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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1905
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered syllables and names without clear news context or complete sentences. The readable text does not outline a coherent event, person, or organization to summarize.
Mayor Holt faces a legal challenge over saloon operations as Judge Gest weighs quo warranto findings. Attorneys split on timing while a decision looms, casting gloom on one side and relief for the mayor’s party elsewhere. A possible vote on nullifying the saloon regime remains under court consideration.
William Trittle, repeatedly deemed insane, was taken to an asylum after a confrontation with Sheriff Helder and deputies. Coroner aided the capture following an attempted shooting at Watertown.
Rock Island council adopts a resolution to pursue track elevation east of Forty-second Street to Forty-sixth Street to ease crossing dangers for pedestrians and vehicles. City attorney to study railway rights and coordinate with Moline for a joint committee to advance relief and prevent accidents.
A brittle exchange in the Philadelphia Inquirer features Mrs Tafty and a maid joke about leaving a card. A Gene 60 dentist quips about life as a lottery while pulling two molars, remarking that charity often ends at the hodie.
The thirty first annual report details FOFAL Enrollment 3937 with average cost per pupil and salary fund. It lists staff counts, building accounts, fuel, furniture, and rentals, plus comparisons to 1903 and 1904. Nationalities and attendance data are given, with a comprehensive review by Superintendent Smith on enrollment and daily attendance.
Fragmented text mentions a Wisswason Bride and a home, with garbled phrases about ears, fees, safety, and raids. Limited readable facts hinder clarity. no clear people, dates, or events emerge beyond general references to a wedding and safety notes.
The Woman's temperance unions in several towns held a meeting in Moline led by Dr Mexia F Edwards with about fifty ladies from Davenport Rock Island Milan and South Moline. Talks covered local union work and plans for Y M C A activity and police matron efforts.
J C Earnest of Plow City canton Patriarcha Militant in this city has been appointed regimental adjutant by Colonel Thomas E Wood of the Third regiment in the Illinois department. The appointment is a plum, the best on Wood's staff, and may be the only one allotted to this district. He will leave the rank of captain.
Mrs Harriet Ferman of Moline filed for divorce from William Ferman on grounds of cruelty and desertion after twenty years of marriage. The couple separated over eleven years ago. they have seven children, two of whom are minors, and she requests support and alimony to maintain the children and the household.
Two travelers remit contributions in the tens. L. B. McCabe of Rock Island promises further gifts to support the Moline opera house project. Matthews Addy Co. of St Louis sends 25 dollars, routed via W G Arpe. Waldstein Lumber Co. contributes 10 dollars after a suggestion from Alex Bohn. Obituary notices follow for several residents including Paul Magnus, Andrew Erickson, Leonard Spellman, Emma Nebellus, Peter Lorenzen, Elizabeth Krell, John Hubbard, Harry Metzgar, James Titterington.
Hillsdale notes list moves and visits including Browning family moving to Barstow and Belle Rathburn ill in Moline. Residents attend entertainments, dental work, and receptions. several townsfolk are ill or recovering. a large Friday dance ends with minor squabbles.
At the annual Retail Merchants Association meeting in the secretary’s office officers were elected for the year including President A. & Abraham and Secretary Theo Welgandt. Delegates to the state convention were named as Hull and others. The retiring secretary’s report notes 25 fake ads overturned and 1701 calls for ratings, 434 of which saved merchants over $2000 in potential losses. The treasury shows $65 on hand after dues and other revenue, with Reliable Tea Co added as a new member.
Renee returned from Van Wert Ohio with the bier and escort for Leonard Walter Spellman the young worker at New Shops who died Thursday at St Anthony s hospital of blood poisoning. The Van Wert Pythian lodge met the remains and offered hospitalities despite a blizzard. The funeral honored Spellman with lodge members as pallbearers and ritual at the cemetery. Mothers are urged to guard their intellects.
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