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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1907
Page
6
The contest between Carlson and McKinley produced a modest turnout, with Carlson securing a slim majority. Local candidates for the board of education won by clean majorities amid a light downtown vote as detailed results show Carlson and McKinley splitting votes but Carlson prevailing.
Article lists reappointments and committee changes in a city council, naming chairs and members across Finance Streets and Alleys, Ordinances, Fire, Parks, and other standing panels. Several initials and surnames appear, reflecting personnel updates by party balance and departmental oversight.
At the Monday council meeting Mayor Olson announced reappointments and committee heads for the new municipal year. Key figures like Chief of Police O M Bisan and Fire Chief John Q Hawk were named along with several aldermanic chair duties and officer assignments.
The ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup used by mothers for teething and diarrhoea relief. It claims to soothe gums, ease pain, and cure wind colic at forty five cents a bottle and to ask for Mrs Winslow's product guaranteed under the 1906 food and drugs act.
Hampton, ML April 23 Mrs Mary Guckert 81 recalls arriving fifty seven years ago when Hampton had two houses. She has seven children twenty two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Her son Henry Baumbach born 1849 enlisted as a fifer at age 12 in the 129th infantry and later served as fife major.
Trustees of Township 17 voted to detach a portion of district No 45 and attach it to district No 40, expanding the Mo line district. The new territory includes Candee Grove and land bounded by streets near Thirteenth Avenue, extending the city boundary while leaving a small Einfeldt strip outside.
The Epworth League of the Swedish Methodist church forms Reds and Blues sections for a membership contest. Ivar Pearson leads the Reds and Reuben Nyquist the Blues with about seventy five members. The Blues opened with enthusiasm, a short program, and a work talk. Rev J P Miller serves in both sections and will umpire. The contest closes May 15 at the annual meeting.
Edward Danielson eight-year-old son of Mr and Mrs John Danielson of Thirty eighth street Moline nearly drowned after falling from a raft on the river. Rescued sixty feet from shore by John Woodworth he was revived after being brought to land. County Treasurer Cox announced H M Reynolds as an assistant in his office to prepare the tax list and then the personal property list for publication.
A Monday noon luncheon for directors followed by an afternoon program and an evening banquet is planned. A Sunday YMCA field day features ten outside speakers from local churches and an address by Chas We McCaskill of Freeport. The program lists I E Brown and A M Bruner among state secretaries with meetings at First Habitat and Second Methodist churches.
Rock Island lawyer J. P. Looney files mandamus against the city and G. A. Koester to remove claimed nuisances from bay windows overhanging Second Avenue Diamond saloon and the Koester flat on Thirty-fourth Street Fifth Avenue. Court action hinges on council committee delay.
Delegates from Moline to the Central Illinois District Turnverein are named for a meeting in Peoria on the first Sunday in May. The list includes J H Mueler William Carstens August Link H H Kuehl Adolph Oppenheimer August Ebeling Christ Kuehl Oscar Lohman William H Emandi and Fred Peters. The district headquarters are in Peoria, with an exhibition at Turner hall Friday evening showcasing training under Prof Adolph Oppenheimer.
The Henry County Board of Supervisors rejected a full settlement offer from the late Frank Welton estate, after experts found a county shortage of 6718.93 spanning his tenure as county clerk. Bondsmen for Sheriff Bruce Stiers are to cover about 500 in withheld fees and 988 unaccounted funds, per the ballot vote. In other news, Gus Tegeler of Rock Island beat Judge French of Davenport in a Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club handicap match with a net 81.
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