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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1910
Page
2
Supporters of the proposal hail the plan as a municipal advance and urge passage. The Friends of Proposition say returns favor a new city court structure, with advocates describing the reform as essential for local justice and governance.
Voters approve establishing a city court in Moline with 773 favorable votes out of 1048 cast, above the required two thirds. A city hall bond issue of 100000 is tied to the plan, with construction to begin this fall and the city court on the second floor. The timing of the city judge election remains to be set. no official candidates named yet.
C F Hatfield of Chicago has provided satisfactory bonds in embezzlement and conspiracy indictments linked to the Fraternal Tribunes inquiry. After prior attempts, Magill arranged a surety bond covering all conspiracay charges, totaling about 170000 dollars for thirteen defendants.
Downtown shoppers witnessed a dramatic runaway as two horses attached to the Abraham Candy Co wagon bolted north on Fifteenth street at about 11 am. They smashed a blacksmith shop window and a drain pipe, flooded the street, but a brave man at Sixteenth and Second stopped them. no one was hurt and the wagon suffered only a broken tongue.
The Improvement Board president claims about 400 dollars a year is spent on the unimproved 16th Street portion. An objector challenges the expenditure as wasteful and improper.
Heated city council hearing on Fourth Avenue and Fifteenth Street paving reveals disputes over costs, local burden, and whether Third Avenue should be paved first. Mayor Olson defends expenditures, while objectors press for sewer precedents and street width changes amid calls for widening and condemnation talk.
The employers liability commission schedules afternoon and evening sessions at the Rock Island courthouse on August 17. Senator Landee secured use of the county courtroom. officials urge attendance by manufacturers, railroad workers, and laborers in hazardous work. The panel aims to draft a bill to liberalize acts on co employees and employer liability, with hearings involving objections and city debates on Third Avenue and Hawk Hollow drive condemnation.
The Swedish American chorus and five Moline men tour Sweden hosting receptions from Helsingborg to Kristinehamn. Governor Strém speaks at Gefle banquet while Professor Ortengren recalls his Sweden childhood and musical beginnings.
Joe Bonham a Moline post office driver and WWII veteran left Wednesday for Des Moines en route to a Iowa Missouri border town to visit a sister he last saw at age 14, now 71, having located her after 57 years.
James Potts wandered into the Burlington yards in Rock Island seeking rest and attempted to sleep beneath a side door Pullman car using a rail as a pillow. A Burlington switchman alerted police who removed him to the station where he resumed sleeping.
August Wilken, a well known Hampton farmer, reported that a purse containing $175 was taken from him while he rode on a crowded street car during circus day. He stated the theft occurred on the street car and police were notified.
Invitations go to Cox relatives for the annual reunion to be held on Campbell Island August 18 19 1910. A committee led by Walter B Cox of Chicago and Lillian Cox of Rock Island coordinates data slips to build a complete family history. the group rents a cottage on the island for housing and plans picnics and weeklong attendance.
In a brief exchange at a shop Borroughs is told that time is money the merchant notes his prolonged visit Borroughs asks if the remark is sarcasm and reflects that the merchant is using someone else s time the scene appears in Catholic Standard and Times.
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