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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1905
Page
2
Moline welcomes around two hundred delegates for the state retailers convention with hospitality extended through Manufacturers Hotel on Wash ington's Birthday. Local committees coordinate entertainment at the Moline Club and surrounding venues as dignitaries and visitors gather for sessions and banquets.
A suspect named Marty Schwartz, linked to assaults on Elks members across multiple states, was captured in Batth Coen. Police traced the case through a convoy of leads from San Francisco to Michigan, with officials naming the St Tannis lodge as tied to the crime.
A community recital by Miss Daugherty’s pupils features students performing in a program that includes songs, piano pieces, and readings. The event highlights student progress and includes remarks by Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton as the chief speaker at a later banquet hosted by the Swedish American Republican League in Tit tods af feeoria on March 9.
A menu of sliced cucumber and beef fillet dishes precedes a smoker program with Vocal selections by Dr E J Kelly and Prof Grant Peterson, moving pictures by Ruhser and Maxes Brothers, and a sermon by a minister from Seldom Seen.
The Colona Protective Society held its annual meeting at Krapps hall Coal Valley to organize four sections under a secretary and four assistants. The group formed in 1884 to protect the community from horse thieves and has recovered stolen property, sending two culprits to the penitentiary. Members total about forty five with half from Henry County and half from this county. Officers include President James Legge Secretary Murphy Joist Assistant Dewitt Second Assistant McKee with four section leaders and patrol pairs. Similar groups exist in Orton Rural township and plans were made to link societies via telephone to share stolen property descriptions, shadows and routes. The secretary was tasked to contact other societies to form a coordinated network.
Mrs Lora Peterson, 27, was adjudged insane by a city hospital commission last Monday. She was moved to Watertown hospital after the examination by Dr H D Browning and Dr AF Kohler. She has suffered severe headaches for years and showed first signs of mental derangement more than three years ago.
The remains of Engineer William G Dolan were sent to Chicago this morning aboard the Milwaukee road. His brother B Dolan arrived from Chicago to accompany the remains home. Dolan had recently been promoted to engineer and retained his firemen's brotherhood membership. The Milwaukee wrecker cleared debris at Twenty fifth street after the Leadon collision, allowing trains to use Rock Island tracks again.
Rock Island Arsenal faces Springfield Arsenal in a race to prove it can manufacture the new army rifle as cheaply. With a daily target of 100 assembled rifles, the effort hinges on cost efficiency, trained manpower, and improved bayonet design. The current workforce totals 899, costs run higher than Springfield, but improvements and local resources favor Rock Island as training increases.
Farmers discussed a Davenport sugar beet project where the factory covers seed and labor for 22 per acre, deducted from beet pay. The $600,000 investment backs the venture as farmers sign contracts and await better weather for a larger turnout at the next meeting.
Monmouth college will host the Military High School association track meet with funds to cover seating and other expenses. A Monmouth Business News committee has begun a fundraising canvass, aiming to raise 590 dollars to ensure a successful event expected to draw about two thousand visitors from outside Monmouth.
A vintage advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy for teething pain gums wind colic and diarrhoea. It claims universal use by mothers, uses a twenty five cent bottle and urges buyers to ask druggists for the product.
Judge W H Gest in Rock Island censured Fidelity Loan Co for usurious methods in foreclosing on Mrs. Elizabeth Bergin. The case shows a $150 loan on December 25 1903 with a note for $210, of which $50 has been paid, and a harsh 40 percent interest rate cited by the court.
At a Retail Merchants' meeting in Rock Island last evening members adopted a protest resolution to Washington against granting a permit to the Rock Island Moline and Davenport Suburban Co. to cross Rock Island Arsenal and bridges before the interurban road is built into the city. The resolution also states opposition to any line not running through Rock Island's business district.
At a January 1884 meeting in Davenport officials debated whether the Chautauqua assembly should be held in Prospect Park or Campbell's Island in 1905. Directors split on location with fare and camping appeal influencing decisions. several officers and directors were elected or confirmed as the board organized its seven departments. Additionally Davenport records note a February temperature plunge with a record low near minus 25 degrees and a sequence of hourly readings.
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