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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1902
Page
4
Yesterday in Moline churches featured W H Anderson arguing for local option at the First Congregational church. Afternoon mass meetings discussed temperance. The day included several church events and upcoming community gatherings with invites and schedules.
Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock Mrs. J W Truxell of 2102 Fifth avenue and Mrs. Lida Pierce of 142 Fourth avenue attend with Mrs. Mary McKinley of 1906 Fourth avenue. Wednesday evening the church holds a quarterly conference after prayer meeting. The Ladies Ald society meets at the church Thursday afternoon as usual.
Special services will be held this week at the Swedish Methodist church. Rev H L J Tdndquist of Galesburg will speak. The Missionary Boys society will meet Monday evening instead of tonight on account of the revival services.
Sam Fickle delivered a strong temperance address at the First Baptist church praised as one of the best heard in the city. The midweek meeting is set for Wednesday, and the missionary society meets Friday with Mrs. Lancashire. The Pickets program on Friday evening will feature a Christian culture program.
The First Methodist church hosts daily prayer meetings this week. Tuesday at 2 PM the women's group will meet at Mrs Frank White's home at 2324 Sixth Avenue for prayers and fellowship.
The Young People's Society will meet this evening in its rooms at the church for a Bible discussion. The Scandinavian Temperance Union will meet tonight at the Free Swedish church with Rev Hemberg addressing. The Temperance council will meet Thursday evening at the church. Sorosis Society will assemble Friday afternoon at the church to be received by Miss Signe Engstrom. The Ladies' Aid so-
Mrs Thornbloom and Mrs J Sat Nelson are listed in the church notices. Sunday services will be held at the church and South chapel. The English Bible class aims to complete the church directory by Easter Sunday.
John Swanson attends the State Swedish Baptist Sunday school convention in Galesburg. The Alpha society plans its regular meeting tonight at the church.
The St Pauls A M E church lists a week of events including board of trustees meeting at the parsonage tonight at 7, a Wednesday Bible study, Thursday meetings of the old society and stewardess board ribble supper, Friday fair association, Saturday Mite Missionary society, and hardwood sale by Shallberg Bros.
Jacob Pirman returns from Iowa with his bride Mrs Pirman the widow of his late brother Peter Pirman. The ceremony occurred at the bride's home near Creston Iowa. The couple has been greeted by friends in Moline where Pirman works as a salesman for Dimock Gould & Company.
Social and personal items cover engagements licenses and moves in Rock Island and Moline. William G Fry and Anna M Brandt wed. Byron C Lukens and Alice Mae Schaefer marry. Bosco Hildebrandt to leave Mooreline job for a menswear post in Anton Illinois. couples and individuals relocate from Rock Island and Moline. a card from Mrs McKinley sympathy to Mrs E G Morey. Packard resigns sales circulator role with Mall, McKeever succeeds. Dragon events include Dorcas society meeting and Davenport Moline dual whist meet. births in the Barnes home. Swedes diocese lecture planned in Galesburg.
The article notes a weak Republican slate at Saturday’s convention with some candidates seen as weak and others possibly pulling through. It reports Abrahamson will likely decline a People's ticket alderman bid in the Third ward and mentions Democratic shifts toward an early county convention. Democratic alderman candidates in all wards are active and pursuing strong campaigns.
LOHRMAN White of the White Buggy Company in Rock Island announced plans to relocate the factory to Clinton Iowa. Clinton merchants offer land 400 by 500 feet a $10 000 cash bonus and an $80 000 stock subscription to form a new corporation to keep the plant and goodwill in Clinton with White in control. Rock Island manufacturing interests hope to retain the factory and prevent loss to Clinton, urging local efforts to counter the move.
A crowded café scene shows a politician pressured by peers and friends as he tries to slip away. The exerts influence at the table where a white-aproned server pours a sociable drink, with onlookers labeling him unsuitable for ward politics as four tickets enter the race.
A one story cottage owned by Misa Catherine Wells in Milan was destroyed by fire on Friday night. The blaze is believed to have started from incendiary causes, with estimated loss around $500.
Messrs W L Velie Stephen H Ve le and Charles Velie survey several sites for the proposed Moline carriage works. An up-town site is favored with the Mullane property and nearby block receiving the strongest interest though no precise location is fixed yet. Cederberg cabinetmaker.
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