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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1878
Page
7
The Moline Review lists low prices on linen towels, toweling, table cloths, and various fabrics from Davenport Mills. It promotes a large millinery stock and notes upcoming Sunday School Convention details, local notices, and community advertisements from Holt & Wilson and Clendenin & Martin.
R Lyman Potter wheels a 60 pound barrow on a 4 085 mile trek from Albany New York to San Francisco lasting 215 days with Sundays off. He reaches Sacramento California to a crowd praises his feat and claims 22 days ahead schedule with 10 days more to go. He notes travel costs around 300 dollars and describes a diary and autographs kept along the route. He stopped in Chicago and Plum Creek Nebraska and claims kindness from strangers along the way.
A collection of editorial notes and local notices from Moline Illinois includes remarks on the Republican campaign, praise for editor R James Abernathey, a post office letter list for week ending Nov 7, and personal paragraphs about residents. Also referenced are Intersections with local businesses and clergy.
October visitor count reached 2 326 with 1 445 books drawn across sections including History Biographies Travel Poetry and Science magazines. An advertisement promotes Dr Bull's Baby Syrup priced at 25 cents.
A death notice from Moline Illinois dated November 6, 1878, states the National Party aged eleven months died at a friend’s house due to want of nourishment, certified by Pat McKinney M.D. The notice identifies Terrace Hill as birthplace.
Advertises prescription compounding and art supply offerings. Hastings White Fisher invite readers to call for items in the picture and fine art line.
H P Oakley has bought out E A Peterson in the dry goods and grocery business and will continue at the old stand opposite Deere Co plow shop. He intends to close the dry goods stock to focus on groceries and is offering rare bargains in dry goods, flannels, domestics, and notions. Call soon.
Klattenhoff offers dry goods of every variety at competitive prices. Visit No 017 First Street west of Moline Malleable Iron Works for reliable bargains. tf.
An old physician who has retired from practice offers a vegetable remedy claimed to cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and other throat and lung ailments and nervous debility. He will mail the full instructions for preparing and using the recipe in German French or English to any reader who sends a stamped reply. W W Sherar 149 Powers Block Rochester NY. 43 in.
A series of letters praise Dr P W Connaughton of Davenport Iowa for curing catarrh head and throat ailments. Citizens and an engineer share rapid relief and improved health after treatment. Notices claim home visits and safe painless sessions with strong endorsements from respected locals.
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