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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
5
Real estate listing offers 13 acres between 4th 7th streets and 12th 16th avenues in St Louis. One lot in the area lacks an option. Asking price appears to be 8000 dollars for the tract.
City council grapples with an $8000 option to buy thirteen acres between Fourth and Seventh streets and Twelfth and Fifteenth Avenues. Debates over including one additional jot and the need for a formal committee report delay closing, with a vote to refer the option back to the park committee carried 7 to 6.
Church officers and committees elected in the Central Conference report strong church health. Pastor D B Andrewartha receives an enthusiastic call to return for a fourth year at Second Methodist, with the church showing solid finances, small debt, and growing Sunday school enrollment. The Swedish Methodist Church also pledges to reappoint Pastor J P Miller for a fourth year amid a robust membership and active Sunday school.
An ordinance read at last night’s council meeting contemplates laying 11 608.83 feet more than two miles of concrete sidewalks. The list covers Walks Four Feet and Five Feet Wide along multiple streets with designated sides and lot ranges.
Mayor Olson fills board vacancies with H F Vierich F A Herbst and F W Rank reappointed to replace W A Meese and O F Anderson amid accusations the removals serve political debt payment. Vierich heads the People’s party city central committee and Herbst supported Olson’s election.
Davenport Malting Co replies to saloonkeepers charges amid Iowa malci law push. Letter warns of closures of Commercial club Turner halls Coliseum and park, 50 percent drop in Davenport real estate values and big tax rises. Threats of moving plant to Rock Island and continued beer demand if enforcement succeeds. outlines potential economic fallout and social shifts.
The Moline Stone Co owned by Swan Tropp faces a suit for injunction filed by J A Hedberg of Rock Island claiming blasting damages his home and property and endangers nearby residents due to explosives and unsightly premises. The company has faced similar suits since an 1903 Rock Island ordinance.
The annual Rock Island county old settlers association reunion will be at Watch Tower on August 29 with registration, badge pickup, prayer, minutes, welcome address by J H Marshall, readings, election of officers, reports, valedictory, inauguration, speeches, and a closing Auld Lang Syne. Scott County group holds independent meeting in Davenport August 28 at the outing club.
Riverside cemetery board considers a perpetual care fund to cover grounds maintenance. Secretary J H Hauberg was tasked to consult other associations for guidance. Current income relies on lot sales, with minimal prior uptake of endowment arrangements since 1896, 1904.
A witty exchange about Snookson a clever real estate agent and his sales prowess. The speakers praise his skill suggesting he could even sell St Peter a lot in Hades for Browning's Magazine.
The Moline sheds tearful pastorals for a vaudeville dominated season with seven nights weekly of vaudeville at popular prices. W G Donald and Kindt secure Klaw & Erlanger bookings and plan high-class acts led by the sea lions troupe formerly with Ringling. Opening day August 18 features 10, 20, 30, and 60 cent seats, with balcony 20 and gallery 10 cents. Grand in Davenport leased for exclusive vaudeville bookings except Sundays.
A medical student, aiming to become an allentat, converses with an insane patient who believes himself God. The lunatic and student spar over predestination and free will, ending with the patient retorting that he never talks soup. An epigram notes that a convincing argument rarely changes a determined mind.
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