Rapids City News Reports and Local Developments
Mr Hanley reports rising enrollment in higher and primary grades and urges compulsory school law. The Greenback movement gains crowds in Moline and praise for Cary's eloquence. The Catholic chapel nears completion. Mass begins next Sunday. Builders Berrien Sarginson win a residence contract for Charles Shuler. Matthew Charlton injured but recovering. New railroad switch grading advances. miners’ strike resolved. Methodist church fair raises funds. Elder Ingram extends stay. he is highly regarded for delivering truthful sermons.
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Hanley
Moline
Gen. Cary
Berrien Sarginson
Sam. Whiteside
Port Byron
Malarky
Messrs
Berrien & Sarginson
Charles Shuler
H. M. Gilchrist
Main Street
Vines
Ser
Magne
Matthew Charlton
H. M Gilchring
Charlton
Gilchrist’s
Ingram
Clothing Exchange Proposed for Anti Fat Business
A reader from Prattville Alabama in 1878 suggests Fat Man Made Happy-Leses o1 Iba. A letter praises the Anti Fat medicine for reducing weight from 219 to 158 pounds and asks if the company runs a clothing exchange to swap useless clothes for better fitting garments, as a sales inducement. The writer signs as George Boyd.
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Prattville
Ala
Buffalo
George Boyd
No Deception Used Shiloh's Vitalizer Ad Claim
An advertisement claims Shiloh's Vitalizer relieves dispepsia liver complaint sour stomach and general debility and offers a free trial with purchase. The ad notes the product costs 75 cents and is sold by Frank Miller and Clendenis and Martin.
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Shiloh
Frank Miller
Clendenis & Martin
Cons mption Cured by Simple Vegetable Remedy
An old physician, retired, offers a free immune cure recipe for consumption and lung ailments. The letter promises a radical cure for nervous debility and other nervous complaints and will mail the recipe with full directions in German, French, or English to any requesting reader.
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East India
W. W. Sherar
Powers’ Black
Rochester
New York
Culverwell
Cleaey
THE
Culverwell Medical CO
Aan St
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Davennor
Gould's
Ella Farman
D. Lothrop & Co., Publishers
Messia, D. Lothrop & Co
Babyland
Riverside Institute
Lyons, Iowa
Aim
A Business
W. T. Currie
A. M
Simon Hirsch
Moline National Bank
Robert K. Swan
Rock Island
Ilnois
Rock Island County
WM. Kerns
Edgar D. Sickman
Edgar D. Siekman
Illiois
A. D
Walter J. Entrikin
Pinas
Stanley
Africa
Congo
Joss Hubard Bros
Iiblienor
la Salle St
Chicago
Eric Wennerlund
State of Illinois
Rock Laland County
Rock Jaland
P. Vakley
Charles Wickstrom
Bear of
Morria Drug Store
Bitters
Best
Good, Walker & Hemenway
Insurance Agency
Te City
Etna of
Hartford
Phoenix Orient
Continental
Niagara
Westchester
Manhattan
W. Y
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Springfield
F. & M. Mass
Imperial of London
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British & Merchantile
British America
Canada
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Life. Conn. Mutual
Ofice
Lynde Street
Main
R. R
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, N.J
Co. Levin
Undertaker
Barnard & Leas’ Manufacturing Vo
Hull Bros
Moline, Ill
W. C. Grantz
Jodman Avenue
Runuve
L. H. Barker
Illinois
Muline
J. KR. Holcomb
Mallet Creek
Ohis
Clarence E. Nason
Proprietoe
Main Street, Moline, Ill
Simon Hirech
Clothing House
S. L. Moore
Wheelock
Moline, Illinois
Boston
Berkshire
Oady
Stock Farm
John Deere
C.T. Warren
Rodman Avenue
Henry and
Ann Streets
Aery
Bouth
Tlinois
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Albert J. Smith
Kerns Smith
Kerns & Smith
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St. Louis
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