Rear of Rast Wail In Big Building Damaged In Construction
A damaged OCR note describes damage to the rear of a large building under construction. The text warns it must be torn out due to safety concerns and ongoing work.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1910
Page
3
A damaged OCR note describes damage to the rear of a large building under construction. The text warns it must be torn out due to safety concerns and ongoing work.
A Mealth officer named Jones directs work at a rendering company following a fire. Workers remove bodies in connection with the incident at Sharkey's Burne, with authorities stating the burn was not fatal.
The dispatch reports a large loss from yesterday's Cranle livery barn fire estimated at about 10000 including livestock and building damage. It notes eighteen horses burned, insurance coverage, and ongoing assessments plus public safety efforts and emergency responses in Davenport and Rock Island.
Charles E. Yanney of McLean County reports remarkable six acre alfalfa results begun in 1906 with three hay cuts yielding 2¾ tons per acre and pasture for 150 hogs. Hogs gained about 75–76 pounds each, selling at weight gains and corn costs producing total returns around $657 for only six acres.
Bauturdass fruit. Dieputch Contractor Victor Palmgren yesterday started excavating for the new eight room house of William F Talty member of the clothing firm Fors berg and Taltys on the southeast corner of Sixteenth street and Twelfth avenue. The exterior will be stucco and applied by Gust Edontraction. The home is expected to cost about $6000 with a heating plant and cement porch. occupancy planned for November.
William Lloyd a former Davenport resident and social detective for the Union Pacific railroad was killed on Thursday in Ogden Utah. He had been with the force about a week and was shot by a suspect he was about to arrest. Lloyd's brother Albert of Davenport died suddenly from heat recently. William, 27, had returned home to Davenport for a reunion.
A brief quotation on suffragettes from Harvard Lampoon noting a shift from ladylike behavior to defiance of gentlemanly norms during the 1912 1913 period.
Mr and Mrs George Williams of Fifty second Street mourn the death of their infant son born at midnight Thursday who died last evening. Funeral was held at 3 PM from the family home with Rev Frank Anderson officiating. Burial followed in Adams family burying ground at Hampton. The child was the first of the fifth generation to be laid there.
The fragment mentions Gold Medal Flour and a name or term Lavoga, suggesting a brief reference or error in OCR. No clear event, date, or organization is identifiable from the readable text.
North country farmers host a yearly picnic at Lyford's Grove on August 18 with two main ball games. Port Byron faces Hillsdale for $25 in the morning and the Bennetts play Port Byron for $40 in the afternoon, with 60 40 purse split. Entries include girls and boys foot races, potato race, three legged race, and free-for-all events with cash and goods prizes from local merchants and banks.
A premature dynamite blast in a fourteen foot cellar at the Welle Engineering building near Twenty Afth street injures one worker seriously and bruises two others. Sixteen men were present in the hole with three teams when the explosion occurred, caused by crossed wires. The injured were taken to the city hospital. one is expected to recover within a week.
Take notice to farmers moving west that Aberdeen Sask Teher district offers top wheat prospects. The agent L Hatcheon in Aberdeen supplies right prices and simple terms for farm purchases on crop or cash. Owners pay fifty cents per acre commission at sale.
A move by an Iowa group seeks a White Pole transcontinental route with marked posts and white bands five feet above ground near hazards. Red day flags and lanterns would warn autoists at washouts and dangerous bridges, tying the route to major rail lines and city postings.
Carbon Cliff Aug 5 reports Miss Ann t Kennedy and Cora Kennedy started work in Moline Mrs Goben of Milan visited Mamie Mitton in very ill condition Neal Hennegan family touring Moline Gua Hoffman Neal Hennegan left for Minneapolis St Paul and Duluth Jotn Krambeck and Hes sie Krambeck of Moline spent Sunday with Nick Krambeck Henry Meskee and Chaurlea Fable returned to Chicago Swim of Moline deputy soliciting MWA members eight new pledges Matthew Hros of Erie began sewer dredging for project Old society entertained Mrs Thompson Silvia Thursday Va mie Mitton ill consult Dr Johnson and Dr Eyster Geneseo Alvina Welty visiting Mra O Donnell entertained Sunday Guests from Rocksland Mroo and Philadelphia Mr and Mrs Andersen and children Silvia Mroo Posten and children and Mround Mrs Foto Olson of Moline Town meeting Alderman Krambeck resigned to become town marshall. town rights to be purchased.
The executive committee of the Old Settlers association of Rock Island met at JoH Cleland Rock Island this afternoon and set September 1 as the date and Black Hawk Watch Tower as the place for the forty third annual reunion.
Sam Wainwright of Zuma township Rock Island county returns two cents overcharged on a corn sale to T J Schafer the Watertown liveryman after driving through Watertown to settle the matter. The incident follows an earlier deal in which a receipt was given and later forgotten.
Consternation hit the board of health as morning ice cream samples gathered by Inspector Ed Jones were found mixed and some lacked labeling. Twenty four samples were collected from as many restaurants and manufacturers and sent to the health commissioner's office. A test would be valueless without properly labeled samples, but the effort to inspect ice cream remains ongoing with plans for a new collection and testing in the future. The department also targets impure ice cream cones and their vendors.
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