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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1907
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Neale and Cover the Witness, trading for merchants, and Waliding Hara Wond. The readable bits hint at a March event or meeting but details and context are unclear.
A joint meeting of the Business Men's Association and Moline club directors heard Hon. J. A. Fox of Arkansas urge a nationwide waterway system. Clarence Trevor spoke on routing a highway south from the Moline bridge to Rural and Sherrard. Fox, representing the National Rivers and Harbors Association, outlined benefits and large potential freight savings from improved waterways.
A meeting of the Burlington area business groups discussed securing land options and surveying for a direct road from the bridge south toward Coal Valley. Trevor and O F Anderson report options secured after obstacles and inflated right of way bids. Estimated cost to complete is 15000 dollars, with hopes to raise half from merchants and other interests this fall and begin work soon.
J. M. Keim has disposed of the College Pharmacy at Thirty-eighth street and Seventh avenue Rock Island and will depart soon for Butte Mont where he may establish a business The College Pharmacy was repurchased by D Nordstrom of Sioux City Mrs Keim and daughter Marion will remain in Rock Island for some time
A drill near Muscatine uncovers a copper vein three feet thick at the Fred Garrison farm. Early reports describe rich and promising ore quality with a potential strike. A local company at Chickroll intends to take charge of the site and explore further depths for payoff.
Inspector Investigates Dr C E Crawford of Rockford who is sent by the State Board of Health for a rigid quarantine of his family.
Coal Valley endures a two month smallpox outbreak with at least ten cases. John Scuder, a saloonkeeper, is ill and quarantined along with nine recovered patients who show lingering marks. Health officials Dr Crawford and Dr Arp arrived after a Springfield warning and note initial misdiagnoses as chickenpox.
Plans to lay the cornerstone of the Swedish Olive lodge No. 583 Odd Fellows building at Thirteenth Street and Fifth Avenue in Moline on the first Sunday in September. Con way of Oak Park may preside, with possible attendance by sovereign grand lodge officers and national piano executives, amid uncertainty about Conway’s attendance.
A person in the Place area seeks a helper for general housework tasks. The listing notes privacy and discretion in the arrangement and invites interested individuals to respond with appropriate details.
Rock Island city council approved an ordinance authorizing Samuel S. Davis to widen the Sears canal across Rock Island avenue to 150 feet. Plans for a new 167‑foot bridge over the canal were adopted with Tri-City Railway Co contributing 2000 and Davis proposing 4000 toward costs. Abutments estimated at 1500 to 2000. Davis aims to enable canal enlargement for power development, with bridge ownership remaining municipal and protection of piers and abutments maintained.
Telegraph workers from Western Union and Postal Telegraph in Davenport quit, crippling city service. Managers stayed on briefly. one operator refused a discharge and left. Local labor groups offered support as tri-city offices shift to local management. Davenport serves as a relay point for several regions, threatening regional business.
The July mail out of the Moline post office totaled 44,831 pounds while Rock Island sent 42,685 pounds. Moline led Rock Island by third class matter, while Rock Island held a larger second class lead supplied mainly by Augustana Book Concern. Deere & Co advertising circulars drove Moline’s third class weight, enough to fill three large cars. Davenport’s total also lagged about a ton behind Moline.
County Superintendent of Schools Ferguson has been appealed to to aid relieve the dire shortage of teachers which exists at MacPherson county. Dest if Gale tiae pye to this time there are thirty three schools for which no teacher is paid. Wages of 40 to 3 the pad. Leola, the county seat, is 2 miles from Aberdeen.
Fragmentary text with unclear names and phrases mentions economics and sales but lacks concrete details or context to identify people, places, or events. The readable bits offer no verifiable entities or action to summarize.
Ground broken Tuesday on a Deere and Co extension costing 150000 to 200000 dollars. The gray brick six story addition will adjoin the riverfront warehouse, adding 200000 square feet and doubling capacity for shipping implements. Completion depends on lumber availability with possible pause for spring 1908.
J Fred Strombeck proprietor of the railway collection agency in the Langbehn building resigns to pursue a college education. He plans a preparatory year at Evanston and likely entry to the Wisconsin University at Madison. He has been a key figure at the Moline Young Men's Christian Association, serving as recording secretary and finance chair, and his departure leaves a notable gap on the board.
A snipped item from the Houston Post quotes a new clerk asked how to tell freshness of eggs. The clerk’s reply is that there is no simple test to determine freshness.
Ex Governor Samuel Van Sant of Minnesota will attend the county old soldiers picnic on August 24 at Prospect Park. Lamer L. Wilson secured his promise to speak. Van Sant, born in the county, is among the few remaining old soldiers and will give one of the addresses.
Suits increased to 160 in Davenport district court under the mulct law. Scott county has 275 saloons to be prosecuted in a reform wave sweeping the city. Attorney C W Neal remains in Mercy hospital, at risk of a nervous breakdown. A mass meeting at Turner hall protested prosecutions after a German American Alliance parade.
Master in chancery B D Connelly reports in the G A Koester suit against John P Looney of Rock Island that 30 645 43 is due. The master lists a mortgage of 20 600 00 with accrued interest 2 871 90 and other charges including taxes and insurance as of the date of the report. The findings favor Koester. objections and final reporting steps follow, with future court action possible. Millions of Bee Hives. Europe and America have about 8 000 000 hives of honey bees.
Formal notice announces the dismissal of the injunction in federal court regarding the dispeas sal of proceedings. Mayor Johnson acts as agreed.
A five cent interurban fare from the across river to Davenport island and five cents to Campbell's island will start Thursday with special round trip options from Davenport. The Moline Rock Island and Eastern franchise dispute ends as East Moline resumes streetcar service and plans for an entertainment program at the resort promise to boost patronage.
Rain fails on the eastern coast of Ireland on about 208 days in the year. The note describes a local climate feature and marks the approximate rainy days count for that region.
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