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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1910
Page
4
A community appeal denounces child labor and links liquor traffic to its cause, urging voters to oppose a local Yes option. The piece argues unions and Americans seek extended schooling and physical development for children and warns alcohol fuels poverty and factory work for youths.
The Quincy Whig argues Illinois Republicans must be firm and united in the coming congressional election. It warns insurgent factions have not taken hold and suggests reform within the party while acknowledging a possible Democratic chance if insurgency gains momentum.
Henry Watterson argues the north should praise the hookworm and raise a public monument to the lazy bug based on Dr Stiles claim that half the south is afflicted. He calls for a Statutory Hall statue with a Latin name and inscriptions crediting preservation of the union and emancipation, while dismissing the Lee statue controversy.
The article discusses Mr Roosevelt’s stance on meeting papal conditions for an audience, noting his wish to avoid discrediting the pope or the Catholic Church. It recalls tensions with former President Fairbanks and urges Protestant and Catholic unity in a world evangelization effort.
At an adjourned East Moline meeting the Peoples Party approved a platform of growth measures. Preamble cites unprecedented growth and calls for better roads, opening Seventh Thirteenth and Seventeenth streets, proper drainage, a board of health of physicians, incentives for manufacturers, railroad improvements, dwelling construction, gas mains, and an efficient fire department.
The text argues against disregarding church government and separation in favor of unity under the Master. It challenges the two major church branches to stop denying each other as churches and to stop fighting over converts, urging action during the Layman's Missionary Movement convention.
The piece contrasts how the Pennsylvania railroad raises costs by paying higher wages to workers and boosting freight rates, with how illegal trusts raise prices by throttling competition for profit. It argues wages improve living costs but calls trusts price gouging, urging reductions to restore normal prices.
The piece argues wage levels in U S navy yards mirror protective policies. It cites Washington yard rates for first class molders at 360 dollars eight hours and other trades, then contrasts with European and Spanish wages to claim U S protections keep American workers well paid and curb emigration.
Alleged Republican papers target Senator Beveridge and Indiana state GOP in a bid for unity. Turbulent political maneuvering surfaces amid tensions within the party ranks and local echoes of a national campaign.
The speech urges Republican party unity against free trade and a return to a strong protective tariff. It notes Senator Beveridge seeks changes to unfair schedules but warns the party must not abandon the protective principle or sow distrust in the national economy.
The article outlines Liberia as the Black Republic long under U S protection since its founding. It notes attacks on government forces and foreign interests, the U S sending Birmingham for protection, and the risk of European intervention. It recalls 19th century U S involvement, naval aid, and the 1862 treaty enabling U S intervention upon request, with Liberia facing debt, frontier gaps, and needed development.
Mrs. W F Eastman hands the Moline office to Al fred T Foster as the new postmaster. The Dispatch reports add staff as Hi W Roff joins the local force and E E Ryden, Augstana graduate, becomes a regular employee, amid plans for a larger building to handle rapid city growth.
The article compares saloon licensing in Moline and Rock Island. Moline collects $1000 per saloon annually for two years and will rise to $1000 in the third year. Rock Island charges $500 per saloon and plans to raise to $600 next month, not yet in effect.
A discussion compares 1908 and 1909 taxes in Moline and Rock Island. Moline's municipal and school taxes rise under the new assessment, while Rock Island's low license regime keeps taxes lower. The piece argues licenses increase public revenue disparities and urges ending saloon licenses to reduce taxes.
Vets celebrate gains against saloons in Moline and Rock Island as the wet referendum narrows margins and prompts a call for lawful progress. The piece views the brewing industry as pushing young men toward the beer vice and urges unity to finish the saloon issue and support stronger civic character.
The article discusses the mixed results of alcohol prohibition votes in Illinois towns. It notes mustering financial arguments from brewers, reversals in Rockford and Decatur, and shifts in Monmouth Galesburg Champaign and Urbana as dry or wet outcomes. It highlights uncertainty and the impact of money in the campaigns.
The Washington Post notes Judge Alton B. Parker’s praise for Secretary Knox’s far eastern diplomacy voiced in St Petersburg. Parker argues America’s and Russia’s interests converge in Asia, urging steady, principled policy to maintain international respect and avoid war predictions amid shifting powers.
P G Rennick of Peoria is reappointed revenue collector for the fifth district covering Peoria Rock Island Marshall Putnam Stark Knox Henry Warren Henderson and Mercer counties. He has served since 1901 and collects about 28 to 36 million annually with four mills expense. He employs nineteen deputies and clerks and 120 gangers. the only suboffice is in Rock Island.
Eight year old Mabel Lindy of First avenue and Nineteenth street was hurt in Dimock and Gould lumber yards when a glass tube she found near an lamp plant broke, driving its end through the roof of her mouth into her nostrils. Dr Meyer treated her at home.
The 1909 Farmers' Institute Report is an 850 page cloth bound volume with illustrations and charts. It covers dairying cattle tuberculosis hog cholera horse breeding poultry beekeeping corn alfalfa fertilizers and good roads. James A. Rose Secretary of State Springfield is asked to provide a copy plus postage. August Bischoff resigns from the Illinois Western hospital Watertown and plans real estate venture in Moline with a new home site on Colona avenue.
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