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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
1
A Davenport automobile crash near the river left Ralph Lay dead and two coworkers injured. The wreck involved a Slevin cab and a 1998 Mo line automobile, with VanDervoort and Gluesing aiding at the scene. Arrangements were made to return Lay’s body to Geneva for burial.
Mrs. Anne Person, 2 widow of 1812 Eleventh avenue, dislocated her right knee last evening while visiting the Scotts at 1483 Twelfth street. She had hip fracture six years ago and now walks with difficulty. Dr. P H Wessel Sr. and Dr. P H Wessel Jr. attended. A separate incident saw Jake Wulf, bartender, injured when a speeding car on Fifth avenue struck him near Elm street. he was taken to St Anthony's hospital for treatment.
An old ad from Jericho Drug Co promotes Mollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy for constipation and bad blood. The copy claims the product relieves both conditions and is offered in tea or tablet form for 35 cents.
The Good Templars of Kewanee will host the district meeting with about one hundred delegates from Rock Island Davenport Moline Galesburg and Kewanee. The event runs Saturday afternoon to Sunday with Fred Olson presiding. Rock Island Davenport Moliners travel together. A Christmas entertainment New Year wake and Swedish supper follow at Turner ball with a festive program.
A list of marriage licenses shows couples from Muscatine Davenport Rock Island Moline and surrounding towns. Names include William H Camehl Nellie Wrap Bert Brown Lillian Mertz Alvin C Pillips Kate Davis Edward W Schieber Mary Valentine Joseph Lempp Flossie Hverhardt Charles Foster Ruby Smith Arthur Nelson Emma Christenson Charles Johnson Mary Carlson Emil Jennisch Ellen Westedt Camiel Lileman Louise Von De Verde Lloyd Mandlin Nellie Roberts and others.
A judge quips on stock types noting that common stock can lose money quickly while preferred stock offers a longer delay before gains. The comment frames risk and payoff differences in accessible terms.
A fragmented market listing from New York Chicago and other districts shows price quotes for grains meats produce and commodities. Includes entries for H.J. Toker Co and Taukesky Co with exchange room notes and varied figures across stocks and staples.
Obits and family notices from Moline and Rock Island detail Swen Person dies at Augustana hospital after stomach ulcer surgery with pneumonia. Survived by wife Ellen and three sons Oscar A Harris B and Lennis W. Other items note deaths of Frances Frazer Catherine Spencer Boylan, and Evelyn Johnson, plus numerous local updates on families, births, and social events in the area.
Edgar F Olson of Chicago files suit in Rock Island circuit court to stop payments on the 1902 waterworks refunding bonds and the related 25 000 bonds, arguing constitutional limits on bonded indebtedness were exceeded. The action cites Behnell Tappendorf ruling that Schnell and Tappendorf can be barred after long delay from challenging pre existing indebtedness. Jeasie Irwin seeks 10000 damages after sidewalk collapse at Putnam Five and Ten in Rock Island last spring.
Hampton December 28 pupils at the public school enjoyed a program hosted by teachers Miss Mary Edelman and Elsina Smith followed by gifts from a decorated tree. Fred Hartman plans winter work on land near Pike’s Peak Colorado sixty miles from neighbor Mr and Mrs John Mohr. Mrs Hartman and family will join him in the spring. Mr Cleve and helpers have about
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething aid for children. It claims gum soothing, wind colic relief, and diarrhoea cure, selling at twenty five cents a bottle and available from druggists everywhere. Guaranteed under the food and drugs act dated June 30 1900 with serial number 100%.
Hogs sold by Ambrose Searle and beeves butchered by Cy Young in Port Byron. Temperance lecture by Miss Marshall of Abingdon attended in Zuma hall. Neighbors attend auctions, visits, and shopping in the three cities. Farm work includes sawing wood, corn deliveries, and a 100 bushel per acre yield on Goose Lake land drained after a ditching project.
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