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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1910
Page
5
Purchaser reserves part of a lot near 15th Street for erection of a building to house a jewelry business. The plan entails securing a dedicated section of the property to support the new venture.
Cr Josephson will acquire 120 feet on the south side of Fifth avenue between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets for 42000 dollars at 850 dollars per front foot. The J T Browning property includes a livery stable run by George Johnson and ground to the west where Mrs Poole operates a painting studio. plans to widen Fifth avenue include adding ten feet.
Gus Neibert of Davenport was freed from a murder charge over the killing of his father in law Daniel Gilbert on Thanksgiving day. The defense argued temporary insanity and the prosecution withdrew after the defense presented doubt on Neibert’s sanity. The Rev L J Enright, the sole witness besides Gilbert’s daughters, testified Neibert seemed insane at the time of the shooting, which the defense used to support its case. Neibert testified he was bereft of mind and could not recall events around the act. The state’s attorney failed to refute his claim.
William H Gulley resigned as superintendent of the Moline East Moline and Water town Interurban railway after seven years to launch a new business in East Moline. He will join the firm of Stucker and Gulley in the Draile block. A barber shop and a pool room will occupy the same block space next week.
A plan by Peders Construction Co. seeks to dam Cedar River near Moscow to create a 7000 acre lake 90 feet above the Mississippi. The five mile canal would include a 7500 foot tunnel, be concrete lined, 20 feet in diameter, and carry 2500 cubic feet of water per second. It would generate about 25 000 horsepower and boost Muscatine industry. The scheme also envisions deepening Mad Creek for harbor access and a power enhanced reservoir serving as a state resort.
Davenport meteorological bureau reports March as hottest on record with average temperature 60 degrees, highest daily 84, lowest 24, and no snow. Rainfall totaled 0.39 inches, lowest for March aside from 1886, with 26 clear days and four precipitation days, marking a 2.75 inch rainfall deficit since January 1.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt notes Halley's comet visible to the naked eye prompting remarks about public indecencies sparked by a barefoot dance. Dispatch short ads promise results for local notices and ads.
The Laymen's Missionary Movement held a large banquet in the Davenport Coliseum with about 880 men from Davenport Rock Island and Moline. Rev John Henry Hopkins of Chicago, Homer C Stuntz of New York, and George Sherwood Eddy of India spoke on the movement's significance and global reach. The gathering featured flag banners, a chorus, and a call to mobilize American business leaders for evangelization with Korea expected to become Christian within twenty years.
A 61 year old southeast Fifth Avenue and Sixteenth Street residence built by Andrew Friberg, once tied to Deere Tate Gould, was torn down to make way for an 80 by 90 foot two story brick building. The home, a landmark in its day, stood on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Seventeenth Street prior to demolition.
Professor Clark of the Washington fisheries department arrives at Fairport to lead a new branch studying freshwater pearl growth in clams and the causes for pearl formation. An adjunct will study the spotted shell and clam conditions as the station advances with trenches beds and a pumping station nearing completion.
A minister from a nearby town occupied the pulpit at a Yorkshire chapel one Sunday. A few days later he read in a local weekly paper that the Congregational church he supplied last Sunday will be closed for three weeks for repairs.
The fragment notes loss of faith and hair loss as coping signs in a personal struggle. It references an unnamed speaker contemplating belief and appearance as symptoms of inner turmoil reported in the Houston Chronicle.
The 1837 built Central Presbyterian church on Rock Island’s Second Avenue between 14th and 15th streets partially collapsed after an east wall fell at 2 am Saturday. The weakened structure endangered residents as crowds gathered and the building faced imminent collapse.
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