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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1902
Page
4
A Galesburg Oil Company officer reports near Avon that drilling has reached 600 feet with expectations of oil at greater depths, while a coal vein eight feet thick remains a focus of development. He asserts belief in finding oil or paying coal, noting preliminary capitalization funds and readiness to lay piping for the well section.
Four thousand people attended a pro Boer gathering at Gray Armory in Cleveland Ohio with enthusiastic applause for speakers and expressions of sympathy for the Boer cause. Hon Bryan visiting mayor Johnson addressed the crowd along with pro-Boer leaders.
Thirteen deaths occurred at the Quincy Soldiers and Sailors Home in December. The names include Victor R Champ of Company D, 86th Illinois. Thomas B Sparger of 1uth Indiana. Alex H Kincaid of Company H 13th Illinois Cavalry. and others such as Wm Johnson of Mus 55th Illinois. Phos J Davis of 51st Illinois. Egbert H Church of 41st Indiana Cavalry. Lucien Sawyer of A 6th Wisconsin. Lysander Tiffany of GA Me South IT. Patrick Noonan of A 34th Iowa. James M Walton of CM 8th Cavalry. and more. Al- Etegate Membership 1,983.
Fulton county is suing St David over payment for smallpox patient care bills. Mo due claims the county should cover $1,500, citing care of a varioloid case over a year ago. St David argues expenses were confined within the village and should be borne locally. Attorneys FOOM and 2B Grant filed the necessary powers with Chronic Clerk Joe Severns to pursue the case.
Professor Hicks predicts a storm on January 10 and 11 with Mercury disturbance from January 1 to 23. He notes heavy midmonth storms from January 14 to 17, followed by a cold spell and eastward reactionary storms around January 20 to 23 with sleet and snow. Similar cold, high barometer patterns expected late month across central and northern states.
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Virginia reports Dr King’s New Life Pills cured her two year battle with sick headaches and constipation. The advertisement notes the remedy is available at Clenden drugstore.
Mrs A M Hubbard celebrated her 78th birthday with friends and a oak easy chair gift. Miss Cora Ford turned 18, and Delta Gamma Phi sisters surprised her with a brooch and a festive evening. Carl Nye of Moline visited friends and headed to Galesburg. Edmund E Reith and Miss Mary E Young wed at Christchurch rectory. Geo BD Renfro and Mrs Marie M Kelly married in Davenport, wedding tour planned. Myrtle Dixon, ex Postal Telegraph manager, visits from Chicago. Alfred Hoffman visits from Leadville to see brothers. Miss Maury I Walker wed in Erie and plans Kansas City wedding tour. Cal ifornia winter plans for two Moline families. Velio and Deere Cady depart for Santa Barbara for three months. Herbert Churchill, formerly with the Argus, now in Colorado Springs, stops in en route to Chicago. Anna Larkin and Gertrude Tron return to Chicago for studies. Phil Vereich leaves for Beloit for work.
Chis K Ladd a noted Ke- Vanee politician known as Bryan's double returned Saturday from Colfax Iowa where he had been for weeks. Friends in Moline report his health greatly improved in both mood and appearance to his former self.
The Harms Hotel in Rock Island will grow from a four story building with thirty or forty rooms to a five story expansion adding about twenty new guest rooms completing a sixty room hotel. Contractors Volk & Company and J Larkin were contracted for brick and stone work and the remodeling will reduce future costs by delaying a full redesign.
The English class and church body of the Swedish Lutheran church met to organize a beautification project. About 26 attended as officers were elected and plans outlined for a low stone wall with an iron fence and grass around the church.
Rock Island Municipal Association members met in city council rooms with 35 of 62 on the rolls attending. They ordered four banquet plans within the month and to canvass eligible residents for turnout while Rev Frederick W. Taylor visited Lock Island and administered confirmation before departing for Tiahuque for Dr Keator’s ordination.
Special to the Journal reports a collision in the Park Avenue tunnel on the New York Central line this morning. Seventeen passengers are dead and many more seriously injured. The cause remains unexplained as investigators begin work at the scene.
Streator applies for injunction to curb C B & Q Railroad from using its round house as a nuisance. About 60 engines vent whistles bells steam and ash, polluting air near land owned by C W & V Coal Company, which is named as a defendant.
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