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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
5
A voter submit 130 signatures urging continued candidacy for reelection arguing the office should be free of politics. The drive seeks support to keep the incumbent on the ballot this autumn.
Rock Island County teachers urge 8 J Ferguson to seek re election as county superintendent. His salary will rise to 2500 under the 1900 census rules. Ferguson has not confirmed candidacy, though broad backing from Moline and Rock Island teachers is expected to influence the race.
Octave ThanetAlice French of Davenport releases By Inheritance a strong novel set in Arkansas. A wealthy Massachusetts woman Miss Agatha Danforth engages with the Southern race problem, examining uplifting efforts from multiple viewpoints in a gripping narrative.
In the novel Miss French portrays a young colored Harvard graduate who aims to uplift his race via higher education but finds industrial training as salvation after working with his humble brother in the South. The work argues for responsibility of the freed, notes the enduring south as a real impediment, and frames the race question as a national conundrum akin to the Sphinx.
Moline will be represented at the Sangerfest of the American Union of Swedish Singers in New Ulm in May by about forty singers. Olive Vale chorus members signaled they will travel. delegates include A G Carlson and Ernest Carlmark with alternates Arvid Enstrom and Charles Carlmark. Svea Male chorus names Gust Carlson Charles Carlstedt A E Nelson and C W Josephson as delegates with fourteen members signed to go east.
Twenty six meat market proprietors in the Retail Merchants association agree to keep all shops closed all day Sundays year round. The plan follows years of Sunday closings and reflects a public request for rest. several cities already adopt similar rules with Galesburg cited as likely to join.
Chicago March 23 1910 editor dispatch describes the city missionary’s work aiding the Swedish immigrant community. He details outreach at the mission hall on Chicago Avenue addressing youth violence housing strain and personal liberty debates with brewers and saloonkeepers while highlighting charity through Associated Charities and employment support to over 600 people in three months.
Contractors progress on the Third avenue and Eighteenth street post office, with completion targeted by July. Marble for walls is en route from Cincinnati, copper roofing to be installed, and four large safes ordered for interior security once occupancy is granted.
A country physician stops in a village to watch a crowd amused by a trick dog. He asks how the dog is trained. The man replies that to train the dog you must know more than the dog or you cannot earn him anything.
Mrs Dora Haupt, a long time resident, died after plans to visit Germany this summer with friends and relatives. She is survived by step-children including Chris Schlueter of California, Freti Schlueter of East Moline, and others in Sweden Davenport and Janesville, plus a sister Mrs August Schroeder of Sysart.
Both parties endorse a single slate of candidates for Port Byron Township offices. Republicans nominate J Huntley for Supervisor F Moody for Town Clerk Thomas Mikesell for Assessor J M Lauritzson for Collector Geo Schalber for Highway Commissioner L S Pearsall and John McAllister as Justices of the Peace Frank Young and Wm Far as Constables. Library trustees named Nellie Chrave Ray Wff Ronlin Ida Metzgar F H Schafer Rose Simonson J M Q O Bruner. Town committee Ed Sidlinoger Walter Engdahl Thos Mikesell. Democrats nominate H Metzgar for Supervisor George Schafer for Town Clerk Lee for Assessor RR Filbert for Collector Wm fin Grif for Highway Commissioner W D Hall and Ed M Rogers for Justices of the Peace Miles Beale and F B Skelton for Constables Library directors listed. Republican nominees endorsed. same township committee continued Fol Morgan Dan Elpper So Coe.
Architect OZ Cervin draws plans for a modern Gothic Swedish Lutheran church in Dayton Iowa costing 15000 dollars. The 85 foot tower church will seat 600 in the main auditorium with a 200 seat youth room at the rear. A basement school room and small auditorium complement the design replacing an old Iowa church.
Mrs Peour Seto ueterted suddenly in her Fifteenth Street home. Found on the kitchen floor shortly after 7 by her husband who returned from town. Dr Perry Wessel and Coroner Rose were notified as inquest followed. deceased a German-born 68 year old, married eight years to Mr Schlueter.
A fragmentary verse piece admonishes cautious speech and humble conduct. It sketches a prudent life led with meekness, urging restraint before words and a wary walk through a harsh world. The odd phrasing suggests OCR garble but keeps the core ethic of thrift and patience.
The Moone Home Tribunal No 24 debated Northern Life Insurance Co reinsurance of all Fraternal Tribune members. Many members denounced the plan, officers explained it, but were jeered. Officers reported last year assets 812,246.28 and liabilities 815,400 with 865,946.28 balance sought.
Henry Hanson, 12, tells Waukegan police he ran away to see the world. He bought tickets to Chicago and then Waukegan with his savings, leaving his father Marcus Hanson to fetch him. The boy explained he had no plan to harm anyone and was simply curious about life outside his hometown.
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