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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
8
The Rock River plan aims to stock 800000 fish with help from state and national commissions. A half catfish will be released near Sterling while 2000 smallmouth bass and sunfish are sought for a second year. The project seeks funds and permits from both commissions and awaits federal approval.
Police trace culprits in Rock Island case linking Brown and Nelson to the burglary ring. Sentenced to a local jail term after confession and trial. The narrative tone suggests dramatic thefts and pursuit reminiscent of dime novels.
The article recounts a 32nd anniversary temperance crusade meeting at the Nye home with WCTU organizer Eva Marshall, Mrs Heald, and local leaders. It describes early efforts to regulate saloons, license debates from 1874, eyewitness accounts of night vigils, and church pledges amid a wave of reform influences.
A reform drive organized in Moline pushes temperance from pulpits to ballots. The Total Abstinence League debates tactics while indictments rise against liquor sellers as women promote legal and educational temperance efforts.
A local stock show awarded top prizes to Buck and partners in a judged exhibition. Rambler the yearling bull won first, King George led the aged bulls, and Eva TE captured fifth in the aged cow class. Buck’s herd performed strongly across divisions, with notable success at state fairs in Wisconsin Nebraska Ohio and Minnesota.
Charles Bart and Goldie Woody of Cedar Rapids. Jack P Hahn of Beaumont Texas and May Sweeney of Davenport. Carl M Poenitg of Seath Molfie and Anna M Knanck of I line. George H. Doulin and Ada M. How ard of Rock Island. George W Coltman of Rock Island and Emma Siegmund of South Rock Island.
Readable fragments suggest a small ad or classifieds note claiming short dispatch ads yield results. Fant appears as a garbled word or name within the clipping. No clear date, place, or organization is identifiable.
The Red Men Institute at Orion introduces a new tribe with thirty eight members taking work led by Captain Haaert Nosen and Robert Steer of Rewaner. The event featured a council fire, venison serving, and plans for additional candidates in two months. Haymakers plan their annual masquerade ball for January 24 at Skinner Annex with Huddle's Orchestra.
Special to the Moline Dispatch reports the legislature will reconvene January 4 with both houses in session. A joint resolution was introduced to adjourn and a bill to appropriate 20 900 to pay Merritt Starr of Chicago and Walter Reeves of Streator for aiding Attorney General Stead in proceedings against Economy Light and Power Co to oust them from Dresden Height was advanced to third reading. The House sent Hearn’s rail expense reporting bill to third reading.
A teacher’s push for grammar leads to a note from a mother rejecting grammar for her daughter Matty. The letter favors German drawing and music lessons. The man, in despair, plans self harm but postpones on the 18th, citing luck.
The state secretary in Springfield issued a license to incorporate the Orphans Home board of the Hines conference of the Swedish Lutheran church. Illinois conference members decided to consolidate the two orphan homes at Andover and Joliet and named a committee including Rev Gottfred Nelson and others. Rock Island will be the meeting place for the consolidated board.
A Boston young man failed to pay a laundry bill and confronted a Chinese shopkeeper by challenging his speech. The exchange centered on the word Friday and the implied timing, revealing the social oddities of the era.
An exchange hints at budding romance as Amy and George discuss their first game together and confess growing feelings. The scene closes with birds chirping, underscoring a quiet, intimate moment.
Illinois Independent Telephone Co seeks tax relief from Rock Island city council. It proposes amending four sections of the current ordinance, eliminating fifty free phones, raising rates to 52 dollars for business lines and 27 dollars for residence lines, while offering one conduit duct and top pole cross arm for city police and fire alarm use and free phones. The proposal was referred to a committee.
A sequence of property transfers in Rock Island Moline and surrounding areas lists multiple deeds including quitclaims and trusts. Notable transfers involve Harry R Dack to Frank Artz for lot 6 and subdivs. Mary J Carter to Chas E Hodgson. and Dorothea Daebellisha heirs to City of Moline with values ranging from 1 to 8000 dollars. The items include parcels in Davenport Rock Island and South Moline with assorted additions and subdivisions.
A fragmentary poem recalls figures from history and sport in a jokey tone. It contrasts fame with rooting for a home team and mentions Waterloo and J Cabgar and Andy Alexander in a playful, chaotic verse about baseball and public figures.
A lodge session Tuesday night featured the patriarchal degrees for candidates and a subsequent smoker. Trustees O G Anderson Charles Dahlberg Peter Olson C G Hogberg Andrew Bain were named to secure a lease on Swedish Olive hall as part of the event. Deputy J A Holstein and Recording Scribe J A, with Financial Scribe Carl Petapeenes, noted the proceedings.
A Zuma roundup lists sale outcomes at Alvin Frels’ sale, farm news, road conditions, and a Christmas program. Ambrose Searle cut a deep gash in the instep and was treated by Dr. Dailey of Port Byron. Carl Wake shipped cattle to Chicago, while various residents visited Moline, Hillsdale, and Rock Island.
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