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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1891
Page
1
Prominent residents, relocations, and civic notes fill the page from Davenport and Moline. Tempting social visits, school funding details, and a temperance revival are described alongside local thefts and street incidents.
The article explains how the trolley system will extend wires from poles on the south side of the street to reach the tracks along the railroad on Fourth Avenue. It notes long cross wires will be avoided by arms from the south side poles and mentions a necessary adjustment at the Seventeenth Street corner to clear the railway lines.
Mrs. F. W. Gould, alternate member of the World’s Fair Woman's Board, outlines plans for a national women’s building with a women designed architecture. The appropriation is $209,000, with top prizes of $1,000 $600 and $250 for the best designs, due March 23. The two story building will feature sections for women and include assembly rooms and information bureaus.
Advance sheets of the new directory show names like Petersons Petersens and Swans with many using given initials. Johnsons outnumber Petersons. large counts appear for Olson Olsen Nelson and other common families as work on the directory moves quickly toward a landmark edition.
List of unclaimed letters for the week ending Thursday February 11 at the Moline post office Rock Island county Michigan includes L A Anderson Chas Newberg Lucy Name Albert Nilsson Nila Donavan Frank W Olson Emioa Kilstrom Charlotta Freeland G W Osterling J A Goraneson J Peterson Cort Hammerstream Elsa Peareon J Hardy Jno Rosin Aug Johnson J Sterna Jamon Johnson Jno Sedioe Sophos Johnson Matilda Sundin Namie Miller Horace A Nilson and others. Respondents must call for their mail and say advertised with the list date. Also note Gambling crackdown in Galesburg Knox county authorities pursue gamblers and close club rooms with fines.
A scrambled list records marriage licenses including George Glant and Mary O Day in Davenport. Mat A Breitbach of Pomeroy with Hosa Mus of Moline. A H Johnson of Cambridge with Anna J Abrahamson of Moline. Roger Mitchell with Mary Dice of Hock Island. James Culter of Rural with Annie Simnens of Moline. Further entries include James Dgethigan of Rock Island with Mary Garrity of Keokuk Io and other names faintly legible.
George Carter a Rock Island switchman was killed instantly around 9 pm in the yards while assisting on a freight move near street car barns. Conductor Donahue and Bowles' engine 21 were involved. Carter's neck was crushed between wheels and rail. The coroner ordered an inquest. Carter left a wife, recently married, and a home in Guyer's addition. Probate notes record several estate actions and local official notices for February 28 1891.
The Davenport Democrat reports the last obstacle to running electric cars on the Government Bridge and Fort Armstrong Avenue has been removed. Western Union towers will carry lines and switch to power at bridge ends when opened, routing current under beams to reach cars. Minor plan tweaks may occur as authorities decide exact wiring path. In other news, Belgian worker Van Lerberghe from Moline fell four stories at Rock Island Plow Works, injuring hip, face, nose, and chin but not considered life threatening.
Thomas Nicholson, about 18 years old, son of E Nicholson, was injured near Barnard and Leas works while coupling cars with the switch crew. His left hand was crushed, requiring amputation of the index and middle fingers near the second joint and the third finger near the first joint. Dr Dunn dressed the wounds. Morgan plans a 1890 growth report for the Moline business association and seeks facts.
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