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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1878
Page
4
The writer rails against those demanding endless money and questions if workingmen will bear the burden. He warns of a day of reckoning and argues the debtors and creditors have divergent interests. The piece urges solidarity with the broader debtor class and cautions against pursuing short term gain.
The column laments the turbulent election results with phrases about vanity and shifting fortunes. It cites Haney and Grover regarding greenbacks and gold, questioning who remains true to original greenbackers as concern grows over the National Greenback party’s precarious position.
A clipped fragment laments missed aid for Iowa citizens and a failed rescue from tyranny, blaming the National Greenback Party for thwarted plans to make the people rich and prosperous. The archaic phrasing hints at historical political debate and economic policy.
National banks nationwide are converting to private state chartered institutions. Traders' National Bank of Chicago and First National Bank of Sparta Wisconsin have announced a change of base. Contraction of currency follows when banks redeem notes with Treasury funds. Reasons cited include political opposition and onerous taxes making national status unprofitable.
The piece questions how Congress would limit regulate or control a government issued currency. It argues inflation and contraction would destabilize business and calls out the Greenbackers as lacking manufacturing leadership while citing debt ridden incompetents seeking cheap money to repudiate obligations.
The piece argues that despite higher production and per capita activity in 1878 than in 1865 66, the current money supply should suffice for business. It questions why more currency is needed if purchasing power remains strong and industries run at or above former levels, inviting a rationale from a sage of the era.
The speaker asks for profitable use cases to justify increasing money volume via debt or other issuances. They seek practical, dependable plans beyond bond repayment, requesting concrete, feasible methods to circulate added money more broadly and effectively. They urge input from experts.
Special correspondence describes Moline’s rapid growth driven by key firms such as Moline Paper Company, Moline Plow, Williams White Co, Moline Malleable Iron Works, Moline Wagon, and Union Malleable Iron Co. The island Arsenal and National Cemetery on Rock Island are highlighted as landmarks, with notes on public institutions, libraries, and the city’s prosperous, orderly character.
A vintage ad urges parents to give Dr Bull's Cough Syrup to children for coughs and colds. It also promotes Shiloh's Porous Plaster for chest pain, priced at 25 cents, sold by Frank Miller with Clendenin and Martin.
An advertisement promises free trial of Shiloh's Vitalizer by Frank Miller and Clendenin & Martin for sufferers of indigestion sour stomach and debility. The copy emphasizes rapid relief and urges purchase if not satisfied, presenting the product as a remedy for prevalent stomach ailments.
An advertisement urges workers to start spring health routines now to prevent sickness and lost time. It promotes a tonic called flop Litters for the family this month, claiming it saves time and money and guards against spring illnesses.
Rev George H Thayer and Christian Minister of the M E Church credit Shilohs Consumption Cure with saving their lives. The cure has a tremendous sale at Bourbon Indiana with satisfaction in lung diseases. Sold by Drs Matchett France and dealers Frank Miller Clendenin Martin. May 15 1878.
The piece urges the tidy housewife to value household inmates over the house itself and to cleanse their systems with Hop Hitters to prevent spring illnesses from malaria and miasms, claiming it the purest remedy.
An announcer and retired physician claims a simple vegetable remedy cured him in Southern Asia and offers free receipt and directions by mail to all who request it. He urges sufferers to write Dr Cas P Marshall of 33 Niagara St Buffalo N Y with a stamped return addressed envelope. The notice also includes unrelated laundry and goods offers from Marburg Bros and Marvin.
Klattenhoff's New Bazaar offers a wide range of dry goods at exceptionally low prices. Located at 917 Flrat Street west of Moline Malleable Iron Work, the shop promises reliable merchandise and strong value.
Readers weigh President Hayes’s legitimacy while praising Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines. Letters from New Orleans and Boston dated June 10 1878 and May 14 1878 praise Pleasant Purgative Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery for curing ailments and aiding health in hot climates.
State of Illinois Rockmond County records show F Hemenway cashier and the bank official sworn in on October 7 1878 by Notary Public Evage Lewis. The document confirms the bank officer's identity and oath in a formal supervisory act.
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