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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1903
Page
1
A near miss at a mining site sparks investigation after a collapse scare. Workers remained unharmed as safety protocols prevented a broader disaster, prompting officials to review shaft procedures and emergency response readiness.
Ca ble, July 18. Night watchman Charles Huggins escaped death as a stove fire in his room ignited the shaft area. The blaze damaged the hoisting plant, frame work, machinery, and a team. pumps failed and lower rooms filled with water. Forty miners may be idle. owner Mr Silliman reportedly will not rebuild.
M H Sexton of Tri City Oil Co returned home Friday after visiting Beaumont on company business. He stated the company’s wells are in good working order and pumping about 100 barrels per day on average.
N W Harris & Co of Chicago bid the highest premium of 1818 on the $60,000 waterworks filter plant bonds with accrued interest dating Dec 1. Ten bidders competed and the offer was accepted. An ordinance granted the Mississippi Valley Traction Co an assignment of rights from the Moline East Moline Watertown Interurban road.
Postmaster McKinley reports from Assistant Postmaster General Wynne that Moline will get a new postal sub station effective Feb 1 located at C. W. Pool's drugstore at Fifteenth street and Sixteenth avenue. Only one additional sub station was approved though two were requested. The sub station can sell stamps and handle money orders and registered letters. Existing locations include Lydelon's drugstore in the west end Coyne's in the east end and W H Christison's in Stewartville.
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A bride is reported in a home wedding with B D Connelly as the groom. Details remain sparse but the ceremony is described as a private nuptial event.
Bernard Connelly and Miss Elizabeth Chamberlin of Rock Island wed at the Chamberlin home with 150 relatives and friends present. The ceremony featured holly decor and Lohengrin music. The couple will honeymoon in the south and be at home in January, with guests from Kansas City, Missouri Valley, Chicago, Omaha, and Oklahoma.
The Graham post G A R held its regular meeting in Masonic Hall with a Woman's Relief Corps program. A bean supper followed and members socialized. A joint installation of officers was voted for the third Friday in January, postponed from New Year’s night.
Miss Sadie Faulks wed Martin Jackson in a Dec 17 home ceremony at 1824 Seventeenth Avenue. Rev C B Hoffsten officiated before 24 relatives. The bride wore white silk tissue. red and white decor, carnations and hyacinths, piano renditions accompanied the event. They will reside at Third Street and Fifth Avenue. Jackson works as a painter for Deere Mansur Co. bride is daughter of Mrs John Feeley of Rock Island.
The bulletin forecasts a series of disturbances from Dec 21 to Jan 4 bringing cold weather to the eastern states and central valleys. A warm spell is expected Dec 20 to 24 with colder periods ending January 4. Forecaster Monroe at the Potomac is noted as a cold spot for January. readers may request long-range forecasts by mail.
Four hundred forty hunters licences have been issued in Moline since the new law took effect in July. The peak was reached during the late season for various game, and with quail season closed and only jack rabbits left to hunt, few more licences are expected in spring. The license fund allows unprecedented prosecution of game crimes. total funding reaches sixty thousand dollars.
Distinguished for his learning Prof. A O Bersell a respected Greek scholar and longtime Augustana College faculty member died at 7 36 am after a week long pneumonia illness He came to Rock Island in 1880 with his wife and taught Greek literature German and more He authored a Greek grammar and a reader used in schools The piece notes his strong ties to the college and his loss to students and faculty and mentions other obituary items from Rock Island including John H Lloyd William B Graves Mary Hopper and John E B Spencer.
The notice reports the death of Professor Bersell, with a brief obituary noting his academic standing and affiliation. Details include field of study and institution, honoring his contributions.
Frank Y. Keator and A. P. Hord claim 153 shares of the original company and allege no notice of proposed transfer. They seek nullification of a lease to Mississippi Valley Traction Co and related mortgage, plus transfer of property and profits to the Moline East Moline Watertown Railway Co or its receiver.
Overtures are reported to absorb the Dixon Sterling and Eastern interurban into the Dixon Rock Falls and Southwestern system which plans to extend to Geneseo and Moline. President Higgins says he will sell when offered a price. The line targets passenger and milk traffic between Sterling and Dixon to boost revenue. The company recently bought Payson property in Rock Falls for a power house and car buildings with brick structures planned.
A destructive fire broke out at Wanlock coal mine destroying the main building and causing about 100 miners to be laid off. The blaze damaged the Ty bee mine area, with extensive smoke and flames observed by workers and local fire teams. Authorities investigate cause and assess damages.
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