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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
5
The new telephone company plans rapid underground construction in the downtown Davenport business district. Crews will lay conduits along Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets and use alleys where possible, with street work limited to necessary connections. The map awaits city street and alley committee approval before full authorization.
The company says it has broad support and will start with its largest subscribers in September as the conduit work proceeds. Officials anticipate rapid progress once operations commence.
Sig Goldstein and Jim Corey voyage to Chicago after a telegram reports a genuine elk sighting. They aim to capture the animal for Davenport's Elk carnival parade, with a Moline lodge meeting at 8 pm to finalize arrangements.
A Dimock yard boss finds a suit of grayish green clothes and socks on a riverbank near the slide. Locals debate whether the man died by self harm or changed clothes before disappearing, noting no shoes or hat and suggesting the river might hold the answer or merely conceal apparel.
Hampton man Louis Wheeler wed Miss Nellie McKay of South Rock Island at 7 30 Wednesday evening in the parsonage of the First Methodist church with Rev R B Williams officiating. The couple plan to reside in Hampton where Wheeler has prepared a home and is well known.
Elka Jubilee Carnival to be held in Davenport June 23 to 29 promises the largest turnout yet with excursions planned from Waterloo Burlington Kewanee Dubuque Clinton Savona Muscatine Iowa City and more. Business groups from Quincy Burlingon Waterloo and others will join daily events described as clean and family friendly with a drafted program to be published in the issue.
R H Hudson, longtime auditor for Rock Island & Peoria, is appointed auditor of the Choctaw Oklahoma & Gulf railway extending from Memphis into Texas. Headquarters set at Little Rock with 1100 miles of line. office transfers affect Rock Island and Peoria staff and the Natick upper yards become terminus for through freight No 18. Abandonment of Peoria round-house noted as part of reorganized terminus setup.
The jury found William Hoy guilty of larceny for taking 76 dollars, amid a wallet containing 267 dollars belonging to expressman Olof Petersgon. The court noted Hoy spent the recovered money on alcohol rather than returning it. The second case against Geo Littig for burglarizing W L Aster's flour and feed store in Rock Island on April 16 proceeded next.
H Seldel agrees to seek re election to the Rock Island Board of Education after requests from friends. B Marshall declines to run again this spring. W B McIntyre volunteered Tuesday evening to fill the vacant seat on the board.
Mrs. L Pease of Lawrence Kansas had been bedridden seven years with kidney and liver trouble and nervous debility. She credits three bottles of Electric Bitters with restoring her ability to walk in three months and feeling like a new person. Women with headaches backache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy faintness or dizziness may find relief. Clendenin's Drug Store guarantees satisfaction. Only 50 cents.
The Rock Island Retail Merchants association has chosen Elgin as the destination for their excursion and fixed July 17 as the date. The trip will run via the Milwaukee road with a round trip fare of 1.60 dollars.
The year ends with a major labor victory as the International Association of Machinists and Allis-Chalmers reach a shorter workday agreement in Chicago. Union growth is noted as Washington reports show long strike durations totaling 23.8 days on average and $4,819,400 in wages lost across twenty years. Frederick Niesmann, a St Louis cigar dealer, is fined $500 for fake union labels used on cigars.
A local ice cream service offers delivery to every city neighborhood. The vendor emphasizes pure cream quality and claims their ice cream stands equal to the best products in town.
Andrew Peterson a Big Island farmer died Tuesday night at his home at age 70. A native of Denmark he came to the United States in 1862 and to Illinois in 1879. Survived by daughter Mrs Alvina Olms of Galesburg and six sons Lou Peter Samuel Christ Fred and James. Funeral held today. The Harris Nickel Pints show will pitch tents at 3d Avenue and 1st Street for a parade next Saturday.
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