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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1903
Page
2
Notice served on officials requires them to request a conference over a new franchise within two weeks. The move targets renewing actions tied to the Central Union matter and imposes a firm deadline on involved parties.
Mayor Wessel pushes to repeal the Central Union franchise if it delays fair terms with the city for street and alley use. Aldermen Bennett and Sleight urge amicable settlement to place the old company on equal footing with newcomers.
The speaker argued Central Union supporters are content with the ordinance and oppose city council concessions. He suggested the council press the company for a conference, while Mayor Wessel and aldermen rejected this, favoring notifying the firm that failing a conference within two weeks would lead to repeal of the ordinance.
The Central Minnels turnbezirk and the Chicago Turnbezirk plan a joint turnfest in Moline on July 4 5 and 6. Thirty seven Turner societies with about 4000 members will attend from Illinois Iowa and beyond making the event the state’s major athletic gathering this year. The committee expects strong local help and will appeal to citizens once plans are finalized.
Bethany College in Lindsborg Kansas boasts a legendary cheer sung in Swedish style during games. The chant Rockar Stockar Tor och hans bockar Kor Igenom Tju Tju Tju Bethania captures the school spirit as an imposing shout.
A visitor notes navigation points along the Hudson and East rivers, detailing Battery Park, Castle Garden, and ferries to Jersey City and Brooklyn. He describes congestion on Broadway and Wall Street, rising skyline, and the push toward a tunnel under the East River and new transit ideas.
The will of Rudolph Guyer and a separate will of Nels Saf were probated. Guyer’s document, executed Aug 23 1899, provides a monument valued over 400 dollars and monetary bequests to relatives plus a trust for a niece until age 25. Executives named are William Schiagenho and George W Wood.
A Chicago Tribune column by Henry Ames proposes sweeping reforms including a treasury funded by free currency to ensure $10,000 per capita, abolition of counterfeiting penalties during harvest, a paid-off national debt via legal tender, and generous public provisions such as free lunches, lodging for the weary, and a $10 per day wage floor. The piece advocates redistribution, shorter workdays, and endless Sundays for recreation, with quotes on shifting fiscal policy and social welfare.
James Eliott, flagman at the Fifth and Sixth street crossings, was struck by an eastbound Rock Island freight train about 6:20 PM Friday. He suffered multiple fractures and severe head injuries and, at age 68, appeared unlikely to recover. he lived at 324 5th Street and was taken to City Hospital.
The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages. It states the medicine is constitutional, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The publishers offer $100 for any case it fails to cure, with testimonials available.
Hillsdale camp No. 43 M A at its last meeting denounced current head officers for trying to upset the noble order. It censured Neighbors Northcott and Van Galder for abusing Neighbor Johnson in the order paper. It honors Johnson and will instruct delegates to support him for head consul and to replace dissident officers with ones content with pay.
George Peacock fell twenty feet from a roof at Sylvan Steel works onto a concrete floor Saturday fournoon and was taken to the city hospital with no broken bones. Doctors could not yet determine if internal injuries would develop. Peacock worked on a stack for a new furnace when the accident occurred. Gus Peacock, a barber on Sixteenth Street, is his brother.
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