Moline City Overview From Old River Town Notes
Historic notes describe Moline Illinois as a central river port with the Mississippi, detailing its position between the rail hubs and the Rock Island Rapids. It highlights manufacturing strength, a public library, schools, and prominent city officers, churches, post schedules, and local organizations operating in the late 19th century.
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Local Moline Trades Advertisement Broadside
A dense 19th century marketplace advert notes lawyers merchants grocers cabinet makers and several manufacturers in Moline Illinois. It highlights Saline Motivational Bank, hardware outfits, lumber and wagon goods, and various crafts from carpenters to cigar suppliers with scattered business names and addresses.
Improved Plan for Our Plane Trade Season
Gall and Seg announce the Gost Model promising the best construction the strongest and the lightest plane for the coming season trade.
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Lightest Drath Gang Plow Tops Premium Awards
The Lightest Drath Gang Plow wins first premium at Iowa and Indiana plowing events. The device named “The Boss” earns two consecutive gold medals amid trials, with Eren Beams and Iron Frine noted among exhibitors. Advanced walking cultivator described as best in market.
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Peerless: Improved of 1877
The notice describes an improved model from 1877 named Peerless, featuring combined cultivator and riding walking functions. It highlights branding and a practical agricultural implement.
County Board Proceedings From Rock Island 1877
The September term records state jail and poor claims examined with many bills approved for payment and a large recapitulation of county expenses. Reports cover finances, delinquent taxes, and salaries for county officers, plus juror lists and grand juror selections for 1878 and a note on school visitation policy.
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Antiquated Reflections on Abolitionists and Garrison
Fragmentary reminiscences describe abolitionists, with mentions of Grinake, Misses, and a platform scene where Garrison was called a "Ph Pharisee." The piece recalls long walks by Benjamin Lundy toward Vermont, seeking support to edit a paper. It notes Garrison's enduring influence and a southern governor's misguided reward.
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Money order operations in 1877 fiscal year
A summary of the 1877 money order activity showing total business of $195,496,286.50 and revenue of about $106,148,601. The report highlights Illinois as issuing the most orders by number, New York as paying the most in value, and compares Republican versus Democratic states in money order activity, citing Iowa and Virginia as examples.
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Census Man Provokes Lively Age Question in Odd Interview
A census taker visited a well dressed widow in a brick house and asked for ages. The matriarch aged 83 and her children Josphine 10 Minerva 12 Cleopatra 15 Angeline 18 Anna Sophia 25 sparked a tense exchange. The man fled after noting the impossibility of a mother being 18 when her daughter is 25.
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Pigeons in German War Time Introduced as Sport and Messenger
A German paper reports on postwar pigeon racing in Germany. Carrier pigeons bred for speed fly independently toward their home houses, ignoring other birds. Birds with nests are often used for racing, while some well bred pigeons show a tendency to desert broods when moved to new lofts. The Mall Gazette notes this, with a Boston gloss on “mercantile abstraction.”
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The Good Humored Teacher Wins Learners Best
A New York School Journal excerpt urges teachers to maintain good humor to calm temper, plan work, and engage pupils. It argues that steady kindness, not scolding, yields respect, attracts attendance, and forms lasting bonds with students and parents alike.
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Cure for Runaway Boys Promises Bold Ventures
An early Chicago company offers a scheme to reform truants by guiding boys toward romantic ventures as pirates sailors and missionaries. It claims to provide a prospectus with engravings of fast ships and dangerous expeditions and promises commissions for agents who recruit deluded youths.
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