The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-28
PROUD MoLINEp
HOW HER YOUNG MEN ARE RUINED
Strong Argument Against Consolidation.

How we love our proud little sister city,
Moline. Innocent children live there, and
grow up simple minded and pure, honor
able and honest. Most of her people make
plows of iron and steel for living. But
they will not drink strong drink, though
to discover the cause of the redness of
some OF their noses would dispose of an
important theological question. They are
a peculiar people; one minute out of every
hour they are awake is devoted to prayer
for the degenerate of adjoining cities, the
other ffty-nine to self-laudation. If her
little dam were wall full of the suds of sal
walton and June rise of piety were to
come down from the north Moline would
drink herself dam dry. She had a tenn
perance meeting the other night, and all
of her young men left their marbles and
their hoops and their Sunday School books
and went to the ''meetin" and Mr.
Joseph Huntoon spoke of the superiority
OF the moral atmosphere of Moline to that
OF Rock Island and said he had always OPP
posed the consolidation of the two cities on
account Of the bad influence which Rock
Island exerts. As it was, that degenerate
city had ruined many noble young men,
the pride and hope OF Proud Moline.
Happy Rock Island that you are per.
mitted to remain so near this moral atmos
pierre Our Board of Trade snuhed thai
atmosphere once on time, and it only cost
$3.50 Cheap, indeed, for so estimable a
privilege How can you ask Moline, Proud
Moline to consolidate, after such words as
these? O, degenerate city, worse than
Sodom and Gomorrah but alas tbs true
for have we not seen the good old Puritans
of Proud Moline come to this city and gaze
anxiously up and down our streets till nc
one was in sight, and then sneak into side
door at Vests, and lay down 10 cents anC
with three fingers clasped around glass
make one gulp and dodge out? I'VE will state
here that the regular price of drinks i.
fifteen cents). With what placid counter
ances they then step upon the cars and pre-
pare to breath again the moral atmosphere
of Proud Moline"
Again, have we not seen her good youns
men, leaving their Sunday school books
and Fastening to Davenport, as the sable
goddess of night folds her Sunday evening
mantle around Proud Moline, to join il
the bawdy dance at Lahrmanns Hall, OF
take small game of draw at Haas's, OF
Main street, and, later, to break bottle a
Maud S, or to finish at the GermanTheatre
And these are not all young men either
Shall 1.-THE noble young men, the pride anG
hope of Proud Moline" be ruined in Dav.
export by degenerate Rock Island? For
bid it, We praying men and women Ye
recently elected moral and upright" City
Council, call yourselves together in solemn
council, and be it
ResOlDed, That the Committee on Police escorted
by the Mayor and City Marshal, be and are hereby
ins ructed to proceed to the boundary of Proud Mo
line with empty pop bottles and humbly ask per
missi,n TO cork up the moral atmosphere ther,
Astounding, in the vicinity the HafW House
and deliver the same securely corked this city
aud that The same be evenly distributed among the
! legal voters of the city Be it further
ResOtDed. That the freedom of the CITY be extend
ed to Mr.. Jos. Huntoon, OF Proud Moline; and bt
! il further
| RESOLVED, That the Mayor issue q proclamation
appointin; day on which this committee return
and ncork Is a legal holiday and general rejoic
ing, that permi ted to touch the hem of thu
| garments OF Proud Moline