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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1879
Page
5
Rail schedule details for Rock Island and Peoria routes listing went south and north departures and freight times. Includes Going West and Coal Valley lines with morning and afternoon departures and accommodation services.
Milan notes report Elwood Smith considering a new store and Chicago capital backing, discuss Harti and Hayford illness linked to salt beef, praise Sears river improvements, and cite new paper mill and ice packing plans. Local incidents include a fire injuring Dave Smith and Gray’s fire loss, plus George W. McMichael’s popular boot shop and a wedding at Trinity Episcopal Church.
A reception at Ben Harper's residence welcomed a newly manned pair who departed on an Eastern tour the next morning. The Mayor and Aldermen struggle with a hazy lengthy new incorporation law. County Treasurer elect Robt F Reid has given bond for 500000 with a list of securities. Rock Island may feel safe with a solid bond. Bridges on the Rock River are guarded by a toll gate and Moline Avenue near closure with railroad tracks.
Sterling residents sign a near unanimous petition to keep Mrs. Smith as Post Mistress while Geneseo and nearby towns gather clothing for negro refugees fleeing to Kansas and the North. A Kansas City cracker factory once owned by J. F. Corle of Geneseo burned with several fatalities. Geneseo's city finances are described as exhausted after retrenchment and borrowing.
The Post Master of Cleveland visited the city last Saturday to feed horses and eat at Wallace's. The Cleveland Coal Co and Taylor Williams push operations. Richard Rigg's flouring mill runs day and night but lags on orders. Cleveland maintains an independent mail route to Colona by coach with two daily trips.
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