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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1907
Page
2
Alderman Pearson introduced a resolution urging raises for the mayor from 800 to 1200 dollars, the city clerk from 1400 to 1800, and the city attorney from 700 to 1000. The council endorsed drafting an ordinance for these changes to take effect with the new administration in April.
John Brewster of Grand Union Tea Co. is held by Magistrate Guntafson for the grand jury on unfaithfulness to his wife with bonds set at 200 dollars and sent to jail for the May term. Mrs. Nettie Thompson is fined 60 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct after claim Brewster abandoned his wife.
The will filed for probate in Rock Island County on Wednesday details a June 3 1901 instrument with two codicils dated April 30 1906 and January 1907. It provides equal shares of the estate to his three sons Robert Ernest and one other son with stock in the Rock Island Brewing Co and a $2500 legacy to grandchildren Leo and Leonora. A codicil directs stock to remain intact and not be disposed of. A second codicil leaves a share to his niece Amelia Mattes who cared for the Wagner household and beer duties.
Officer Ben DeJaeger, long at the night desk, now on a day assignment, wed Ananda Zornig on a private May 5 Mass ceremony led by Father Joseph Kel. Many relatives attended while others were excluded to preserve secrecy. The groom takes a five day vacation and the couple will reside on Seventh Street and Sixteenth Avenue.
Corporal John Hardesty of Company F Sixth regiment Illinois National Guard of Sterling has been reduced to the ranks by Colonel Kittilsen for eloping with Mrs George Martin wife of another member of Company E He will likely be dishonorably discharged later Harold E Ward resigns as first Lieutenant of Company E prompting a special election to fill the vacancy Ward joined Company B September 14 1901 was appointed quartermaster sergeant in 1902 and elected first lieutenant in 1903
January school data show 23182 average daily absences and 271655 attendance with 92.25 percent across city schools. Scarlet fever hits younger grades. Washington School to see larger declines while high school largely steady. Board hires Edith J Lewis of Harlan at 70 a month and promotes Elise I Meyer to 60 a month. Destruction of contagion books to be considered. janitor to clean lunchroom without extra pay.
Miss May Lindsay Oliver returns from Chicago with cablegram from Captain George Lindsay Oliver in Jamaica reporting his safety. She traveled to England previously to visit English actress Muriel Wylford, who will star with her own company next season and has plays under consideration.
Consul Robert Bergh reports Albion, Deere, Victoria and Oliver plows have long been used in Sweden. Swedish makers sell cheaper models but American plows are favored for soil type and performance. Prices: American $16-$20, Swedish two-horse up to 40 kronor ($11). one-horse about $5. Cotter styles vary with crews preferring least power.
The Rock Island city council approved a payment of 1000 to Kenworthy Kenworthy for legal work in the citys dispute with the Central Union Telephone Co. The payment covers depositions and travel expenses. The council also moves to annex South Heights and Lowland, a tract about a mile square extending to Aiken Street and the streetcar line, with 8400 population and rapid settlement.
Dr H V Hegstrom of Chicago will chair the Christianity department at Augustana succeeding Rev J G Dahlberg. He earned a Yale PhD and led Jewell University. The board approved jubilee fund efforts by President Andreen and Treasurer Ekblad and granted leaves of absence to push the fund.
Mrs F W Gould, Mrs C H Deere and Mrs G H Huntoon of Moline have been named to the board of managers for Rock Island county Old Ladies Home, to be established by the King's Daughters of Rock Island. The board also includes numerous local women and aims to have the home operational in the near future.
Silvia village trustees met in regular session and voiced strong support for granting a franchise to an independent streetcar merger company serving the surrounding cities. No action taken yet, but earlier date consideration and early advisory talks were urged. A $5 annual license was set for pool and billiard tables and bowling alleys, marshal salary fixed at $50 a month, and peddlers license discussed with next meeting expected. Warner & Carlson and Herman Kuhne’s spots noted as existing or upcoming, with Andy McClusky anticipated to operate Kuhne’s place.
The Benevolent society of the First Congregational church held an enthusiastic annual meeting with about forty five ladies. They elected officers including Mrs E H Sleight president and outlined monthly teas and business meetings. They may redecorate the auditorium and vestibule, with bids to be received by Mrs W H Hillhouse and Mrs B Emily McCurdy.
An enthusiastic gathering at the TrhCity sanitarium heard Miss Anna Robbins state organizer of the union discuss statewide work. Mrs Atkinson sent greetings from bed while flowers brightened the room. Plans included placing Young Crusader in schools and arranging future talks by Mrs Leonora Lake and Dr Maria Edwards. Frances Willard memorial set for 3 PM at First Baptist Church.
Port Byron notes a Miss Iva Pearce elocution reading at the town hall, a McRoberts wagon sale, and a transfer of agency to Adrain & Witter. The Epworth league hosted a social for new converts, while Joe Linke property valued around $2,000 with $800 in watches was appraised. A baby girl arrived for the McCauley family amid pneumonia cases and school illness.
Scott county's board of supervisors in Davenport rescinds a Sept 6 1906 resolution on voting machines and a provisional agreement with the Moline Voting Machine Co The Nov 14 1906 resolution on the same subject is also repealed The plan would have bound the county to buy twenty six or more Moline machines if Davenport bought nine but Davenport took no action and the board retains a chance to retire from the provisional agreement.
George Coburn, a Rock Island railway employee, recounts a dream in which two passenger coaches couple on a curve and a switchman is killed. The vision foreshadows the Davenport incident of January 31, with Coburn later noting the dream mirrored in reality. The event led to witnesses and officials investigating.
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