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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1910
Page
1
Auction notice notes John A. Berg offering his real estate on Twelfth Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues for sale. The terse entry names the option on Berg property and signals impending transfer proceedings.
Rumor says Marshall Field & Co will bid for city property on Fourteenth Street as bids open September 6 for the southeast corner of Fifth avenue and Thirteenth Street. The city weighs each offer to choose the best for business use. aldermen withhold value judgments.
Local social highlights include visits by Mr and Mrs John Ewart and daughter Mary of Carbon Cliff to the McGinnises, and numerous greetings from Watertown Davenport and Moline residents. Baseball results note Hampton Browns defeating Moline 12 to 10. Revd W 8 Read spoke at Hamp ton M E church and Grace Lewis received souvenirs at a party.
State's Attorney L M Magill receives resolutions from towns statewide praising him for prosecutions of Fraternal Tribune offenders. A Galenburg copy thanks him for indicting those who wrecked the order and hopes for further successful action. The rest lists social visits and local notices.
City Attorney Ben S. Bell filed in county court the assessment roll for Fourth avenue between Thirty fourth and Fifty fifth streets. Hearing date set for Thursday September 1. This is the second time the paving case has been in court as residents protest along the east end route.
Preliminary evidence in the case of Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway versus Mia Katharine Oltman et al for condemnation of property near Barstow is heard before Judge R W Olmsted. Jury selection will follow after preliminary points are settled. Attorneys include Sweeney and Walker for the road and Searle Marshall and Jackson Hurat and Stafford for defendants.
A 100 dollar reward is offered for any case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Testimonials from local figures assert Cheney is honorable and capable. Druggists Walding Keinnan Marvin endorse the remedy and its bloodborne action.
A four hour blaze near the Stoehr and Schadt coal mine south of Carbon CHM endangered a dynamite house and eighty two kegs of powder. Miners and local farmers fought the fire with water and shovels, saving three nearby houses and the mine.
Unclaimed letters for the week ending August 10 1910 at Moline post office include Ayer Alvin C Anderson Oliver Baker W A Bergman Petter Burnwood T Bishop W T Buttler Amos Byers Fred Cranle C F H ware De Veree Edward Deschoenock Louis Deylieger Domenico Sartino Duchesne Arthur Fasting Louie Gudawhex Titus Gustafson Anna Hartley Jones Lela Jarson Mrs Alma Jeffers John Johnson Norman Larson Liliensein Miss Mena McCurdy George DB McKay John Miklas Martin Miller Nathaniel Murphy Maurice Mungeon Gus Nicholson Viola Patton Samuel Peterson Chas W Pulitzer Mfg Co Robertson Ruth Scott James Smith George.
A Henney Buggy team driven by Dr B F Swingley and M A Steele plunged after an approaching interurban near the Standard Oil offices in East Freeport Ili. The horse struck a telephone pole bending the rig and throwing both men. Swingley suffered a sprained ankle while Steele sustained a broken left arm a sprained right arm and ankle. He also injured his wrists leaping from the buggy to break his fall. The horse was finally stopped.
Crop reports from Coal Valley and surrounding counties describe drought conditions with pastures gone and oats yielding 56 to 58 bushels per acre. Farmers warn that a lack of rain could halve the corn crop, while soil thinness and firing reduce yields despite scientific farming efforts.
Peter Newton secretary of the seventh civil service district announces an examination in Rock Island at the post office on Saturday September. The position is office laborer with minor clerical work in the ordinance department, salary eight dollars and starting. Applications from D F Krell or Mr Newton’s Federal Building Chicago must be filed by August 25.
Sloan of Biggsville Henderson county has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for minority representative in the Thirty third district subject to district voters decision. He has been engaged in stock raisin.
City officials in Moline resist a pending sale of local Union Electric holdings to Central Union and Bell interests. They say the council cannot recognize Bell operations within city limits and will act only after September, preserving Moline properties until a decision is made.
Market report by H. J. Toher & Co. notes hogs steady to higher with late sales, cattle weak to steady, and sheep covering. New York stock listings show Union Pacific 1 84 and various rails advancing or declining. Bond and commodity figures include American Smelters around 65 percent and Canadian Pacific near 189 percent, with several rail, steel and chemical issues quoted.</s>
State employers liability commission of twelve members began a tour to rally support for an employers liability law. The trip includes East St Louis today Springfield tomorrow Rock Island Aug 17 and Peoria Aug 18 with a two day session planned for Chicago Aug 24-26.
About 100 Houston Texas boosters are due to arrive around August 15 in Moline as part of a national tour of principal cities. Reports say the group visited Washington DC last Sunday and Baltimore Monday and will stop at other eastern cities before heading west.
Miss Olga Swanson of 580 Fifth Avenue was bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake while picnicking with friends on the Wapsie River outing. A snake with five rattles was killed. she was taken to a Princeton doctor and remains in serious but non fatal condition as swelling travels below the knee.
Mrs Cora Fnates of Rock Island files in circuit court for a divorce from Cal Phares alleging habitual drunkenness and cruelty. She claims he has threatened her life and beaten her, and seeks alimony and protection for their son Clarence aged one. Schrover & Mcbriver represent the plaintiff.
The marriage occurred at the Harvy Cross Lutheran parsonage in Davenport with Rev H P Greff officiating. Bride Miss Anna Kiernan, attended by Miss Elizabeth Twim, and brother Frank Kiernan as best man. The couple, after a Chicago visit, will reside in the P N Hennegan cottage after September.
Miss Jennie Wolstencroft pondered self destruction for about three weeks prior to death. Testimony indicated quarrels over her relationship with Martin Carlson and family tensions at home. Doctors testified about poison and a pending inquiry found death by stroking poison.
Thomman Harrett, a hermit living in Sterling, died yesterday at age 55. Authorities say he was unmade mentated and a search of his small house uncovered $2200 concealed in the cellar. He owned a farm valued at about $20000.
Stephen D Hicks of this city, a Democratic candidate for state representative, filed a petition today in the office of Secretary of State Rose in Springfield. He is one of four candidates seeking minority honors in the coming election from Rock Island and nearby areas.
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