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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
6
Cablegrams from a son bring word that a world tour figure has died in Bombay India. The passing is reported as due to an apoplexy with active involvement in world affairs since 1872.
John W Good, longtime Deere & Mansur executive and Moline native, died of apoplexy in Bombay while on a world tour with his wife and son Harry. Remains expected in Moline for interment. Born 1853 Cincinnati, he helped build Moline Plow Co. and later served as Deere & Mansur treasurer. Havens, Democrat who beat Aldrige in Congress race, noted in brief at end.
James S Havens, who beat George W Aldridge in Rochester district, gains vacancy caused by death of Havens’s Republican law partner Congressman Perkins. Aldridge, long called Rochester political boss, faced bribery scandal ties and ministerial opposition. Democrats hail Havens as likely next year’s governorship contender.
The Modern Woodmen officials report plans for the 1911 head camp meeting in Buffalo from June 16 with 3000 Foresters camping on Lake Erie shore and 950 delegates expected. Buffalo hotel managers pledge no rate hikes during head camp week as the city aims to raise $20,000 for the event.
List of names awaiting delivery includes Brooks Wm Bursum Mra Idle Boden Miss Lydia Cox Mrs Nestle G Caldwell George Chaney Earl Dale M DeSmet Prosper DePruver Mrs Frank Everson Miss Alta Ford Edward Fickel Frank J Glawowski B Galliset Henry Graham Em Gilsburg M H Idncoln Irving Lawson Tom Lambert Jerry Lindquist Miss Minnie McDaniel Dr G H McCarthy Mra M Mpalamon G Mitchell Mra A EB Miller Mra Margaret Nicholson Mrs Gertie Newcomb F C Parkhurst Frank Ryckaghem Mrs Skaggs Minnie Sparks George Sandbarg Geo Scheller W F Shaw Frank Thomas Walter Underwood Miss Mabel Ubi Ed White Reel A T Foster PM.
Hazel Anderson files for divorce from Oscar Anderson citing repeated drunkenness and beatings of herself and her mother. She seeks custody of three children Erlene 8 LeRoy 6 Evlyn 3 and notes marital disputes since March 26 of this year. Also listed are two companion filings: Margaret Sohlberg vs Axel Sohlberg and Martin V Osborn vs Celia Osborn.
The People Power Co extends two miles of mains to the Rock River bluff as Prospect park area and Fifteenth Street see new lines. Officials say rapid Bluff District growth promises gas service to riverside homes within a few years, with additional mains on 11th and Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth streets and 3000 feet of four inch main laid.
State Factory Inspector Davies will subpoena electric clocks as witnesses to prove ten hour work violations by women. Twenty five assistants will raid all establishments employing women, seizing time records and clocks as evidence. Past violators are wiped clean unless a second offense occurs after April 21.
Tri City Typographical union plans a May 4 anniversary banquet at the New Harper in Rock Island. The 1885 founding marked a quarter century with few storms, and harmony between employers and workers has largely held. Old-time printers will share reminiscences at the event.
A nostalgic note describes a small boy learning his ABCs and eagerly asks what follows G. The piece reflects early 20th century child education ideas and magazine prose inviting reader imagination.
Victor Johnson, driver for Mo line Furniture, narrowly escaped death during a runaway on lower Sixteenth Street. The wagonload of mantels toppled from the Burlington freight platform shed as frightened horses sped across the street, but Johnson was thrown down a basement stair and emerged unhurt. Only the mantel stock was damaged and returned to the factory.
Earl Elmstedt of Moline placed third at the second district preliminaries held in DeKalb. Louis Shanhouse of Rockford won first and Wright Burrell of Freeport took second as six of eight expected contestants appeared. The judges scored Shanhouse 541, Burrell 634, and Elmstedt 516.
A colored man distressed by his wife's attentions to a man of the same color seeks help from a judge. The magistrate urges divorce proceedings, but the husband objects saying he wants an Infanetlos.
Alfred J Beach longtime Mississippi River engineer and pilot died at Sunday morning from cerebral hemorrhage after years of failing health since last August when his wife died. Born in London in April 1843 he immigrated to America and settled in the city in 18xx. He married Martha J Brown on March 17, 1870 at Beardstown. Surviving relatives include a daughter Mrs Mary Jo Johnson and several grandchildren. Also noted are deaths of Mrs Johanna Terkelsen and Mrs Helena Larson with details on their birthplaces and survivors.
At the International Sunday school convention in Louisville a Texas state chairman declares the first white woman born in Texas still lives with a population over three million. A gallery voice retorts Bend that woman out to Wyoming we need her.
A. J Ostlund announces contracts for a $10,000 reinforced concrete business block on Fourth Avenue between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. Gust Ed Construction Co. to handle concrete and masonry. Victor Palmgren wins carpenter work. The two story structure with basement measures 49 by 43 feet and will house an automobile showroom on the first floor and a six room flat on the second. It will connect to last year’s 40 by 60 foot garage, creating 40 by 100 feet of first floor space for a repair shop and Ford exhibit. Plans by architect Olof Z Cervin of Rock Island.
Miss Anna Lundberg returning home with her sister Mabel after a shopping trip was robbed at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Nineteenth Street. A well dressed thief followed them, seized the handbag, and fled up Nineteenth Street. The bag held eight dollars and the handle was broken. Mabel pursued the thief, but no one was seen. Police tracked him to a alley near Twentieth Street where evidence disappeared.
A 12 year old girl Merle Lutrell of Alpha survived a critical appendicitis after a race against time. With a Burlington train to Molan delayed by a physician, two horses were raced to reach the station in twelve minutes and the girl was delivered to Moline city hospital where her condition improves.
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