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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
7
Judge Ramsay in the circuit court last Friday threw out the city of Moline versus Central Union Telephone Co. on a demurrer. The city seeks appeal to the supreme court to decide if 1887 ordinance granted the company a franchise. The case parallels a Rock Island decision later upheld by the appellate court at Ottawa.
Comrades from Graham post plan a May trip to the State G A R encampment in Decatur. A committee was chosen to arrange travel, aiming to secure a special car for Moline veterans. Encampment dates are May 21 22 and 23 with plans still evolving. Col A C Matthews of Pittsfield is expected to be department commander. The Decatur gathering marks the order’s birthplace and honors Dr B F Stephenson credited with organizing the G A R in 1868.
Angibbervot notes national growth to about 800000 members with the organization fading slowly. He mentions 3000 to 4000 Illinois veterans expected in Decatur while an estimated 26000 will be kept away, and many veterans served in Illinois units who went west after the war.
John T. Miller of Peoria becomes superintendent at Deere Clark Automobile Co to manage increased business. W. Clark relinquishes dual roles to focus on design. Miller comes from St Louis Car Co in Peoria with extensive auto building experience. Stockholders meet April 16 to consider raising capital from 100000 to 150000. no new buildings planned this summer. Two Deere Clark cars delivered locally to E H Guyer Rock Island and C H Pope Moline. a touring car to F A Spencer Peoria with Mr and Mrs Spencer present.
A contagious horse disease believed to be brought from Chicago stock yards has appeared in Whiteside County. More than 30 horses show mange starting at the mane and spreading to the back, with fears of a wholesale spread and farmers urged to watch for symptoms.
At the Rock Island presbytery spring conference in Cedar Creek the Rev W M Story of Moline was selected as one of two ministerial representatives to the summer general assembly in Denver Colorado. The other rep is Rev A N Porter business manager of Cooper Memorial college.
G A Stephens William Butterworth and George W Crampton attended a Chicago gathering of plow factory representatives where the National Plan Association was formed. Twenty companies joined with others promising support. The group aims to standardize implement construction and cut unnecessary sizes and types. A permanent freight rates and classification committee will be created. Further methods will be developed as the organization matures.
Lester Shay of Silvis a 14 year old son of Mr and Mrs Harry Shay was hurt Friday morning while hunting cranes about a mile east of the village He fired a double bar reled gun and the recoil from both barrels caused a severe jaw fracture a deep cut across the upper lip requiring four stitches and the loss of four teeth He went home where he was found later by his sister and medical aid was summoned
Frances De Buurne aged 29 native of Belgium died at 6 39 a m Saturday in City Hospital after a short illness with typhoid fever. He had recently come to Moline and lived at 156 Fifth Avenue. In a separate note, John Holstein of Muscatine, jailed since September for the murder of his daughter Bessie, is reported to be slowly dying of cancer in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Robert Munro reports the death of Austin Weir in Lincoln Nebraska where he had been a lumber merchant and served as mayor. A longtime Moline resident, he left over fifty years ago and was thrice married. He is survived by his widow, his daughter Mrs Shaw of Seattle, and siblings Jerome A Weir of Colorado Springs and Mrs Smith of Muscatine. Funeral held in Lincoln last Sunday.
Three sales on the west side of Fifteenth street between Tenth and Twelfth avenues set the stage for a nearly completed upbuilding of the block. Wiese Christison and Albright bought lots for homes at about 1700 each, with all three intending to erect handsome residences this summer. Warner II still has one lot on the market. Peter Stevens returns from St Marys South Dakota with 301 acres valued at 25000, planning to farm and stock raise after lease expiry. Andrew Gustafson of Moline Plow Co. lost several fingers in a machinery accident. Dr A H A Arp performed amputation and surgery.
Howard's Dairyman highlights the Black Hawk farm of Tri-City Milk in Rock Island County Illinois. A 1906 piece on a businessman starting a dairy farm sparked reader interest. The operation milks about 275 cows, grows 200 acres of corn for nearly 1000 tons of ensilage, and 300 tons of shredded fodder plus 8000 bushels of corn. It uses a manure spreader daily and runs four teams for manure distribution. The herd is about half Holstein and half Jerseys and Guernseys, with a four percent average milk yield. The farm markets milk at roughly 1.75 dollars per 100 pounds delivered by wagon, with a local retailer contracting for two years, reserving cream and skim milk for calves and pigs. The enterprise is profitable, aided by careful management and sanitary practices, and readers are urged to learn from the successful model.
The appellate court held Barclays were Missouri residents when the child was adopted, that the deed of adoption was valid though not recorded, and that Barclays acted in good faith. It leaves questions about best interests unresolved, noting future Kansas court input and possible re hearing by Mrs Bleakley’s attorney.
A novel plan to raise money for the Kewanee public hospital building fund is adopted as the Mile of Pennies plan. 6280 cloth-backed slips, each a foot long, will form a mile when joined and hold sixteen pennies glued to paper. If filled, the total would reach 844.89 dollars, boosting the treasury as the association distributes and collects the slips throughout its membership.
A Davenport Cedar Rapids interurban project aims to be built within two years linking to Missouri. Iowa reports say Marengo and Midland interurban line will run this year from Cedar Rapids to Fairfield via Marengo with extensions to Oskaloosa and Vinton. The system would connect at Fairfield with the Iowa Missouri Traction Co line enabling electric service to Memphis Missouri.
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