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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1875
Page
2
The Tas Union asserts Blanton has opinions but has not expressed them. It notes Kexrvoxy will elect a Democratic governor and state officers next Monday, framing it as an old Dutch taking Holland scenario.
J B Ford and Co of Brooklyn publishers appeal for creditor assistance as their business suffers a sharp downturn described as "knocked higher than a kite" by a former associate. The note signals financial distress and an effort to stabilize operations through creditor cooperation.
Crm MermaTi faces impeachment amid claims he used police force for political gain. Critics argue officers should stay out of politics and not influence elections.
The article notes a more abundant crop with improved quality for consumers and smokers. It adds a cheeky aside about suffragists convening anti-tobacco meetings, implying little threat to smoking habits this season.
Ounter Clerk AvEny of the Treasury, under two indictments for whisky ring collusion, urges the public to withhold judgment until he presents his defense. His case appears increasingly tenuous as hearings approach.
Minnesota Republicans held their state convention on Wednesday. Hon. J. B. Pillsbury was nominated for governor on the first ballot, J. B. Wakefield for lieutenant governor, and J. B. Irgins for secretary of state. The platform reaffirmed party principles.
A circular from I Villers vice president of the National Temperance convention for Illinois states a state temperance convention will be held in November in Springfield. All organizations are asked to select delegates to attend. The exact meeting time will be announced later.
Word arrived from France on Tuesday telling how an obscure pauper woman near Geneseo became a marchioness with immense wealth. The Tur Review hopes fortune might similarly sweep through Moline in these dull dog days.
The piece argues Republican chances in Ohio are rising as party rifts fade, government policy faces opposition, and mobilization increases. It predicts a solid win for the Republicans in the fall election with a comfortable majority.
Final decree entered last Friday in the United States circuit court at Chicago in the Rockford Rock Island and St Louis railroad case orders foreclosure and sale under first and second mortgages. The total estimated value is 11 251 636 90 in gold. The sale covers tracks and appurtenances contracts leases rolling stock real estate and related property. Sale is to be absolute with no redemption.
Commissioner Watt of the bureau of agriculture reports crop prospects at present as very flattering. He notes that France, Germany, and England face scant harvests, which will help lift wheat prices in the United States and ease the nation’s financial low mood with a good yield and favorable prices.
The Hartford Courant questions the value of balloon ventures and mocks leaders like Wise and Donaldson for offering no real solutions to aerial calamities. It argues such experiments impose needless distress on a public already burdened by worry and frightened by flighty failures.
The Fiji Islanders suffer a measles outbreak traced to an English visit in Sidney. The disease spreads rapidly through the population, with bathing in cold brooks as the remedy. Many die, including signatories of a prior cession to England, fueling anti English sentiment and new local rulers seeking to expel settlers.
The passage describes a clash between capital and labor in England with mills and large factories closing as workers refuse wage cuts or employers resist wage increases. It warns that thousands of workers may soon be idle in manufacturing towns and serious trouble is expected.
The community holds out hope for the missing Donaldson and Grimwood as searchers linger for signs. The fear remains deep they may be lost, with unconfirmed reports of the balloon drifting toward northern Michigan or Canada. No wreckage or lake traces have been discovered to confirm their fate.
A Lange reports Chicago philanthropists plan a floating hospital system to aid sick poor children. An association forms to solicit funds and execute the project quickly, promising fresh Lake Michigan air as a life saving medicine.
The New York Herald predicts Liberal Republicans will return to the GOP and Ohio ex-Republicans who followed Greeley will support Hayes. It argues Allen’s victory would advance Bourbon ideas, opposed by Liberals, and notes Schurz would not urge German voters to back Allen.
An alderman from New York named Cole attended a Dublin banquet with speeches that stirred thoughts beyond the room. The crown solicitor praised the American press and cited Bryant Longfellow Lowell and Whittier as editors of notable American journals. The speaker warned Whittier will defend war until a Dublin foe is dead.
The Utah courtroom hosts a rare criminal case linked to the Mountain Meadow massacre. After two decades, witnesses matured, indictments shifted, and the Mormon hierarchy stands implicated as defendants in a historic trial.
The National Rifle Association may host a centennial inter-state contest with top sharpshooters from all thirty eight states. Gen Woodward urged the plan at a recent meeting, envisioning invitations to riflemen nationwide and the formation of state associations leading to unprecedented encounters.
The Post Office department seeks to prosecute thirty nine mail contractors for failing to perform after bid acceptance. Government relet contracts and the shortfall between paid amounts and bids totals 417 087 dollars, the damages claimed.
Reports span yellow fever fears in Pensacola and factory shutdowns in Oldhis Town England. A Geneva Switzerland storm, rise in arson in London Ontario, postmaster bond reform, Black Hills gold mining, and a looming New York Chicago fast mail link are among the items. Duncan Sherman Co collapse shocks Wall Street, while a war era clerical error leads to a fatal suicide and posthumous vindication for another officer.
A Chicago audience flocked to Barnum's Hippodrome on August 11 for two matinee and evening performances. Reports note 9,000 attended the first show and about 15,000 the second, with immense street crowds and strong public interest. The article praises live racing and the new format over traditional circus acts, highlighting a five-lady English thoroughbred race and an Indians chase for a wife featuring Miss Maud Oswald as Sunlight.
Cheap lands excursion to Fort Kearney Nebraska on Tuesday August 17. Tickets priced at 16 dollars for round trip. For further particulars inquire of Clendening and Wells land agents Moline Illinois.
The Union Sunday School of Rapids City staged its first concert in the Christian chapel last Sunday evening to a packed house with additional listeners outside. Organist Susie Stafford of Rock Island and Miss Sadie Looker received thanks for their contributions, as did Mr. Leslie Jack for reading the singing. The note also mentions an upcoming pigeon-hunting club by local sportsmen and lists officers including S. R. Porter and J. A. Fish.
Sickness prevails and many suffer from dyspepsia liver complaints indigestion biliousness and related symptoms. The ad claims Green's August Flower gives relief and cure and urges readers to try a 10 cent sample from Dr. J W Morey with a regular bottle at 75 cents. two doses promised to relieve.
Market item list corrected by Mesers Waters and First with prices for dry goods groceries country produce and lumber. Includes corn oats flour peaches apples butter sugar molasses tobacco kerosene hogs beef mutton fish and lumber prices and quantities for multiple grades and bundles.
Ordinance passed July 26 1875 authorizes laying a five foot four inch wide sidewalk along a street line with crosswise two inch thick boards on 8 by 4 sleepers. Construction under street committee supervision with half costs via special taxation or assessments on adjacent parcels. Owners must build adjacent sidewalk within 30 days.
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