicians of avoiding reform by courting whisky support and funding campaigns with liquor money, leaving temperance efforts denounced by Republicans as dead without the whisky vote.
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Brick Pomeroy
Vienna Children Kiss Hands After Confirmations
In Vienna a customary greeting involves kissing the hand of children and maidens when a gift is given, a practice seen during confirmation ceremonies at the Cathedral. Sponsors present ribbons cakes and mercantile items sold outside, causing continual hand kissing as the rite continues. The weeklong practice accompanies more than twenty thousand confirmations, mostly children.
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Vienna
Illinois Leads Nation in Railway Service Miles
Illinois reports 6 526 adis of railway service the highest among states Ohio follows with 4 877 miles New York third Massachusetts about 1 700 miles and other New England states under 1 000 miles The national total reaches 63 514 miles up 5 603 miles in the past year.
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Illinois
United States
Ohio
New York
Massachusetts
New England
Opened with Prayer at Split Session Convention
Fragmentary report notes an opening prayer led by elder Berry and a second part featuring a royal attendee. Details are unclear due to damaged text but reference to juniper horte and unnamed attendees suggests a local religious gathering with ceremonial elements.
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Berry
Roy
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