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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
4
Citizens urged to donate small amounts to honor President McKinley with a national memorial. Postmaster McKinley of Moline collects local subscriptions including Moline schools and Reynolds subscriptions. Total raised nearing 150 dollars needed to reach Rockford by Friday.
The Des Moines News critique of Gov Cummins’s Iowa visit in Rock Island is rebuked by Col Walker who says the claim of neglect is unfounded. He states Yates and staff were guests not hosts, invited by C J Searle’s committee, and Cummins would have been treated differently as an invited guest if invited by Yates.
An account describes Gov Yates hosting governors and speakers for a luncheon with limited club space. The article notes room for only 22 guests, no staff invited, and that Cummins later expressed satisfaction with the cordial reception. Rock Island’s role during the encampment is also mentioned.
Union Electric is authorized to proceed with building its telephone system in Rock Island after blueprints showing wire locations were approved by the city council, mayor, and city engineer. Construction will begin as soon as material arrives.
The gallery moves from Twelth avenue and Fifteenth street to Fifth avenue and Twenty second street. Remodeling will improve work quality. Announcement dated May 4 by M KONGGREN of Moline Illinois.
Nels Benson, 60, was found dead in his Davenport room at 211 Iowa street after an unsettled night. Eric Nicholson, a Tri City Railway employee and Benson’s boarder, returned home at 6 30 pm to discover the door locked and Benson dead with arms raised. Coroner Lambach and Constable Holliday investigated at the Perry street funeral rooms.
The circuit court will hear the Mary Cass versus Tri City Railway case next week. The suit has returned to trial three times with verdicts overruled each time. Damages in prior trials were about $2000, and the plaintiff died since suit began. Judge Bigelow is expected to preside.
Social and personal items detail Dr Carl Swensson’s Bethany College visit for commencement in Lindsborg Kansas. Rock Island connects record weddings, dances, parties, militia visits, and high school activities with faculty travel plans and upcoming Decoration Day preparations.
The narrative describes Adolph Swanson saloon patients and Mrs. Matilda Rothermel noting Benson’s heart pain after work. Benson was advised to rest in his room and return the next day to clean the upstairs area. Last seen alive by Mrs. Bodsinéki, he leaves behind two half brothers in Davenport, Enson and Peter, with Enson working for the railroad and Peter a quarry foreman east of Davenport.
Low rate excursion tickets to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo St Paul Minneapolis and many points will be on sale starting June 1. For further particulars inquire at C R L P ticket office corner Fourth Avenue and Thirteenth Street phone 2195 tf
Pierz & Company the New York Store will open this evening but close tomorrow afternoon in observance of Memorial Day.
The Philadelphia Press recalls Memorial Day's origin from General Logan's 1868 order after a May burial under apple blossoms in a New York churchyard. Veterans and friends mourn a young hero who died for his country at Gettysburg, and the scene inspires the holiday to honor all veterans. Decoration Day eats advertised at Schlotfeldt & Wiese's on Fifth Avenue.
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