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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1902
Page
4
Six new applications were read at the meeting boosting Camp 38 Moline Rock Island area to about 820 members. Aledo district deputy A L Stearns and Mr Jenkins completed their labors. Jenkins named Aurora district deputy to begin duties tomorrow.
Uniform Rank Aleda encampment invites Moline Encampment degree staff to Moline to confer three degrees on a class of 12 and then form a Patriarch Militant. Tomorrow night the staff will use the $200 paraphernalia for the first time, replacing a prior erroneous report.
Rey Mumford, former motorman for the Traccats Street Railway Company, sustained a severe injury when a train ran over him near Ruck Island, leaving him with one leg severed below the knee. He currently resides in Hock Teland.
The Moline area DAR hosted a reception for Mrs. Charles H. Deere, state regent, yesterday from 3 to 6 pm at Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Cooper’s home. About 125 ladies from local and neighboring chapters attended, with decor of flowers and flags. Mrs. Hiner of Chicago gave an address tracing American song from ancient times through plantation melodies, Civil War era tunes, and modern lullabies, culminating in a song by Mrs. A. L. Moore. Refreshments were served in the dining room attended by Mrs. Julia Mills Dunn and others. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Johnson of Maquoketa, and Mrs. Judkina of Barnesville Ohio.
Local notices describe musical performances by seventh and eighth graders at Fist Baptist church with matinee at 3 PM and evening at 8 PM. A reception for Misses Buford and others, dance at Watts hall, lectures by W H Stead, GAR meetings, and a large social at the Moline Theatre highlight community life in Moline and Rock Island.
A nearly blind elderly Washington woman named Liowxu traveled to Davenport seeking relatives north of the city. Lodging houses were full, so she and her small yellow dog were taken to Rock Island Armory where she was made comfortable for the night.
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