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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1889
Page
5
Miss Mary Murto of Kembsberg visits Mica Lillie Duop on Twenty first street. Several obituaries and society notes mix with odd local items about rail rates, a Davenport theft, horses, church plans, and a birthday party for Mrs Goble in Rock Island County.
An e section orders a May 7 meeting to borrow money for widening the road from the ferry landing to the bluff to twenty feet and paving with one foot of gravel. The work is tied to the Muscatine bridge project and regional river improvements.
The Muscatine Journal reports the death of Rev W. G. Wilson’s eldest son in Muscatine on Monday evening. He was a leading Y M C A member and active in the Methodist church and Sabbath school. The day before he testified to his Christian experience at Y M C A and church meetings and was named leader of the next Y M C A gathering. In his pocket were cards showing devotion to good works including the White Cross pledge of social purity and his Y M C A membership card.
Misa Stratford has arranged to call school in all buildings at 8 a m on Tuesday April 30 for a one hour session devoted to special patriotic programmes in each room. Teachers and pupils prepared songs recitations and essays. At 9 a m school will be dismissed so pupils and teachers may attend church services.
A burglar was captured near John B H Braokmay’s store in Andalusia after a young couple spotted a light. Charles Francis, about forty with reddish hair, carried a satchel and tools. He was jailed then sent to the county jail after a commitment order by Justice Reed.
The Easter activities by the Sunday school at the Justin School house drew a large audience with many attendees unable to enter. Grandmother Reed remains ill at her son Alex Dunbar’s home. William Gilpin of Cordova and Lealie Hanna Jr. family welcomed a baby boy Friday. Farmers are plowing for corn. J A Southwell visited local schools Tuesday. Alvin King Mathews’s daughter arrived from Texas for a visit.
The Democrat Gazette notes a year old sensational elopement in LeClairé involving a married woman who left with a disreputable Irish arrival while her husband was away at river work. The account mentions a nefarious, fashionable departure with luggage and no trace of the pair since, leaving weary relatives in uncertainty.
A Tri-City party toured Quincy and Galesburg to study brick vitrified pavement. They found Quincy using varied brick sources with rising costs, while Galesburg showed uneven results due to poor foundation and underfilling. Report urges adoption of vitrified brick pavement locally, noting potential cost and local labor benefits.
Fragmentary April entries list individuals from Rock Island and surrounding areas including Moline Geneseo and Port Byron. Names include Olof Engholm Emma Ander son Clarence Pierce Ruth Harrington and others with several surnames partially shown. The text appears to be a social or household note listing residents and connections.
Probate docket shows multiple estates closed or nearing closure. Margaret McNutt estate: report of distribution filed and approved. administrator discharged. Alban J Cox estate: inventory filed and approved. claims allowed. William Jordan estate: final account filed and approved. estate closed. Guardian for minor heirs of vardian reported as deceased with release.
John Soderstrom died at his Stillwater home after weeks of bowel inflammation. He was 88, a Sweden native, and a former Moline grocer who later ran a lime and cement business. He left Moline two years ago for Stillwater, leaving a grocery career and serving as head bookkeeper at a Stillwater hardware firm. His widow Mary Johnson and two children survived. Separately an inventory lists Rock Island fire losses including a barn, a house, cars, hay, oats, corn, bran, and harnesses insured across several agencies totaling about 10,550 dollars.
The Rev A R Morgan and wife were feted at Masonic Hall with a farewell reception and banquet hosted by the Woman's Relief Corps and Graham Post. Over 200 guests attended despite heavy rain, and Morgan received a silver tea service as a parting gift. Mrs Morgan expressed gratitude amid tears and memories of shared service. inscription noted on the sugar bowl commemorates April 28 1880.
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