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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1910
Page
2
Angry White mob gathers at 15th Street and 24th Avenue surrounds a building and hurls rocks through locker block windows as tensions flare in the city.
A mob of about 75 whites armed with guns and mounted men hunted for male Negroes after rocks were thrown at the Looker building at Fifteenth street and Twenty-fourth avenue. Police struggled to break the crowd as threats of burning the "Incubator" and attacks on Black residents circulated. No serious injuries were reported and the crowd dispersed after midnight. Bridget Renie, the oldest Davenport resident, died at 6:30 PM.
Thousands gathered on Campbell’s Clark Street for the Velie Carriage Co annual picnic with families and workers. The event featured a ball game 6 to 3, prizes, refreshments, and dancing, while stockholders re elected W I Vel le as president and Q O Mansur as secretary. A Velie Motor Car Co meeting followed with expected actions on industry development.
Sterling-Moline Traction Co awards interurban construction contract to Northwestern Construction Co of Milwaukee for an electric line project. A $500000 power plant and dam on Rock River at Lyndon aims to supply power. rights of way and flowage agreements are being pursued with area landowners along Rock River.
Charlies Suniey of Rock Island filed a bill for divorce from Alice Sunrey yesterday through Ludolph Reynolds. Married May 3 1907 in Peoria the couple faces drunkenness and cruelty including an alleged head injury with a heavy wash bowl. Mary Beghtol of Moline filed for divorce from Peter Beghtol her husband since April 11 1903 Davenport. She cites desertion drunkenness and cruelty. Peter R Ingleson of McHone represents the complainant.
Public speakers advised graduates on career paths while graduates offered ideas on governance. The discourse balanced input from public figures and student perspectives amid the ceremonial exercises.
Northwestern Engineering Co surveyors, based in the Manufacturers' hotel, study a Sterling to Moline interurban route with two options north or south of the Rock River. They anticipate a sixty mile line with a summer 1911 construction start and a $1,500,000 cost. Local farmers show strong support and the plan includes a Morrison spur and a new Rock River bridge.
Mayor McCaskrin says Rock Island should let residents vote on selling Union Electric Telephone Co. He criticizes John P Looney for misrepresenting as the people’s friend and urges the council to place the sale question on the ballot, choosing between Independent Interests or Central Union Telephone.
Rev. S R Hicks reports a gigantic sun spot visible without aid in St Louis observing notes. He describes a 60 000 mile diameter feature with edge flames and a 15 000 mile disturbed zone beyond, likely two days old and viewable for several days through smoked glass.
Emma Gordon eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Delvert Gordon was injured when she was caught in the rear wheel of a moving ice wagon at the corner of Twenty seventh street and Twelfth avenue. The wheel fractured her right foot and tore tissue. She was taken to the city hospital where doctors fear the foot may not be saved. Driver William Morross and assistant Everett Poston were unaware of the girl until late. The wagon did not halt after the incident.
City council heard H G Paddock outline a sanitary sewerage plan for the business district covering First to Fifteenth streets south of the Rock Island tracks. The project spans over six miles with six to fifteen inch pipes and ties into the New Shops system. Costs not yet estimated. a prior ward system cost about $19 53584. Death of Augustine DeSchepper recalled lack of flagmen at crossings. aldermen debated action. Health commissioner Dr Love to receive a $10 monthly salary.
Two panels of petit jurors have been drawn for service in the circuit court this term. The lists, placed with the sheriff, detail jurors for September 26 and October 10 reports. Named jurors span Port Byron, Hampton, Moline, Rock Island, Black Hawk, Andalusia, Coal Valley, Bowling, Edgington, and other precincts.
The Rock Island road pays about 150000 to its Silvis shop and transit staff for July. About 69500 goes to shop workers, 5000 to storehouse staff, and 75000 to transportation personnel including conductors and engineers. July sees heavy repair work with 43 engines repaired and 40 awaiting work, plus first new engines built at Silvis set to enter service.
The Minors Farmers' Institute invites farmers to a three day trip August 16 to Urbana Champaign to see real field demonstrations from the University of Illinois. The program includes soil erosion, crop rotation results, corn and alfalfa trials, beet cattle breeding, dairy production, and insect protection with state expert talks and practical exhibits.
A woman stepping into the path of a team driven by Ed VerSluis, dairyman, suffered multiple fractures after being trampled by the horses. No further details available.
Mrs. Margaret Peterson aged 80 is in City Hospital after being knocked down and run over by a milk wagon in front of Hans Warck’s shoe store. She suffered multiple fractures and a deep facial cut with doctors uncertain of recovery. Her husband John Peterson died in a similar wagon accident over twenty years ago.
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press notes the idea that women gaining the vote sparks a wish for communal activities. It mentions summer rowing and fish cleaning as concurrent symbols of civic progress.
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