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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1910
Page
2
Pierr and Company announce a major deal to buy seventy feet of the Josephson lot and erected a building at least three stories high for their business. The move signals a significant expansion and signals confidence in the avenue’s commercial future.
Realty transfers on Fifth Avenue total seventy five thousand and twenty eight thousand dollars. The People's Savings Bank and Trust Co buys the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifteenth Street for seventy five thousand, with plans to erect a six to eight story modern department store building. Pierr and Co purchase the east seventy feet of the 120 foot lot at 360 a front foot, now to be developed into a large ground for a future store.
Attorney J B Oakleaf receives thirty seven Brady negatives from Major Todd of the War Department in Washington. The collection includes Lincoln Sherman Davis and other Civil War figures with genuine flaws in the old negatives proving authenticity. Also featured are scenes from Ford's Theatre showing Lincoln’s chair and the president’s body in state alongside northern generals and statesmen.
The funeral for Stuart Harper son of the late Ben Harper was held April 7 at 11 a.m. from the home of Mrs S H Velie in Rock Island with Rev Granville Sherwood of Trinity Episcopal Church officiating. Interment followed in the family lot at Chippiannock Cemetery. Harper died Sunday in Denver. Pallbearers included George Mixter O E Mansur Moline H E Curtis H E Casteel J T Stafford and W H Dart. Adolph E Anderson former Lehrbeck pharmacy clerk passed the Illinois state board exam in Chicago and is now eligible for assistant pharmacist registration.
The seven ward Street Vigilance Committee met last Friday with Mrs. E H Sleight as chair. Mayor Olson and Alderman joined as guest. A $25 prize by Mrs F G Allen rewards the ward keeping its alleys clean through October 15. A civic improvement committee will inspect wards monthly and judge prize results.
The Post Office Department urges standard gray paint for R F D boxes and posts to ensure weather protection and easy identification across the United States. Patrons should print names and box numbers in black block letters about two inches high. Road officials may label crossroads with directional indicators and attach boxes to secure arms or brackets for accessibility.
A trolley pole collapsed during repair near Second and Main streets injuring Leopold Kiel Carlson and Clifford Carlson ages 1% and 2. The Tri City Railway Co removed the pole with a jim pole and derrick after the base gave way. Carlsons escaped death and a delivery wagon was damaged.
A letter from G A Stephens of Machine Power Co urged school authorities to back improved bluff fire protection after recent fires. The board referred the note to the school trusts for action while Stephens recommends a combined truck and engine with 12 hp, 70 gallons per minute, and two streams from hydrants to guard bluff properties and lives.
Local note recalls a quirky saying about women and men in leap years. It hints that a woman can influence a man’s fate, causing a change in relationships around February.
Two bidders meet a record price of 34 500 dollars as new owners plan a modern business block. They discuss potential tenants and layout, signaling a major development for the downtown area.
Real estate activity on Fifth Avenue in Moline includes Pierz and Co closing a $32,000 Ullmann property deal with $431 front foot and plans for a modern business block. An option rests on 1216 Fifth Avenue, while Dr Arp may exchange his block for the Grand Theatre site to aid Fifth Avenue widening.
Swedish American violinist Nicoline Zedeler, pupil of Theodore Spiering, will appear in concert in the Tri Cities. Born in Stockholm, her family moved to Rock Island when she was eight, where she began violin study and gained local renown through performances at Augustana College and nearby venues.
Miss Zedeler appears in America for a brief stay with limited engagements. She will return to Berlin in summer to teach, while the Svea Male chorus secures her for a concert April 22 at the First Congregational church. Mary Lindsay Oliver and Dr Francis Moore join the program with the Olive Male chorus in what promises to be a premier city event this season.
Special election results show Town 15 approved becoming wet by 450 votes. City officers were canvassed at a Friday city council meeting. The city hall site proposal was declared carried but the city court proposition faced no clear outcome or plan for a follow up election.
Officials of Northern Life Insurance Co of Illinois deny a merger with the Fraternal Tribunes. The Springfield suit alleges misinformation and seeks funds claimed to be owed, but president Thompson says Northern Life only reinsures former Tribunes and has not absorbed the society.
Local blacksmiths announce a roughly one third raise in manicure work on horses with a Monday effect. About ten shops in the city signed the agreement citing high living costs and rising stock prices as reasons for the increase. Similar scale has been in Rock Island since April 1.
The sixth annual Woman's Home Missionary society gathering of the Methodist Rock Island district Central Illinois will meet at the First Methodist church in Moline on April 21 22. Miss Josephine Corbin of New York will speak and delegates from area churches will participate in programs including quizzes education discussions and music with officers and officers from Galva Aledo Rock Island and Monmouth taking part.
The Masonic board of control accepts tentative plans by O. Z. Cervin for a Rock Island home costing about 765000 dollars. Ground dimensions measure 100 by 115 feet with a seven foot stone basement and brick upper stories. The building will sit at the corner of eighteenth street and fifth avenue and bonds will be issued with Masonic societies as subscribers.
A. Lig Moore, superintendent of the Moline Wagon Co, narrowly escaped injury when the automobile he drove crashed into a freight car and the shipping platform before the company plant. The repaired car suffered substantial front-end damage. Moore was not injured.
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