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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1891
Page
1
Davenport and Moline residents eye a big carnival crowd with tickets on sale for a levee amphitheatre. Other items include business moves, a new convalescence, a penitentiary sentence for a Canton doctor, and local society notices amid river activity and transportation chatter.
An Exercise Committee of Bewnlys appoints to plan a Columbian celebration for July 4, 1992 the 406th anniversary of Columbus landing. A joint meeting and banquet at Harper House unites Moline and Rock Island business leaders with civic remarks, playful banter, and pledges of cross city cooperation.
A damp spell and fine weather affected turnout at the Rock Island county farmers institute picnic on Big Island Tuesday afternoon. Otto’s Davenport band provided music before a brief program with W. Kerr of Milan, S. Heath of Taylor Ridge, and W. Warner of Warner Station delivering short talks. C J Searle of Rock Island contrasted old time farming with today, while J B Danforth’s closing speech could not be heard. A male quartet entertained between talks. The piece touts Ayer’s Pills as a preferred medicine for children’s digestion.
A Davenport Labor Day parade committee meeting at the European Hotel outlined a line of march for the industrial parade along Fifth Avenue to Seventeenth Street and through downtown to Market Square. Plans include an arch on Sixteenth Street and Third Avenue, a rostrum at Market Square, and permission for Davenport and Rock Island floats to pass through the island despite avenue paving.
The twenty sixth annual picnic of the Old Settlers Association of Rock Island county is set for September 8 at 10:00 AM. It will be held on E. J Searle’s Rodman place on Highth and a half avenue, between Twenty fifth and Twenty seventh streets in Rock Island. All old settlers and families are invited to attend.
Arrangements are made for a Friday foot race in Cambridge between Air Welch of Cambridge and Tom Robinson of Moline. Welch, partner of Mr. Welton who recently lost to Robinson in Renesco, faces a bold challenge as many from Moline plan to travel to watch. The Cambridge team fears Robinson but believes they must produce strong effort to win.
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