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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1910
Page
4
The Moline Dispatch Publishing Co announces the Moline Review-Dispatch publication and its post office entry as second class matter indicating the periodical’s circulation status and filing.
Hall of the Implement Trade Journal highlights Waterloo Iowa as a booming manufacturing center. The city has grown 112 percent in ten years to 27,500 residents, produces fifteen million in goods annually, employs six thousand workers, and carries a monthly payroll of 300000.
An 19th century overview argues a cotton harvester will transform farming, reduce tenant dependence, and lift rural life. It contends machinery could end tenant farming, boost yields, improve soil care, and push industrial education among African Americans, while noting mixed effects for tenants and laborers.
President WooK Kavanagh of the deep waterway association attacked President Taft over the proposed national waterway plan favoring the Ohio River. The Skirmish centers on precedence given to Ohio in guiding major river improvements.
The piece argues for a shift from pork barrel politics to a unified river development plan. It notes President Taft supports Mississippi valley improvements and urges use of federal aid to advance a nine to fourteen foot waterway, with General Bixby recommending five and a half million dollars for Ohio to Illinois riverfront works.
A New York census shows New York City at 4,766,833 while the rest of the state has 4,346,396, suggesting Illinois could follow by 1920. The piece argues state legislative representation should be revised to curb urban overreach and outlines potential shifts in the U.S. House seats and national influence if current trends continue.
Report on a convention in St Lowe describes weak turnout about two thousand men, limited achievements, and a failure to move public action. Governor Deneen receives credit for restraining delegates and avoiding censure of President Taft over the army engineer selection. The event is framed as a missed opportunity rather than a decisive political shift.
American Industries rates 1911 trade as satisfactory with many sectors in good to excellent condition. Leather and leather goods show weakness, while iron and steel remain solid. Agricultural implement business is mainly good, with 37 percent excellent prospects for 1911. A Yale Towne symposium urges monetary reform and tariff board permanence, plus tariff simplification, while rail rate increases are debated to aid next year’s conditions.
Government officials caution that many ordinary New Yorkers fall prey to fraudulent stock schemes. Victims include less affluent workers, widows, and farmers who seek high interest but face steep risk. Experts compare naive investors to children in a muddy path, urging caution and knowledge before investing.
The article advises investing in real estate locally and in sound banks for home building. It cautions beginners to seek expert advice, prioritize hometown real estate, and avoid nondividend or high risk corporations. It warns that real estate in Moblin offers safety and suggests companies paying dividends for ten years as a minimum.
The piece argues Diaz’s autocratic rule held Mexico back from a true republic by restricting participation, while noting rising education and ambition among Mexicans. It warns that without broader civic inclusion uprisings may recur as long as single‑person rule persists.
The city braces for a intense showdown as liquor interests raise large funds to defeat a majority rule ballot. Business leaders counter with a $150,000 effort to close saloons and starve the liquor trade, while threats and signatures spark debate on recall and election timing under the Illinois plan.
The Dispatch calls for reader opinions on the January 3 commission form election. It argues the Iowa and Illinois models reduce politics in city elections, give each department single control, and create weekly meetings with strong executive accountability.
Des Moines saloon keepers push five year license petitions required under new Iowa law. Petitions must be signed by one percent of voters with five year cycle expiring December 16. Backers have gathered two thousand signatures. seven thousand are targeted.
The piece argues working girls earn five to six dollars weekly in New York factories with only one to two dollars left after room and board. It praises domestic service as safer and better paid elsewhere and urges education about shifting from city slums to smaller towns. It notes wage suppression due to labor surplus and employer price setting.
Cordova November 19 Mrs Her beling and children from Denver Colorado visit the Spoor home. Homer Miller returns from a month in St Louis visiting relatives. Mrs Gardiner returns from California to her parents. William Switzer and Gus Haack of Clinton visit friends over Sunday. Edgar Humphrey in Chicago on business this week. Mrs Philleo sells her eating house and plans to move to Nahant to run a boarding house.
Carbon Cliff reports a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Myers with Mrs Myers formerly Miss Etta Young. Mrs James Thompson hosted Thanksgiving in Spring Valley where her husband leads a construction gang. Mr and Mrs J Benson visit Chicago. Mrs John Holland spent Friday in Osco with son Oliver Holland and family. Mr and Mrs Oscar Nelson and two children visit from Portland Oregon. A box social and candy sale at Hennegan’s hall raised 1750 for the local school. Frieda Kleinman celebrated her 10th birthday with friends and refreshments.
The steamer B. B. used in the Moline Bettendorf ferry service was sunk in the Moline harbor near the lock entrance, then raised at 5 p m. Vandals broke open a door to the engine room and opened a valve allowing water in. Investigators found no hull defect and concluded the sinking resulted from vandalism rather than structural failure.
Cornelia C Bedford outlines recipes for mincemeat and plum pudding to prepare in December. Mincemeat combines beef, suet, apples, dried fruit, citrus peels, currant jelly, broth, cider, molasses, and brandy. plum pudding uses beef suet, raisins, currants, citron, almonds, spices, bread crumbs, sugar, citrus rind and juice, Madeira and rum, brandy, cream, and eggs, steamed for hours.
An Oklahoma census taker asks a woman how many children over six and under twenty one live in the home. She replies that there are two children over six and two under twenty one, reflecting the December timing of the inquiry.
A note traces wallpaper beginnings to 1620 with early emphasis on decorative figures. The text also implies French influence and mentions advertising as a tool for results.
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